Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Dunbar Road , Dunbar Lower , Wicklow Town

section 42 - extension of appropriate period – 21/798 erect a two-storey dwelling, connect to existing services and open a new vehicular entrance to the north of the site and close an existing entrance to the south of the site along with all associated site development works

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 21 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 26203 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,138 m²
Received: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 23 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/26203/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26203 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 3 Nov 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
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space: To protect and enhance existing public open space and provide for recreational open space.	WI-001:LAP:wicklow-town-rathnew-local-area-plan	23 Jun 2025 → 23 Jun 2031
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.	WI-001:LAP:wicklow-town-rathnew-local-area-plan	23 Jun 2025 → 23 Jun 2031

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.

Sources: WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:wicklow-town-rathnew-local-area-plan, WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:wicklow-town-rathnew-local-area-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:wicklow-town-rathnew-local-area-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:wicklow-town-rathnew-local-area-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2637	Refused	2 Apr 2026	0 m	change of use for two existing buildings from guest house accommodation to 6 residential apartments with alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout with a new vehicular entrance to replace the original vehicular entrance and all with associated site development works
2560703	Conditional	10 Feb 2026	430 m	1. permission for the retention of a. change of use of boathouse to a 1-bedroom living unit. At the time of acquisition, the on-site boathouse had already been converted to residential unit. b. reinstatement of the original vehicular entrance as constructed. In 2010 , the Town Council carried out road works adjacent to the property, during which a wider temporary access was opened in my clients driveway to facilitate machinery storage. This entrance was thereafter used, by tenants in preference to the original gateway, which became overgrown. 2. permission for extension of the main dwelling and upgraded wastewater treatment system to serve the main dwelling and 1-bedroom living unit at Bedrock House, Dunbur Upper, Dunbur, Co. Wicklow A67EC42. Permission is also sought for the construction of a three-storey extension to a different main dwelling, comprising a footprint of 70.9 sq.m, a total floor area of 212.7 sq.m and height of 7.48 m.
2360327	Conditional	29 Nov 2023	416 m	single storey front extensions totaling 34m², together with elevational changes and rooflights to the front of existing detached two storey dwelling
2360016	Conditional	18 Jul 2023	72 m	Conversion of an existing detached garage / store to 1 no. single storey 1 bedroom Independent Living Unit (area 26.1m2 nett, 32.4m2 gross) in close proximity to the main house, and associated site works, in rear garden (retained rear garden area 482m2 & overall site of area 1071m2 0.107ha)
221071	Conditional	28 Nov 2022	416 m	demolition of garden shed, and the provision of single storey front, side and rear, single storey extensions, together with elevational changes and rooflights to the front of existing detached two storey dwelling. New covered patio structure to the rear of dwelling. New 32sqm single storey garden room to rear garden
22481	Conditional	24 Jun 2022	318 m	proposed new on course toilet facility (on the Dunbur Lower Area of the course) with a new secondary treatment system to current EPA guidelines and new percolation area to cater for the proposed works, and all associated site works
2284	Conditional	24 Mar 2022	202 m	sunroom extension to replace existing conservatory to side of house, incidental alterations to existing building, replacement effluent treatment plant and percolation area to EPA 2021 standards and retention permission of two holiday apartments for short-term letting
2264	Conditional	14 Mar 2022	437 m	extension & alterations to existing bay window at front of existing dormer style dwelling and 2 no. new velux roof windows to front of same

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501249	—	Refused	28 Aug 2026	0 m
311191	—	Granted with conditions	9 Dec 2021	379 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

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
29 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.