Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Summerhill , Tramore , Co. Waterford

Construction of 89no. dwellings as a new residential development comprising of 12no. semi-detached two-storey 4-bedroom houses, 16no. semi-detached two-storey 3-bedroom houses, 17no. terraced two-storey 3-bedroom houses, 3no. two-storey duplex blocks with a total of 12no. ground floor and 12no. first floor 2-bedroom apartments, 5no. two-storey maisonette blocks with a total of 10no. ground floor and 10no. first floor 1-bedroom apartments, together with all associated site works

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660842 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 2.48 ha
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 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/2660842/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660842 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 10 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
G1 Open space with recreation	OS: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
G1 Open space with recreation	OS: Preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
M2 Major town centre	TC: Provide for the development and enhancement of town core uses including retail, residential, commercial, civic and other uses.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
R2 Existing residential	RS: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
R2 Existing residential	RS: Provide for residential development and protect and improve residential amenity.	wccc development plan 2022 2028	19 Jul 2022 → 18 Jul 2028
S3 Community infrastructure	CI: Provide for and protect civic, educational, religious, community, health care and social 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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660592	Conditional	29 Sept 2026		464 m	indefinite retention of as built single storey garage and outhouse buildings to rear of existing dwelling
2660539	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	1	100 m	ground floor extension to the existing cottage comprising a dining & family room, conversion of the attic to provide two ensuite bedrooms, construction of a new patio area along with all associated site works
2666	Conditional	18 Aug 2026	1	455 m	to convert the attic space in the existing dwelling, including the provision of a dormer window to the front elevation, together with the demolition of the existing rear extension and the construction of a new two-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and all associated site works
2660474	Conditional	18 Aug 2026		100 m	indefinite retention of the construction of a garden studio incorporating a home gym, study and games room along with all associated site
2660234	Conditional	7 Aug 2026	1	0 m	a new residential development consisting of 1) 25 No. age-friendly independent living dwellings comprising of 17 No. one-bedroom single-storey dwellings & 8 No. two-bedroom single-storey dwellings, 2) new site vehicular entrance & pedestrian access entrance, 3) 17 No. car parking spaces, 4) secure cycle parking, 5) site boundary treatments and site development infrastructure including connections to new and existing services, 6) a central landscaped courtyard, community garden, & ancillary landscaping, and 7) all associated site development works
2660325	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	1	399 m	for a new two-storey extension to the rear of my existing dwelling, together with all associated site works
2660150	Conditional	1 May 2026	1	291 m	to construct a first-floor extension over the existing single-storey living area to create two new bedrooms, all with associated site development works
2560771	Conditional	15 Apr 2026		464 m	development will consist of: Demolition and alteration of the existing semi-detached building, including, (i) Demolition of the existing single-story lean-to roof structure to the front (south) and side (east) elevations; including the removal of the chimney stack (ii) Alteration of the existing ground floor layout, including upgrading works to the front (southern) elevation, together with a single-storey extension to the rear (northern) elevation and a first-floor extension to the front (southern) and side (eastern) elevations; including all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501158	Granted	12 Aug 2026	479 m
316624	Other	19 Sept 2023	0 m
316526	Other	23 Aug 2023	455 m
316610	Other	23 Aug 2023	116 m
313986	Withdrawn	24 Aug 2022	393 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

5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
5 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.