Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Rossana Lower , Rathnew , Co. Wicklow

proposed housing development of 44 no. residential units comprising of 40 no. 2 & 3 bed terraced houses (2 storey) and 4 no. 1 & 3 bed simplex/duplex units in 2 no. 3 storey blocks, extension to existing childcare facility at ‘Lorrin Lodge’ of approx. 59sq.m and proposed vehicular and pedestrian access through ‘Lorrin Lodge’ onto the Newcastle Road (R761), together with all associated site development works including estate roads, footpaths, car parking, bins & bicycle storage, boundary treatment, services infrastructure including watermains, foul sewerage, surface water drainage and on-site attenuation tanks with connections into existing surface water drain and piped services infrastructure in the immediate vicinity

Observations close 1 Oct 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660775 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 43
Floor area: 4,528 m²
Site area: 1.39 ha
Received: 27 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 21 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/2660775/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660775 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 1 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 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
2660620	Refused	20 Aug 2026	0	77 m	agricultural entrance and ancillary works
2660097	Conditional	27 Mar 2026	0	81 m	works to facilitate infilling and re-contouring of existing depressions using 18,000 cubic meters of inert soil from the adjacent lands for the consequential benefit of improving the lands for future agricultural use, together with all associated site works on an overall site of c.1.343ha.
2560628	Conditional	6 Oct 2025	0	70 m	modifications to housing development (currently under the course of construction) previously granted outline permission under Ref. 21/1195 & permission consequent on grant of outline permission under Ref. 23/854 to provide for: Revised Site Layout on permitted Site Nos 41 to 51 (11 No. units within Phase 2: northern corner of development site): comprising change in location of Site Nos. 41-46 from along the north-western boundary of the development site to along the north-eastern boundary of the development site, and the change in location of Site Nos. 47-51 along the north-eastern site boundary of the development site together with revised estate road and services layout to serve proposed houses 41 to 51 inclusive. Change of house types on permitted Site Nos. 41 to 51 (11 No. units within Phase 2: northern corner of development site): comprising on Site Nos. 41-46 from 3 No. 2.5 storey semi-detached 3-bedroom units (House Type C5) & 3 No. 2 storey semi-detached 3-bedroom units (House Type G1) to 6 No. 2.5 storey semi-detached 4-bedroom units (House Types A3) and on Site Nos. 47-51 from 2 No. 2.5 storey 3-bedroom terraced units (House Type C6), 2 No. 2 storey 2-bedroom terraced units (House Type C7), & 1 No. 2 storey 4-bedroom detached unit (House Type E2) to 3 No. 2.5 storey 3-bedroom terraced units (House Types H2 & H3) & 2 No. 2.5 storey 4-bedroom semi-detached units (House Type A3). The proposed change in house types will result in 8 No. 2.5 storey 4-bedroom semi-detached units (House Type A3) & 3 No. 3-bedroom 2.5 storey terraced units (Types H2 & H3) with an additional gross floor area of circa 253.7 sq. metres from that permitted under Ref. Nos. 21/1195 & 23/854
2560210	Conditional	29 Jul 2025	0	419 m	• the approved block which comprises of units 33 and 34 (c.1086 sq.m) to be removed and the approved block which comprises of units 30, 31 & 32 (c. 1,623 sq.m) to be amalgamation into one block to facilitate the provision of a single industrial unit (c. 2,285 sq.m) for use as a packaging laundry facility. The provision of an enclosed external yard (c. 831 sq.m), including a water tank and plant. • the provision of Solar Panels at roof level. • minor amendments to the approved road layout
24447	Unconditional	3 Mar 2025	0	393 m	Part 8 for a strategic Park & Ride facility located to the west of M11 Junction 16 at Rosanna Upper in the village of Ashford. The proposed development comprises a car park with a capacity of 210 parking spaces, including 13 spaces for mobility impaired users and 21 spaces for charging of electric vehicles. The project includes the construction of a new bus area that consists of two bus bays, two passenger shelters, and a designated turning circle. A new all-movement junction is proposed at Fassaroe Lane, incorporating a dedicated lane for right-turning traffic. The development also plans to incorporate paved areas for bike shelters and lockers, facilitating connections for active travel and ancillary works (for submission details please see the development site notice)
2460722	Conditional	15 Jan 2025	0	21 m	the proposed development will consist of: alterations to car parking provision (total car parking will reduce from 45 No. to 34 No. plus 6 No. EV charging spaces); construction of a roofed EV shelter and associated plant and substation within a 2.9m high fence; associated signage (6 No. x 2.5 sq m EV charge point signs, and an internally illuminated 4.8m high double-sided freestanding sign (total 19 sq m)); and hard and soft landscaping and all associated site development works above and below ground
2472	Unconditional	9 Apr 2024	0	338 m	Section 42 on granted PRR 18/899 (Demolition of existing dwelling house and shed and erection of a new single storey dwelling house and associated works)
23854	Conditional	29 Feb 2024	80	0 m	proposed 80 No. residential units (64 No. houses and 16 No. duplexes) and childcare facility of 196 sq.m together with all associated site development works including estate roads, footpaths, car parking, bins and storage, boundary treatment, services infrastructure including watermains, foul sewerage, surface water sewerage and on-site attenuation tanks. The proposed development includes for measures to upgrade and realign the Newcastle Road (R761) which will provide for turning lanes at the entrance to the proposed development and Wicklow County Campus (Clermont) and a new uncontrolled pedestrian crossing. A sloped landscaped area located between the existing Clermont demesne wall and the new road realignment is proposed, and a partial demolition of Clermont demesne wall to facilitate the proposed realignment. A new two-way shared pedestrian/ cyclist path is proposed along the western side of the proposed realignment from the site entrance to the roundabout junction at the Rathnew Relief Road. A new surface water open drain is proposed from the proposed development along the western side of the proposed new public footpath/ cycle lane which is then piped further south under the proposed realignment Newcastle Road (R761), and out onto Tighe avenue (R772) where it will drain further south to an existing surface water manhole on Main Street. Watermain and foul sewerage connections are proposed into the existing public mains in the vicinity. The proposed foul sewerage will be piped under the Newcastle Road (R761) up to the existing public sewer on Tighe Avenue (R772)

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322476	—	Granted with conditions	22 Aug 2025	291 m
319137	—	Refused	2 Aug 2024	291 m
319362	—	Invalid	24 Jul 2024	0 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

27 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 1 Oct 2026
27 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 16:04. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.