Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Castlerudderry , , Co. Wicklow

the importation of approximately 55,000 tonnes of clean soils and stone over to infill and level the site in order to improve existing agricultural lands at Castlerudderry, Co.Wicklow, the clean soil and stone will be imported under Article 27 of European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations 2011, as amended, the proposed fill area is approximately 2.5 ha, the lands within fill area are undulating and dip to the east and the fill depth will vary from 0.5m to 4m across the fill area, it is intended that restored lands will be given over to agricultural use such as grazing, a period of 5 years duration is requested to import materials and to complete restoration and seeding of the lands

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660804 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.90 ha
Received: 7 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
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/2660804/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660804 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 12 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	Distance	Description
2660073	Refused	8 Sept 2026	202 m	406 sqm soil screening storage shed for existing infill site and associate works
2360182	Conditional	1 Dec 2023	30 m	continued use of an existing facility (permitted under Plan File Ref. No. 18/1363) used for the importation of concrete, the storing of concrete, the processing of concrete including crushing and the storage of the crushed concrete product pending reuse off site, all within an application area of c. 3.3 Ha. and for a 10 year period
22273	Refused	13 May 2022	429 m	Finger post sign
201291	Conditional	16 Feb 2022	263 m	importation of inert soil and stones for use, including through screening and soil recovery, in site restoration of an area of 1.26 hectares with a former gravel pit, at a rate of 10,000 tonnes per annum (100,000 tonnes total), along with permission to construct a wheel wash and weighbridge, use of a mechanical screener, internal access arrangements and the use of existing public road access, for a period of ten years

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
309955	—	Refused	11 May 2022	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

7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
7 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.