Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

69a , Richmond Park , Bray

the retention of the external walls of two unauthorized residential units, demolition of all internal walls including the party wall, changes to front façade, change of use to a domestic garage and all associated site development 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

The application

Reference: 2660741 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 271 m²
Received: 19 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: —
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/2660741/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660741 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 20 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
2660637	Conditional	24 Aug 2026	264 m	first floor extension to side of existing house including ancillary works
2660372	Conditional	25 Jun 2026	129 m	internal and external alterations at ground floor level only comprising (a) relocation of kitchen and associated services, (b) removal of non-original double doors and reinstatement of cut stone cill for new hardwood sliding sash windows to match original fenestration on northeast gable, (c) selective removal of original cut stone cill, brick wall and masonry plinth and formation of new door ope to provide access to garden from dining area on northeast gable, and (d) associated landscaping works, property is a protected structure
2660164	Conditional	24 Apr 2026	223 m	extension and alteration to house at 22 Aston Wood, Bray, Co. Wicklow. The planning application consists of a single-storey extension to the front elevation, a two-storey extension to the rear of the property, inclusion of a new window in the side elevation. Replacing all the windows and external insulation to match existing elevation
2560394	Conditional	2 Feb 2026	274 m	new two storey detached, three bedroom dwelling boundary walls/ fences, dish existing footpath for new driveway, connections to existing services, associated site works and services
25311	Conditional	28 Jan 2026	301 m	subdivision of existing site & the provision of a new two storey house (No. 44A) attached to the side of existing house No. 44, together with alterations to existing car parking area and all associated siteworks
2560858	Conditional	12 Dec 2025	271 m	change of use from existing retail unit to doctor’s surgery. The doctors surgery will comprise of a reception area, waiting area, 2 No. surgery rooms, wheelchair accessible toilet
2560510	Conditional	14 Nov 2025	146 m	a single storey pitched roof extension to the side of the existing house (circa 39 Sq/M) & all associated works
2560650	Refused	14 Oct 2025	0 m	two units to the rear of 69(a) Richmond Park, Bray comprising a music room and a temporary family accommodation unit both ancillary to the main house and all associated site development works

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.