Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

13 Ocean Crest , Arklow , Co. Wicklow

alterations and extensions to his property, the application includes for the construction of a single storey porch to front elevation, the construction of a single storey plant room to side elevation and for the construction of single storey storage bays at rear of property including provision of a number of Velux windows to front and rear including ancillary works

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660810 · 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: 1,133 m²
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 2 Nov 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/2660810/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660810 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 13 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
M5 Mixed use — outer core	Mixed Use: To provide for mixed-use development.	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 · 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

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
26147	Refused	17 Sept 2026	409 m	Proposed demolition of existing shed on site & proposed two-storey apartment building consisting of 6 apartments of 5 x two-bedroom units and 1x one-bedroom unit with connection to services, boundaries, extension of public footpath, bin and bicycle storage, courtyard, attenuation works and associated works
2652	Refused	28 Apr 2026	398 m	demolition of existing shed on site and proposed two storey apartment building consisting of eight apartments of 6 x two bedroom, and 2 x one bedroom units with connection to services, boundaries, extension of existing public footpath, walled compound for bin and bicycle storage, and associated works on site
2660115	Refused	10 Apr 2026	474 m	1. new single storey detached house. 2. new vehicular entrance from Harbour Court housing estate. 3. new hammer head/turning area from Harbour Court housing estate. 4. new pedestrian footpath linking existing footpath from Gussett Lane to Harbour Court housing estate. 5. connections to existing services. 6. all above with associated siteworks
25126	Conditional	4 Jul 2025	423 m	construction of a building to display historic Coastguard horse drawn carriages previously used for rescue and ancillary works
2599	Conditional	10 Jun 2025	390 m	bay window to front of dwelling with porch roof overhang and retention of domestic store at rear, and associated works
2560227	Refused	13 May 2025	476 m	the following: 1. New two storey detached house 2. New vehicular entrance from Harbour Court Housing Estate 3. New pedestrian footpath linking existing footpath from Gussett Lane to Harbour Court Housing Estate 4. Connections to existing services 5. All above with associated siteworks
2560193	Conditional	24 Apr 2025	335 m	an extension of 41.00sq.metres to existing dwelling house and associated site works
2460681	Conditional	3 Jan 2025	347 m	(i)Construction of single storey domestic garage, Gross Area c.37square metres, to rear of house (ii)Widening of existing front access and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501269	—	Refused	28 Aug 2026	474 m
313951	—	Granted with conditions	4 Jul 2023	194 m
310368	—	Granted with conditions	19 Jul 2022	480 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

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 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.