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Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

Lower Main Street , Dungarvan

a Section 254 License of current outside seating area

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference
2684 · full record
Authority
Waterford City and County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
336 m²
Received
19 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2684/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2684 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 23 Sept 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560575Conditional8 Sept 20260340 mdemolition of the existing buildings with full site clearance and the construction of a 6-storey mixed use development including a commercial unit to the ground and first floors and apartments to ground and upper floors. The ground floor will comprise a commercial unit, 3 No. apartments, plant area, bicycle storage, bin storage, service area and lobby areas. The first to fifth floor will comprise a commercial unit, 34 No. apartments and ancillary circulation/storage/ service and lobby areas. A communal roof garden is also proposed to fourth floor with hard and soft landscaping. Also signage, lighting, connection to public water & wastewater system and all ancillary and associated site development works
2560757Conditional25 Aug 20260450 mfor existing section of the cemetery for the continued use as a cemetery. PLANNING PERMISSION is also sought for a cemetery on the remainder of the site, to erect 2 Columbariums and all ancillary site works . The proposed development adjoins a protected structure.
2660437Conditional6 Aug 20260418 mChange of use of Unit 32 (FG01) from restaurant (Previous Planning Permission 39/07) to office use and the amalgamation of Unit 32 (FG01) with unit 33 (FG02) and internal works including the removal of a dividing wall, new partitions to divide the double unit into Office space, meeting rooms, reception, kitchen facilities, comms room, canteen and all necessary site internal connections
2660201Conditional28 Jul 20260177 mto form an external doorway opening
2660354Refused15 Jul 20260116 m1) Demolition of an existing 3 storey commercial office building, 2) Construction of a new 3 storey commercial office building including solar panels to roof, 3) And all associated site development works
2660090Refused6 Jul 20260107 mthe following works: Demolition of existing single storey storage structures and replacement with 1 # three storey building with the top storey being stepped back, providing a total of 2 # Residential Units. Siteworks will include hard landscaping works to the rear private open space to each unit with side access to both. New foul & surface water connections existing sewers and new mains water connections and ancillary site development and landscaping works.
2660183Conditional4 Jun 20260331 mreplacement of 2 no. existing rooflights with 4 no (2 pair) larger rooflights on front roof of existing 3 storey property , roof upgrade works and ancillary works including reconfiguration of internal layouts. This property is located in a conservation area.
2637Conditional20 May 20260197 mSection 254 license for outdoor seating area

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501842pending4 Aug 2026107 m
501231pending24 Apr 2026427 m
323752Other23 Jan 2026381 m
321343Other1 Oct 2025244 m
320741Granted with conditions15 Sept 2025286 m
319058Refused22 Oct 2024428 m
315638Granted with conditions6 Jun 2024130 m
315743Granted with conditions29 May 2024214 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

  • 19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 Sept 2026
  • 19 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.