Observation pack · Wicklow County Council
The Laurels , Roscart , Killbride
open storage shed used for storing firewood, classic tractor and garden equipment and associated works
Observations close 15 Sept 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- 26161 · full record
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 2,075 m²
- Received
- 11 Aug 2026
- We first saw it
- 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
- Decision due
- 5 Oct 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/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26161/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26161at 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. Wicklow County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 15 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Wicklow 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
No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.
Designations on or near the site
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25124 | Conditional | 7 Jan 2026 | 0 | 71 m | converted attic space to habitable accommodation and retention of balcony with spiral staircase to eastern elevation of dwelling, all ancillary to the use of this single dwelling and associated works |
| 2560764 | Conditional | 19 Dec 2025 | 0 | 126 m | RED III Category 3 Development - Construction of a solar PV energy development with an operational life of 40 years on three land parcels totalling approximately 203.5 hectares comprising the installation of approximately 806,630 sq. m. of photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames and associated ancillary development including: 23 no. transformers stations, 2 no. Ring Main Unit buildings, string-inverters attached to panel frames, CCTV security cameras mounted on 4 metre high poles, deer-proof perimeter security fencing (2 metres high) raised 150mm to allow for the movement of small mammals, 3 no. site entrances utilising existing entrances including upgrade to entrance on L1111 to facilitate construction and operational phase access, internal access tracks between the solar arrays and the site entrances, 2 no. clear span bridges over existing watercourses, 1 no. primary temporary construction compound and 2 no. satellite temporary construction compounds, all associated ancillary development works including landscaping; and the installation of a total of ca. 6.1 kilometres of 33Kv double circuit underground cable, of which ca. 2.4 kilometres will be beneath public (L1111, L1113, L5113, L51132 and L5112) and private roads in an excavated trench including underground ducting and joint bays and all associated site development and reinstatement works to connect the proposed Ring Main Units on two of the land parcels of the solar PV energy development and extending to the site of a proposed 110kv substation to be the subject of a separate planning permission under the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006. |
| 24487 | Conditional | 31 Jan 2025 | 0 | 129 m | demolition of existing outbuilding to make provision for new extensions to front, rear and side of existing dwelling, alterations to elevations, provision of a new garage along with upgrade of sewerage treatment system to current EPA standards and all associated site works |
| 23798 | Conditional | 16 Apr 2024 | 0 | 91 m | proposed extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling and associated works |
| 23653 | Refused | 28 Mar 2024 | 0 | 71 m | converted attic space to habitable accommodation and retention of elevated balcony with spiral staircase to eastern elevation of dwelling and associated works |
| 211466 | Conditional | 16 Mar 2022 | 0 | 0 m | proposed alterations to existing side extension including new roof structure and proposed rear extension to dwelling, retention of domestic storage shed on site and replacement waste water treatment system to EPA standards and associated works |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 11 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 15 Sept 2026
- 11 Aug 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.