Observation pack · Waterford City and County Council

7 An Leacain , Baile na nGall , An Rinn

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Observations close 20 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026

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: 2698 · full record
Authority: Waterford City and County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 352 m²
Received: 15 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 9 Nov 2026
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WaterfordCCC/AppFileRefDetails/2698/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2698 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 20 Oct 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
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

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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660368	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	1	137 m	for construction of a new 2-storey / split level style dwelling , garage , site entrance , connection to public services and all ancillary works
2660476	Conditional	19 Aug 2026	1	146 m	(1) RETENTION permission of the existing front wall boundary and (2) PERMISSION for the construction of a granny flat to the side of the existing house along with all associated site works.
2660332	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	192 m	(a). Single storey entrance building with function space, gallery space, staff kitchen and office space (total gfa: 480 sqm) (b). Two storey office block (total gfa: 1023 sqm) (c). Single storey plant/ service block (total gfa: 65 sqm) The site development works include - a proposed central courtyard, covered walkways and small outdoor performance space. - New circulation road and staff parking. - Primary vehicular access to the site is maintained via the existing main entrance to the site from R674 with proposed upgrading of entrance way. - Bin Refuse Storage Area and Designated Bicycle Shelter providing for 17 no. spaces. - New external landscaped areas. - Extension to existing Playground with new playground facilities and parking. - All associated site development works including all landscaping and site service works.
2660330	Conditional	7 Jul 2026	1	281 m	The construction of a single-storey extension to the front of, and alterations to, an existing dwelling and all associated site development works
2560909	Conditional	13 Feb 2026	1	420 m	the construction of a new single storey house with attached garage, an entrance and connections to mains sewerage and mains water along with all associated site works
2560211	Conditional	22 May 2025	1	34 m	a single storey garage extension to the side of the existing dwelling
2460612	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	0	478 m	for new single storey extension, including single storey link, to existing school building to provide the following accommodation :Home Economics Room, Construction Studies Room, Construction Studies Prep Room and Store, Science Laboratory and Prep Room and Switch Room. External works to include new pedestrian and vehicular gated entrance and access road to new extension, new boundary walls to adjacent residential units, 9 Car Parking Spaces and ancillary site development works to include new connections to public water and waste services.
2460606	Conditional	5 Dec 2024	1	97 m	to demolish existing single storey front porch and construct new single storey front porch extension to include new rooflight to existing dwelling 2. To remove existing lean-to roof to side extension , replace with raised flat roof and to carry out alterations to elevations of said extension with all other associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324231	—	Invalid	28 Sept 2026	302 m
502130	—	pending	15 Sept 2026	146 m
323973	—	Invalid	19 Dec 2025	302 m
316250	—	Granted with conditions	27 Sept 2024	359 m
312719	—	Granted with conditions	9 Jun 2023	247 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

15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 Oct 2026
15 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Waterford City and County Council before relying on it.