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RUSHDALE , POULAVANOGUE , CLONMEL CO. WATERFORD

- Retention Planning Permission of constructed single storey extension to side of dwelling and detached storage shed - Full Planning Permission to construct a single storey extension to side of dwelling and all associated site works

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 14 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
2660767 · full record
Authority
Waterford City and County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
5,772 m²
Received
5 Oct 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
—
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660767/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660767 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Waterford City and County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 9 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Waterford City and County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
G3
High amenity
HA: Protect highly sensitive and scenic location from inappropriate development that would adversely affect the environmental quality of the locations.wccc development plan 2022 202819 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Waterford City and County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Waterford City and County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560431Conditional7 Aug 20250253 mfor the change of house type under permitted governing planning permission reference numbers 2360561 & 2460409 , to include the construction of a Therapy room outbuilding for use ancillary to the main house, with covered car port link together with all associated site works
2460409Conditional5 Sept 20241254 mto change house type from the previously granted dormer bungalow granted under permission ref. no. 23/60561 to a part single-storey part one and a half-storey dwelling and all associated site development works
24103Conditional22 Jul 2024149 mto construct a first floor extension over existing ground floor which will consist of alterations to the existing roof and to construct a single storey extension, 3025mm in height, elevational alterations to existing dwelling, removal of existing septic tank and the installation of a new waste water treatment system and all associated site works
2360641Conditional20 Feb 202418 mdemolition of existing sunroom to the side of the existing dwelling, construction of a single-storey, flat roof extension to the side of the existing dwelling, conversion of attached garage to habitable living space, construction of level playing area to the front of the existing dwelling with retaining walls, alterations to the existing elevations, and all associated site development works.
2360561Conditional23 Jan 20241254 mto construct a dormer style dwelling, entrance, driveway, bored well, domestic tertiary treatment system and infiltration / treatment area and all associated site development works
22635Conditional1 Sept 20221373 mINDEFINITE RETENTION for existing attic conversion and associated roof lights, elevational alterations to existing dwelling and for the relocation of wastewater treatment system from that previously granted under planning Ref No. 07/478. In addition, PERMISSION for a new percolation area associated with the existing effluent treatment plant

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
  • 5 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.