Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

8 Quinsborough Road , Bray , Co. Wicklow

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Observations close 1 Oct 2026 3 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 26177 · 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: 5 m²
Received: 27 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 21 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/26177/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26177 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. Wicklow County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 1 Oct 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, retail, commercial, office and civic use.	WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	10 Jun 2018 → 23 Oct 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: WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 6
house · house · Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R181220

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660706	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	70 m	a rear single storey extension and external rear deck with a stair to an existing dwelling (Protected Structure)
2660696	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	229 m	addendums to previously approved (Planning Ref. 2655) the addendums will be as follows; changing the previously approved flat roof to a mono-pitched roof to the single storey extension (22.2sqm) to the rear of existing mid-terrace house and all associated site works at 2 Belton Terrace, Bray, Co. Wicklow
2660670	Conditional	15 Sept 2026	426 m	demolition of existing commercial workshop measuring 66.5 sq. m. and construction of replacement workshop on the existing footprint with a slight increase in area to 70 sq. m. as a result of thinner external walls being constructed along with replacement signage and ancillary works at Unit 1 (to rear of 1 Fairview Terrace), Bray, Co. Wicklow
2660672	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	457 m	demolish rear garden brick shed, demolish rear single storey flat roof extension with provision for new two storey rear extension with matching roof profiles and rooflights, new storey and half windows, new external finishes to existing building, new soakaway pit to BRE digest 365, new drainage throughout with existing connection into foul sewer, new landscaping with new entrance piers and electric gate and all associated site works
2660709	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	362 m	RED III application Level 5 - installation of wall mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar panels (2.7kWp) to the rear elevation of the existing dwelling together with all associated site works
2660549	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	58 m	1) external insulation & render system sustainability upgrade and all ancillary works
2560942	Refused	29 Jul 2026	186 m	demolition of an existing dilapidated warehouse totalling c.291sqm and ancillary walls throughout the site, the reinstatement of the Old Chimney together with alterations to the boundaries of the site, and the construction of a mixed use residential development ranging from 2 storey over ground floor to 6 storey over ground floor in height as follows: Provision of 54 no. residential units, in the form of 2 no. new apartment and duplex buildings (Blocks 1 & 2), as follows: Block 1 (6 storey over ground floor) comprising 53 no. apartment and duplex units (1 no. studio unit, 4 no. 1-bed units, 29 no. 2-bed units & 19 no. 3 bed units, a tenant gym, a coffee shop and 2 no. office units). Block 2 (2 storey over ground floor) comprising 1 no. 3 bed unit and 1 no. bin store (c. 60 sqm) at ground level. Open space (c. 1116 sq. m) is proposed in the form of public open space (c. 690 sq. m) at podium level (Block 1), and residential communal open space (c. 426 sq. m) provided as a rooftop garden on top floor level of Block 1. Each residential unit is afforded with associated private open space in the form of balconies. The development will be served by 2 no. access/egress points for vehicular and pedestrian access to the east of the site via The L19545 Road (1 no. existing site access point & 1 no. new vehicular and pedestrian access point). An access point to the west of the site for emergency vehicles and pedestrians only is provided. Car park proposed on the ground floor level below podium. A total of 15 no. car parking spaces are proposed, which includes 12 no. spaces for residential units and 3 no. for the commercial units. A total of 178 no. bicycle spaces are proposed within Block 1, which includes 2 no. spaces for the commercial units. 1 no. ESB substation, 1 no. switch room, 1 no. cold water storage room & 1 no. sprinkler plant area are provided at ground floor level within Block 1. Bin Storage areas for the Block 1 & 2 are proposed at ground level within Block 2. All associated site and infrastructural works above and below ground to include provision for water services; foul and surface water drainage and connections; internal roads, attenuation proposal; permeable paving; all landscaping works including green infrastructure zones; green roofs; and general plant areas; landscaped boundary treatment; footpaths; public lighting; and electrical services
2660544	Conditional	23 Jul 2026	442 m	1, change of use from existing shop front to proposed bedroom 7.2msq to ground floor 2. removing of existing flat roof to North East front facing elevation and replacing with new roof structure and membrane 3. proposed rear ground floor ( 7.4msq) and first floor extension (7.4msq) to South West facing elevation 4. demolition of the existing rear outbuilding adjoining dwelling: comprising of fuel storage and bathroom 5. and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501974	—	open	25 Aug 2026	186 m
501655	—	open	3 Jul 2026	347 m
323846	—	Other	4 Jun 2026	377 m
501380	—	pending	21 May 2026	395 m
323722	—	Refused	23 Mar 2026	140 m
500146	—	Granted with conditions	9 Mar 2026	322 m
313442	—	Refused	9 Dec 2025	159 m
500165	—	pending	24 Oct 2025	169 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

27 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026
27 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 16:04. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.