Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Vale Road , Yardland Townland , Arklow Co. Wicklow

demolition of existing dwelling, construction of 2 no. duplex blocks, each comprising of the 6 No. 2 bedroom units and 6 No. 3 bedroom units, totalling 24 No. residential units, construction of 40 no. dwellings, comprising of 5 no. 1 bedroom terraced units, 16 no. 2 bedroom terraced units, 17 no. 3 bedroom terraced units and 2 no. 3 bedroom bungalow units, construction of communal refuse storage buildings and bicycle storage lockers, all together with associated works including new footpath arrangements, external steps, drainage connections, landscaping, car and bicycle parking, private and public open space areas

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 2 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: 2660797 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 64
Floor area: 5,424 m²
Site area: 2.00 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/2660797/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660797 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
G4 Open space	Active Open Space: To protect and enhance existing and provide for new active open space	WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan	4 Mar 2018 → 23 Oct 2028
R1 New residential	New Residential - R28: To provide for new residential development and supporting facilities during the lifetime of the plan - Residential @28/ha	WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan	4 Mar 2018 → 23 Oct 2028
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas	WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan	4 Mar 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:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan, WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan, WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
WICKLOW WI-001:LAP:arklow-and-environs-local-area-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2560594	Conditional	24 Apr 2026	0	490 m	• 1 no. ICT facility building with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 36,655 sq.m and a total parapet height of c.19.5m. • 2 no. ICT facilities each with a GFA of c. 4,428 sq.m and a total parapet height of c. 10.5m. • Each of the ICT facilities will accommodate ICT equipment rooms, external mechanical equipment areas, electrical equipment rooms, network rooms, ancillary office space, storage and loading bays; • The construction of a solar farm development consisting of photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays covering an area of approximately c. 2.7 ha in the east of the site, on ground mounted steel frames, underground cabling and ducting, a new gated internal track for maintenance and all associated site services works; • Relocation of the customer transformer compound permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • The provision of process water and domestic water split tanks, process water and domestic water plantrooms, rainwater harvesting tanks, chlorine dosing kiosk, sprinkler pump rooms, sprinkler tanks, fire hydrant pump room and hydrant tank; • The provision of an internal road network and circulation areas, footpaths, 104 no. car parking spaces and 100 no. cycle parking spaces; • The construction site access arrangements and amendments to the internal road network permitted under WCC Reg. Ref.: 21/1080 as amended by WCC Reg. Ref.: 23/843; • Landscaping and planting, boundary treatments, site lighting, security fencing, all associated site works including underground foul and storm water drainage network, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) measures, and utility cables, and all ancillary works. The operation of the proposed development will require an EPA Industrial Emissions Directive (IE) Licence. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared
2560533	Conditional	28 Aug 2025	0	482 m	conversion of the original single-storey carport with a pitched roof over attached to the side of the existing dwelling, comprising of a dining and kitchen area at ground floor level including retention for the existing single-storey extension to the rear & side elevations at ground floor level, comprising of an accessible lobby, shower room and bedroom with a total floor area of 45.6m2, all connecting into the existing services
2460655	Conditional	26 Mar 2025	0	277 m	(A) the erection of 2 no. temporary prefabricated classrooms, all associated site works including connection to existing storm drainage and (B) continued use of existing school buildings approved under previous planning reference 11610047 & 20640
254	Conditional	3 Mar 2025	0	199 m	vehicular access to public road as constructed, retention of pedestrian gate to laneway to the east, retention of revised elevations to dwelling from those granted under planning ref. no. P92/96 and associated works
24430	Conditional	10 Dec 2024	1	405 m	permission for a single storey ground floor extension to the front and side of existing dwelling forming new entrance hall with stepped approach, extension to existing kitchen and living area including new windows to front of existing dwelling and all associated ground works
2460281	Refused	27 Aug 2024	0	350 m	the construction of a new single-storey detached garden shed / store with a floor area of 25.8sqm located to the front (northside) of the existing detached single-storey dwelling and including all associated site works
2460224	Conditional	7 Jun 2024	0	434 m	demolition of existing car port/tool shed to make way for: Proposed ground floor extension @ gable end of existing dwelling house consisting of bedroom & shower room, and associated site works
2494	Conditional	4 Apr 2024	0	228 m	a scaffold

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318443	—	Granted with conditions	25 Jul 2024	206 m
318379	—	Invalid	2 Nov 2023	206 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.