Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Carriglong , Tramore , Co. Waterford

Sought to raise levels of agricultural lands, using imported inert soil and stone, classified as Article 27 by-products of the construction industry, together with all associated site development works

Observations close 8 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660836 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 1.99 ha
Received: 3 Nov 2026
Decision due: 6 Jan 2027

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/2660836/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660836 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 8 Dec 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
2560753	Conditional	12 Dec 2025	1	110 m	a new single storey dwelling together waste water treatment plant and percolation area, soakaways, boundary treatment, new entrance onto public roadway, connection to mains water and all associated site works.
2460683	Refused	17 Jan 2025	1	110 m	to construct a single storey dwelling, with on-site domestic waste water treatment system and new entrance onto the public road and all associated works
2460356	Refused	19 Aug 2024	1	110 m	to construct a single storey dwelling, with on-site domestic waste water treatment system and new entrance onto the public road and all associated works
2360636	Conditional	1 May 2024		57 m	for the infill of existing agricultural lands with inert soil and stones (EU Waste Class 17 05 04) together with all associated site development works
23175	Refused	1 Mar 2024	1	222 m	for the as constructed Garage/Shed at rear of existing dwelling and all associated site works including excavated yard and connection to rainwater sewer at front of existing dwelling
2360076	Conditional	19 Jun 2023		0 m	for the infill of existing agricultural lands with inert soil and stones (EU Waste Class 17 05 04) together with all associated site development works
2360043	Conditional	4 Apr 2023	1	347 m	for a two storey fully serviced detached dwelling together with all associated site works to include new vehicular access/driveway, landscaping, boundary treatments, foul water treatment system, detached single storey garage, and all other associated site works
22996	Conditional	26 Jan 2023	1	7 m	to construct a single storey extension on either side of dwelling and all ancillary site works

What has happened on this file

3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 Dec 2026
3 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.