Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

The Woodpecker Pub , Ashford , Co Wicklow

alterations to planning permission Ref: 21/390 consisting of 1: revised duplex apartments block design to North West of site with 3 no.1 bedroom apartments and 3 no. 3 bedroom apartments, 2: revised parking layout and all ancillary site works and services

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 26180 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 7
Floor area: 454 m²
Site area: 2,081 m²
Received: 1 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 26 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/26180/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26180 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 6 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 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
2660258	Conditional	23 Jul 2026	0	109 m	We, Orchid Homes Ltd., intend to apply for permission for development on lands at Ballinalea, Ashford, Co. Wicklow. The proposed development will consist of the construction of 16 no. 2-storey, terraced houses in 3 no. blocks (Blocks A-C), comprising 11 no. 2 storey, 3 bedroom terraced houses and 5 no 2 storey, 4 bedroom terraced houses; a mixture of in-curtilage and on-street car parking; a private gated laneway to the rear of the houses; public open space; landscaping; boundary treatment; public lighting; new vehicular access to adjoining public road; and all associated site and infrastructure works necessary to facilitate the proposed development.
2560881	Conditional	2 Jun 2026	0	20 m	construction of 40 no. dwellings consisting of the following: 14 no. four bedroom two storey with attic level accommodation semi-detached dwellings (type A: c. 147 sq.m. each) and 26 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached and terraced dwellings (type B: 111 sq.m. each), with connections to existing public utilities including a pumping station and a new gravity sewer in the L-5095 road to the proposed outfall at the junction of the R772 and the Ashford Downs Road L-5070, and a surface water attenuation system; a new development entrance, roads, footpaths, public lighting, landscaping, boundaries and boundary treatments, and all associated site development works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development
2561026	Conditional	13 Feb 2026	0	259 m	conversion of the existing attic space to habitable use, with new dormer roof space to rear and rooflights to front slope of roof along with new frosted window in gable wall, all together with associated site works necessary to complete the development
2560989	Conditional	3 Feb 2026	0	470 m	change of use from an office to a doctor’s general practitioners practice. The development will also include minor internal alterations to the layout including moving internal walls and doors and associated works
25193	Conditional	28 Oct 2025	0	342 m	1) single story dwelling house; 2) connection t public water and public sewage; 3) and all associated site works; 4) permission for new shared entrance to serve proposed dwelling and existing dwelling (A67 XT96), and closure of existing entrance off the local road
2560223	Conditional	9 Jun 2025	0	456 m	to replace an existing window at first floor to the rear elevation with a double door screen for access to a new 14.57msq balcony with 2m high obscured glazing panels to balcony perimeter at south west and south east elevations to eliminate overlooking neighbours property with steel stairs down to ground level to the south east elevation
2560157	Conditional	22 May 2025	0	63 m	for existing single-storey rear and side extensions, as constructed, with a total area of circa 74msq, Permission for the demolition of the existing front porch and the construction of a new single-storey front studio/bedroom extension of 16.5m², Permission to relocate the vehicular entrance gate with modification to the side yard wall and enclosure, all together with associated site and development works
2460516	Conditional	28 Apr 2025	1	191 m	1. Construction of 4 No. Dwellings comprising 226.8 sq.m. each, split level arranged over 1-3 storeys. 2. Access to each dwelling directly off existing Ballymacahara Road (L5095 Public Road). 3. Connection to all public services via existing housing development. 4. All necessary ancillary works to facilitate this development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501622	—	open	29 Jun 2026	20 m
500324	—	Granted with conditions	10 Jun 2026	342 m
322525	—	Granted with conditions	3 Sept 2025	191 m
320694	—	Refused	3 Dec 2024	456 m
312283	—	Granted	16 Aug 2024	174 m
318064	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jun 2024	102 m
315219	—	Granted with conditions	25 Jan 2024	324 m
316343	—	Other	29 Aug 2023	175 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

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
1 Sept 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.