Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

3 Bridge Street , Arklow , Co Wicklow

change of use from existing residential unit to office space and associate works

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660739 · 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: 77 m²
Received: 19 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 13 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/2660739/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660739 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 23 Sept 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
2660038	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	263 m	the following works to connect Avoca River Park to public services: • an underground foul pump station and an above ground kiosk with a total height of 1.8m within a secure compound located on lands at Avoca River Park; • a watermain with a total length of c. 2.2km and a foul rising main with a total length of c. 2.2km from the proposed pump station, traversing lands within Avoca River Park, the existing trackway through the marsh, 10 and 11 Ferrybank and terminating in the public road (R772); • installation of fibre connections with a total length of c. 2.2km with fibre ducts; • connection to the existing Uisce Éireann foul network and watermain network; • all associated site development works above and below ground
2660446	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	58 m	refurbishment of existing semi-detached, two- storey cottage to include new rear single-storey extension; raising parapet on existing rear single- storey extension; new dormer structure to rear at first floor giving access to new first floor balcony to rear and side with associated balustrade, solar panels to rear roof, 2no. roof lights to front roof; front first floor window relocated to line with window below; new double door access to rear yard from Condren’s Lane Lower; gable façade remodelled to include two windows on ground floor and two new glazed doors with juliette balconies at first floor, associated façade and roof improvements and including all associated boundary treatments and drainage and demolitions
26100	Conditional	4 Jul 2026	414 m	(S254) - erection of scaffolding
2660338	Conditional	10 Jun 2026	177 m	new single storey steel canopy structure with sheet metal roof finish, PV panels, new permeable paved ambulance parking bay (below canopy) with new vehicular entrance of Castle Park Road, new planted sloped bank & associated landscape works to the north side of the existing two storey ambulance station
2669	Conditional	20 May 2026	320 m	erect a 6m² extension along with alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing 73m² storage shed and for change of use to residential and erect an 8m² extension link to connect to the 120m² existing dwelling along with all associated site development works
2660115	Refused	10 Apr 2026	454 m	1. new single storey detached house. 2. new vehicular entrance from Harbour Court housing estate. 3. new hammer head/turning area from Harbour Court housing estate. 4. new pedestrian footpath linking existing footpath from Gussett Lane to Harbour Court housing estate. 5. connections to existing services. 6. all above with associated siteworks
2560864	Refused	20 Mar 2026	203 m	layout changes resulting in the reduction in overall number of units from 4 individual 1-bedroom apartment units to 2 individual 3-bedroom apartment units, on previously approved planning permission reg. ref. 20776, together with all associated and ancillary site works
2560756	Conditional	4 Mar 2026	410 m	• the omission of the previously permitted 4 storey Block 1, which comprised 19 no. apartment units (3 no. 1 bed and 16 no. 3 bed) • the reconfiguration of Block 2, increasing the number of units from 16 no. (13 no. 2 bed and 3 no. 3 bed) units to 18 no. (1 no. studio, 3 no. 1 bed and 14 no. 2 bed) along with reduction in building height from 7 to 6 storeys and associated elevation changes to balconies and window openings and provision of private open space and communal open space. • the omission of the previously permitted Block 3, which comprised 10 no. apartment units (9 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 3 bed), to be replaced with 3-storey 3 no. 4 bed dwelling units. • the replacement of 20 no. permitted 4 bed housing units along the riverwalk with 3-storey 32 no. duplex units (16 no. 2 bed and 16 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • the relocation of surface car parking at the site to accommodate the provision of 3-storey 12 no. duplex units (6 no. 2 bed and 6 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • reconfiguration of the permitted 146.3 sqm childcare facility, including alteration of associated private open space. • an increase from the permitted 810 sqm to 818.9 sqm of communal open space on foot of the amendments to the typology and mix proposed. • an increase from the permitted 4188 sqm to 4354.98 sqm of public open space on foot of the amended site layout. • a reduction from the permitted 169 car parking spaces to 162 car parking spaces and increase from the permitted 177 bicycle spaces to 203 bicycle spaces. • revised internal road layout to facilitate development associated with this amendment. • amendments to the drainage layout to reflect the proposed amendments. • all associated site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping, retaining walls, bin stores, bike parking and site services necessary to facilitate the proposed amendments

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 Sept 2026
19 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.