Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Kill Kilbarrymeaden , Kilbarrymeaden , Co. Waterford

amendments to a previously granted planning permission (Planning Ref. No. 23/60017), which permitted the construction of 15 no. dwellings. The proposed amendments relate to the omission of the previously granted single storey creche, provision of an additional 14 no. dwellings within the overall development site. Block A, comprising 6 no. semi-detached, two-storey 3-bedroom dwellings (Type A), forms part of the previously granted permission and remains unchanged. Block A does not form part of the proposed amendments under this application. The proposed additional 14 no. dwellings will comprise: 1 no. semi-detached, two-storey 4-bedroom dwelling (Type B); 7 no. semi-detached, two-storey 3-bedroom dwellings (Type C); 4 no. semi-detached, single-storey 3-bedroom bungalows (Type D); and 2 no. semi-detached, single-storey 2-bedroom bungalows (Type E). The development will also include associated access roads and footpaths, accessed via the existing Ceol na Mara estate, as provided for under the previously granted permission, It is further proposed to subdivide an area of the site to the western side of the property (for a separate future development) this proposed development shall include all necessary and ancillary site development works

Observations close 18 Nov 2026 12 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2660790 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 9,828 m²
Received: 14 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660790/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660790 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.
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.
Submit before 18 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.
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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M4 Major town centre	RV: Protect and promote the character of the Rural Village and promote a vibrant community appropriate to available physical and community infrastructure.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Waterford City and County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 2
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel · Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Recorded monument × 1
Church

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660227	Conditional	28 May 2026	0	178 m	the development will consist of the change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off license and associated works.
2560947	Refused	24 Feb 2026	0	61 m	to subdivide a portion of the existing site, to construct a two storey detached dwelling, 1.8m Boundary Wall and all associated site development works
2560956	Conditional	24 Feb 2026	0	249 m	the extension of the existing playing facilities and for the provision of walkway public lighting and including all ancillary and associated site works
2460785	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	1	150 m	(1) the removal of the existing house and (2) the construction of a new single storey house, a garage, a waste water treatment system and an entrance along with all associated site works at
2360017	Conditional	19 Oct 2023	15	0 m	to construct 15no dwellings consisting of 1no two storey 4 bed detached house, 2no single storey 3 bed semi detached houses, 2no single storey 2 bed semi detached houses, 4no two storey 4 bed semi detached houses and 6no two storey 3 bed semi detached houses with associated new boundary treatments and for the construction of 1no single storey childcare facility all with associated site development works
2360143	Conditional	25 May 2023	0	193 m	retention planning permission for changes to the building design and site layout, including parking spaces, relative to planning application 173/94 and for retention planning permission for the existing storage building and covered outdoor area to the rear of the property and all associated works. The Building is a Protected Structure

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

14 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 18 Nov 2026
14 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.