Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Coxtown , Dunmore East , Co. Waterford

Of as built single storey gym and boilerhouse building and single storey shed to the northwest side of existing dwelling and PERMISSION to form a single storey sun-room link between the existing dwelling and the gym building

Observations close 27 Nov 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660820 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 4,413 m²
Received: 23 Oct 2026
Decision due: 17 Dec 2026

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/2660820/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660820 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 27 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
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 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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660285	Conditional	19 Jun 2026		194 m	the external and internal alterations to the existing dwelling, conversion and extension to outbuildings and all other associated site works
2460767	Refused	18 Feb 2025	1	404 m	to construct a dormer dwellinghouse and single storey detached garage together with wastewater treatment and associated site works.
211073	Conditional	20 Jan 2022		190 m	SECTION 254 LICENCE for the erection of overground electronic communications infrastructure and any associated physical infrastructure along public roads including: 1. The erection of new overground fibre optic cables on existing timber poles. 2. The erection of new poles and associated fibre optic cables. Poles do not exceed 12 metres in height or approximately 0.3 metres in diameter and are manufactured to EN14229: 2010 and further described in Schedule Two. MRL T1 Application reference number: 2021WD0538

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312720		Withdrawn	21 Apr 2022	189 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

23 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 27 Nov 2026
23 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.