Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

St Patrick’s Loreto Primary School , Vevay Road Bray , County Wicklow.

the demolition of the existing prefabricated building and associated site works, and the construction of a new single-storey school building of approximately 230m², together with two soft play areas of approximately 50m² each located to either side of the proposed building, the proposed development will also include all associated site development works, including the removal of existing trees and dense vegetation to the rear of the existing prefabricated building to facilitate the construction of the proposed school building, together with associated site works, the proposed development is located at St. Patrick’s Loreto Primary School, Vevay Road, Bray, County Wicklow, and is situated within the vicinity of Protected Structure Wicklow RPS-B105. An Ecological Impact Assessment Report, an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report along with a Conservation Report and Heritage Impact Assessment have been submitted as part of the planning application

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 28 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660793 · 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: 2.16 ha
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 28 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/2660793/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660793 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 8 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre: To provide for the development and improvement of appropriate town centre uses including residential, retail, commercial, office and civic use.	WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	10 Jun 2018 → 23 Oct 2028
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.	WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	10 Jun 2018 → 23 Oct 2028
S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Community & Education: To provide for civic, community and educational facilities	WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	10 Jun 2018 → 23 Oct 2028

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:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018, WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018, WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:bray-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2018	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 9
Abingdon · Bray Town Hall and Market House · Saint Patrick's National School
Radon risk area × 3
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R181220

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660706	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	350 m	a rear single storey extension and external rear deck with a stair to an existing dwelling (Protected Structure)
2660687	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	281 m	1. creation of a porch to the front elevation; 2. conversion of the first-floor front patio to a first-floor extension; 3. omission of the ground-floor window on the south elevation; 4. omission of the ground-floor door on the north elevation; 5. omission of the chimney stack on the north elevation; 6. construction of a pitched roof on the garage; 7. construction of a shed to the rear, together with associated ground works
2660709	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	4 m	RED III application Level 5 - installation of wall mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar panels (2.7kWp) to the rear elevation of the existing dwelling together with all associated site works
2660672	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	400 m	demolish rear garden brick shed, demolish rear single storey flat roof extension with provision for new two storey rear extension with matching roof profiles and rooflights, new storey and half windows, new external finishes to existing building, new soakaway pit to BRE digest 365, new drainage throughout with existing connection into foul sewer, new landscaping with new entrance piers and electric gate and all associated site works
2660461	Conditional	2 Sept 2026	493 m	extended sun room and patio area to rear at ground level to replace former sun room now boarded up and with associated site works
2660549	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	395 m	1) external insulation & render system sustainability upgrade and all ancillary works
2560942	Refused	29 Jul 2026	420 m	demolition of an existing dilapidated warehouse totalling c.291sqm and ancillary walls throughout the site, the reinstatement of the Old Chimney together with alterations to the boundaries of the site, and the construction of a mixed use residential development ranging from 2 storey over ground floor to 6 storey over ground floor in height as follows: Provision of 54 no. residential units, in the form of 2 no. new apartment and duplex buildings (Blocks 1 & 2), as follows: Block 1 (6 storey over ground floor) comprising 53 no. apartment and duplex units (1 no. studio unit, 4 no. 1-bed units, 29 no. 2-bed units & 19 no. 3 bed units, a tenant gym, a coffee shop and 2 no. office units). Block 2 (2 storey over ground floor) comprising 1 no. 3 bed unit and 1 no. bin store (c. 60 sqm) at ground level. Open space (c. 1116 sq. m) is proposed in the form of public open space (c. 690 sq. m) at podium level (Block 1), and residential communal open space (c. 426 sq. m) provided as a rooftop garden on top floor level of Block 1. Each residential unit is afforded with associated private open space in the form of balconies. The development will be served by 2 no. access/egress points for vehicular and pedestrian access to the east of the site via The L19545 Road (1 no. existing site access point & 1 no. new vehicular and pedestrian access point). An access point to the west of the site for emergency vehicles and pedestrians only is provided. Car park proposed on the ground floor level below podium. A total of 15 no. car parking spaces are proposed, which includes 12 no. spaces for residential units and 3 no. for the commercial units. A total of 178 no. bicycle spaces are proposed within Block 1, which includes 2 no. spaces for the commercial units. 1 no. ESB substation, 1 no. switch room, 1 no. cold water storage room & 1 no. sprinkler plant area are provided at ground floor level within Block 1. Bin Storage areas for the Block 1 & 2 are proposed at ground level within Block 2. All associated site and infrastructural works above and below ground to include provision for water services; foul and surface water drainage and connections; internal roads, attenuation proposal; permeable paving; all landscaping works including green infrastructure zones; green roofs; and general plant areas; landscaped boundary treatment; footpaths; public lighting; and electrical services
2660491	Conditional	15 Jul 2026	403 m	(1) the material change of use of the existing retail unit to use as a café; (2) new external signage and shopfront alterations; (3) along with all associated and ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501974	—	open	25 Aug 2026	420 m
501655	—	open	3 Jul 2026	170 m
323846	—	Other	4 Jun 2026	267 m
323722	—	Refused	23 Mar 2026	454 m
500146	—	Granted with conditions	9 Mar 2026	431 m
323405	—	Refused	19 Nov 2025	469 m
322587	—	Granted with conditions	12 Sept 2025	466 m
321706	—	Other	15 May 2025	421 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

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026
3 Sept 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.