Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

K2 Alpacas Farmhouse , Callowhill Upper , Co. Wicklow

a) retention permission to retain existing additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse, b) planning permission to complete the additions and alterations to the existing 19th century farmhouse to create a 4 bedroom farmhouse and c) change the use from residential to a farmhouse holiday let, complete with all associated works, roads, pavements and services

Observations close 2 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660777 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,953 m²
Received: 28 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 22 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/2660777/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660777 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 2 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 10 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
2560704	Conditional	29 Oct 2025	0	350 m	(1). the demolition of a 27 sq.m. single storey Sunroom, (2). construction of a 107 sq.m. two storey extension to existing 192 sq.m. two storey house, (3). upgraded effluent treatment system, and (4). associated works
25203	Conditional	9 Oct 2025	0	371 m	1) change of use from farm building to residential use (180.0 sq.m); 2) extension to rear of building (49 sq.m); 3) waste water treatment system and percolation area; 4) bored well; 5) existing entrance and access road to family home and surrounding land and building; 6) all associated site works
24423	Refused	10 Dec 2024	0	369 m	(1) Change of use from farm building to residential use (180.0 sq.m), (2) Extension to rear of building (49.0 sq.m), (3) Waste water treatment system and percolation area, (4) Bored well, (5) Existing entrance and access road to family home and surrounding land and building, (6) All associated site works
24233	Refused	15 Jul 2024	0	416 m	(1) Change of use from farm building to residential use (180.0sq m). (2) Extension to rear of building (49.0sq.m). (3) Waste water treatment system and percolation area. (4) Bored well. (5) Existing entrance and access road to family home and surrounding land and building. (6) All associated site works
2360281	Conditional	16 May 2024	0	272 m	the construction of a new dwelling ( consisting of a revised house type, adjustment to house location from that as granted under PRR 19/527), domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well and associate works
211110	Conditional	14 Mar 2022	1	395 m	dwelling, garage, bored well, wastewater treatment system to current EPA standards and all associated ancillary site works and services

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321668	—	Refused	19 May 2025	369 m
320527	—	Invalid	12 Aug 2024	416 m
320467	—	Invalid	6 Aug 2024	416 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

28 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 2 Oct 2026
28 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.