Observation pack · Wicklow County Council
Tree Tops , Ballymacahara , Ashford
single storey sonservatory to side of dwelling, domestic garage, and 1.8m high V mesh fence to roadside boundary, and associated works
Observations close 22 Oct 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026
The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.
The application
- Reference
- 26192 · 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
- 9,657 m²
- Received
- 17 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 11 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/26192/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26192at 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 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas. | ashford town plan | 23 Oct 2022 → 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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicklow County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Radon risk area × 2About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660767 | Conditional | 9 Oct 2026 | 1 | 122 m | to erect a dormer type dwelling and new entrance along with all associated site development works and connect to existing services |
| 2660290 | Conditional | 8 Oct 2026 | 61 | 14 m | construction of an 87 no. unit residential development comprising 61 no. houses (4 no. detached and semi-detached two bedroom; 43 no. semi-detached, mid-terrace and end-of-terrace three bedroom and 14 no. semi-detached and end-of-terrace four bedroom) and 26 no. apartments (5 no. 1 bed simplex and 5 no. 3 bed duplex in 5 no. three storey blocks and 8 no. 2 bed simplex and 8 no. 3 bed duplex in 1 no. three storey block); a 331.26 sq. m. two storey crèche childcare facility and associated outdoor play area (c. 340 sq. m.); 177 no. car parking spaces (including 3 no. disabled and 8 no. visitor spaces); 48 no. cycle parking spaces for the apartments (24 no. residents’ spaces in 2 no. buildings and 24 no. visitor spaces) and 3 no. visitor spaces for the childcare facility; landscaped public and communal open spaces and boundary treatments; and all other site development works required to facilitate the development including a new road and pedestrian/bicycle access onto the L1096 to the northwest, future vehicular and pedestrian/bicycle access to Ashford Rovers FC, future pedestrian link to ‘Woodview’ housing estate, and ESB substation building and connections to the water supply, surface water and foul water networks via the adjoining Rossana Close/Woodview/Ashleigh estate roads and open space |
| 2660470 | Conditional | 3 Sept 2026 | 0 | 288 m | construction of a new detached dormer dwelling including new vehicular and pedestrian entrance onto Grangelea and connections to existing services, together with all ancillary site works |
| 2660258 | Conditional | 23 Jul 2026 | 0 | 211 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 | 145 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 |
| 2660179 | Refused | 24 Apr 2026 | 0 | 324 m | construction of a new, detached, single-storey dwelling house, and all ancillary site works |
| 2561026 | Conditional | 13 Feb 2026 | 0 | 368 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 |
| 25193 | Conditional | 28 Oct 2025 | 0 | 402 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 |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501622 | — | open | 29 Jun 2026 | 145 m |
| 500324 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Jun 2026 | 402 m |
| 322525 | — | Granted with conditions | 3 Sept 2025 | 287 m |
| 320694 | — | Refused | 3 Dec 2024 | 237 m |
| 312283 | — | Granted | 16 Aug 2024 | 301 m |
| 318064 | — | Granted with conditions | 27 Jun 2024 | 0 m |
| 315219 | — | Granted with conditions | 25 Jan 2024 | 435 m |
| 316343 | — | Other | 29 Aug 2023 | 288 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
- 17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
- 17 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.