Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council
21 Passage Road , Waterford , Waterford
By Michelle Doyle for the conversion of existing building to a 3 bedroom 2 storey dwelling, together with all other 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
- 2660844 · full record
- Authority
- Waterford City and County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 163 m²
- 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/2660844/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660844at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Designations on or near the site within 100 m
- NIAH-recorded building × 1convent/nunnery
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660555 | Conditional | 14 Sept 2026 | 439 m | renovation and alteration works to the existing dwelling, including removal and replacement of the existing roof structure to accommodate dormer windows to the front elevation, construction of a first-floor rear extension with associated flat roof, and all associated ancillary site and development works. | |
| 2660028 | Conditional | 1 Sept 2026 | 1 | 275 m | the construction of a new two storey detached dwelling in the side garden of the existing dwelling, a new shared driveway for the new property and existing property on Grange Park Avenue, with new boundary wall and entrance pillars to the new property and the creation of a new driveway entrance to the existing property and all associated site works |
| 2665 | Conditional | 13 Aug 2026 | 1 | 471 m | two storey extension & single storey sunroom to rear of existing dwelling |
| 2660374 | Refused | 22 Jul 2026 | 403 m | on the site adjoining and to provide 4 no new three storey 4-bed semi-detached dwellings, with new vehicular access within the site, connection to existing drainage services on the adjacent road, and all associated site development works. | |
| 2660309 | Conditional | 29 Jun 2026 | 390 m | to construct a part two storey, part single storey extension. Part of the two-storey extension will be built above a single storey part of the existing house and to construct a vehicular entrance on the North Western boundary of the site and to close off the existing vehicular entrance with all associated site development works | |
| 2660180 | Conditional | 13 May 2026 | 329 m | the proposed renovation of the existing Protected Structure (RPS No. WA730752). The works will include the installation of two rooflights to the rear and the construction of a single-storey rear extension, together with all associated site development works | |
| 2560627 | Conditional | 4 Feb 2026 | 1 | 420 m | 3 no. 2 storey, 3 bed houses, alterations to existing stone boundary wall, new vehicular entrance, carparking and all associated drainage, site works, landscaping and associated works. The proposed site sits within the boundary of the protected structure, Summerville House, RPS No. WA731042. |
| 2560861 | Conditional | 28 Jan 2026 | 1 | 472 m | the conversion of the existing ground floor garage to a habitable room attached to the front of our dwelling, extension of the existing hallway to create a longer entrance and re-positioning of the front door to align with the existing front porch and edge of the garage wall. Proposed elevational changes to the front (south) elevation, and alteration of the existing driveway and front boundary wall to create a larger driveway as optional future works. All associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500868 | Refused | 26 Jun 2026 | 420 m | |
| 319638 | Granted with conditions | 16 Sept 2024 | 373 m | |
| 313465 | Refused | 23 Oct 2023 | 401 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.