Planning Register
Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Shelton , Arklow

alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout and change of use from agricultural building to residential dwelling with an on-site effluent disposal system and all associated site development works

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
26170 · full record
Authority
Wicklow County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
4,958 m²
Received
20 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due
14 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26170/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 26170 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. Wicklow County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 24 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.
  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

  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
25280Conditional17 Nov 202506 merect a dwelling and garage with services along with all associated site development works
2460513Conditional16 Oct 20241186 moutline Reg Ref 23/444. The development will consist of a dwelling circa 191msq, a domestic garage, packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards, a groundwater well, together with all required site and development works
2460178Conditional7 Aug 202408 mconstruction of an extension to side and rear of existing garage, creation of a granny flat in part of extension to garage and part of existing garage, creation of boiler room in part of rear extension to garage, removal of 2 containers, new outdoor patio area, new covered canopy area to rear of dwelling, converting rear window in existing dwelling to door and associate works
23444Conditional6 Dec 20230205 mnew dwelling house & driveway, a packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards & a groundwater well together with required site and development works
23443Conditional6 Dec 20230230 mfor modifications to the dwelling and site granted permission under Reg Ref 20/746. For (1.) A reduction to the overall subject site area.(2) A revised location for the approved dwelling site layout/entrance driveway. (3). A revised location packaged effluent disposal system with mechanical aeration and polishing filter to current EPA standards (4.) A revised location for a proposed groundwater well and all together with required site and development works
211227Conditional25 Jul 20221468 mdwelling, garage, waste water treatment system to EPA standards, entrance and associated works
211196Conditional12 Jul 20220320 mto convert part of my home to preschool facilities and all associated site works
211169Conditional11 Nov 20210319 mto relocate existing vehicular entrance to our home to improve sightlines to public road and associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 20 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 24 Sept 2026
  • 20 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.