Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Whitestown East , Portlaw , Co. Waterford

Construction of a new single-storey dwelling house and garage together with a domestic well, packaged secondary wastewater treatment system and raised soil polishing filter, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development and boundary works

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660792 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,151 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 7 Dec 2026
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/2660792/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660792 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 17 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660341	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	1	220 m	to construct a single storey split level dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, splayed entrance and all ancillary site works
2660074	Conditional	2 Apr 2026	0	483 m	to change the roof covering on the roof of our proposed dwelling from slate to a standing seam metal finish and all ancillary site works. Planning permission originally granted under 25/60185
2560185	Conditional	19 May 2025	1	483 m	construct a single storey dwelling, install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, splayed entrance, demolish flat roofed extension to the existing cottage, renovate and convert the existing cottage to a store and all ancillary site works
2560169	Conditional	9 May 2025	0	441 m	to decommission existing septic tank serving the existing dwelling, subdivide the site, install a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, construct a new earthen berme along the roadside boundary in front of the existing dwelling, a splayed entrance at the location of the entrance to the existing dwelling site and all ancillary site works
22553	Conditional	11 Aug 2022	1	0 m	construct a split level dwelling, garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, splayed entrance and all ancillary site works
211179	Conditional	17 Feb 2022	1	41 m	the construction of a fully serviced single storey dwelling with single storey domestic garage, entrance onto existing public roadway and for installation of a new borewell water supply and foul treatment system to serve the proposed dwelling and including all associated and ancillary site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.