Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Pembroke Rathdown Road , Greystones , Co. Wicklow

widening the existing vehicular entrance, including the construction of a new entrance pier and the installation of a new electrically operated sliding gate, together with all associated site development works

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660816 · 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: 414 m²
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 3 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/2660816/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660816 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 14 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
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.	WI-001:DP:greystones-delgany-kilcoole-local-planning-framework-lpf	9 Feb 2026 → 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.

Source: WICKLOW WI-001:DP:greystones-delgany-kilcoole-local-planning-framework-lpf · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WICKLOW WI-001:DP:greystones-delgany-kilcoole-local-planning-framework-lpf	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 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
2660645	Conditional	8 Sept 2026	2	481 m	Redesign of proposed development as granted (PPR.26/60123), to create 2 detached houses and all associated works
2660627	Conditional	19 Aug 2026	0	297 m	conversion of attic space to storage, new dormer to rear and a Velux rooflight to front of existing dwelling and all associated site works
2660488	Conditional	23 Jul 2026	0	299 m	removal of single storey rear extensions and garage and construction of new two storey rear extension increasing dwelling from a two to four-bedroom dwelling, alterations and renovation of existing cottage and removal of chimney. amendments to existing dividing boundaries of No. 34 Blacklion dwelling and “Grainuale”, Blacklion, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, A63 KX34, the development shall provide for associated site development works, drainage, driveway access and landscaping to accommodate the proposed development works
2561055	Refused	1 Jul 2026	0	493 m	removal of chimney from gable of existing dwelling, removal of existing tennis court, modifications to existing gate and piers to form new entrance to accommodate new development. Construction of new low level boundary wall and gate to form new entrance and car parking to the front of existing dwelling. Construction to new boundary wall to separate proposed development from private open space of existing dwelling. Construction of 3 No. 5 bedroom, 2 storey with attic accommodation detached dwellings in the rear garden of existing dwelling. Provision of new driveway with pull in areas to serve proposed new dwellings. All together with associated site works, boundary treatments, landscaping, and service connections necessary to complete this development
2560923	Refused	30 Jun 2026	0	390 m	• construction of new 2-bedroom 2 storey dwelling to the rear garden of existing dwelling. • new vehicular access and driveway to provide access to new dwelling. • all together with associated site works, boundary treatments, landscaping, and service connections necessary to complete this development
2560970	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	3	300 m	• construction of 2 No. 3 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached dwellings to the rear garden of existing dwelling. • construction of 1 No. 3 bedroom 2 storey detached dwelling to the rear garden of existing dwelling. • removal of existing boundary wall between existing dwelling and St. Bridget’s Park estate, to provide new vehicular access, driveway and car parking via St. Bridget’s Park estate, to proposed dwellings. • relocation of existing public lamp post to accommodate proposed vehicular access. • all together with associated site works, boundary treatments, landscaping, and service connections necessary to complete this development at lands
2660315	Conditional	9 Jun 2026	0	125 m	renovation works to existing dwelling which includes the following ; new dormer windows to first floor attic rooms, new first floor terrace to front elevation, new flat roofs to existing carport, existing front extension including entrance area and existing rear extension, new external finishes to include new roof slates to replace existing roof tiles, new brickwork, new metal fascia profiles, new render, new external windows and doors, new landscaping with new entrance piers and electric gate and all associated site works
2674	Refused	28 May 2026	0	367 m	alterations to front, sides and rear facades, conversion of existing attic over original house & new skylights to roof, new pitched roofed first floor extension to existing single-storey rear extension including new skylights & oriel windows and associated site works, all as described on the drawings

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501763	—	pending	24 Jul 2026	493 m
500801	—	Granted	8 Jun 2026	385 m
323070	—	open	18 Jul 2025	325 m
313229	—	Withdrawn	21 Jan 2025	3 m
315516	—	Refused	14 Feb 2024	344 m
316688	—	Other	23 Aug 2023	255 m
314364	—	Withdrawn	27 Oct 2022	278 m
312173	—	Refused	8 Apr 2022	195 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

9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
9 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.