Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Weaver's Square , Baltinglass , Co. Wicklow

Section 254 Licence - Skip on footpath / road

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26189 · 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: 7 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 5 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/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/26189/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26189 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 16 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 × 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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660543	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	258 m	prefabricated part-time childcare building and all ancillary site works
2660523	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	380 m	RED III application Level 5- free-standing solar panels located in the rear garden
2561021	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	297 m	(i) temporary relocation of existing SEN prefabricated unit and then removal once construction of extension is completed. (ii) the construction of a new three-storey extension, consisting of 3no. general classrooms, a 2no. classbase SEN Unit, 6no. specialist classrooms and associated ancillary accommodation to include site and landscaping works (total area of extension = 2004m²). (iii) single storey link to connect to existing building. (iv) the relocation of 10 No. bicycle spaces all to be covered. (v) new car parking layout at rear and side of existing school, providing a total of 65no. car spaces on the site, of which 2 No. are accessible parking bays and including an SEN dedicated set down area. (vi) the installation of 28 No. south-southwest facing photo-voltaic panels on the extension roof. any excess microgeneration will be put back into the electricity grid. (vii) an Appropriate Assessment Screening has been completed as part of this application
2660251	Refused	20 May 2026	155 m	provision of a double-sided flagpole advertising sign (5.98 metres in height), with internal illumination, and all associated and ancillary works adjacent
25343	Conditional	4 Feb 2026	470 m	section 254 licence - scaffolding
2560909	Conditional	9 Jan 2026	368 m	2 no. detached dwellings, a revised entrance, connections to public services and all associated site works
2460734	Refused	7 Nov 2025	220 m	the demolition of part of existing premises known as Burkes Shop, Main Street, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow and completion of reconstruction of the building in its original dimensions including the construction of single storey structure extending to rear of adjoining Magmell Townhouse Main Street, Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow
2560629	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	436 m	change of use of my former shop outlet to be part of my existing dwelling house

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319363	—	Granted with conditions	24 Jul 2025	100 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
11 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.