Observation pack · Wicklow County Council
Kevin Street , Tinahely , Co. Wicklow
change of use of part of a dwellinghouse from residential use to commercial short term letting use
Observations close 19 Oct 2026 10 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660826 · full record
- Authority
- Wicklow County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 194 m²
- Received
- 14 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 8 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/2660826/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660826at 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 19 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:DP:tinahely-town-plan | 23 Oct 2022 → 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:tinahely-town-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| WICKLOW WI-001:DP:tinahely-town-plan | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 15house · house · Tinahely Market House
- Radon risk area × 1About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660464 | Conditional | 3 Sept 2026 | 1 | 464 m | 1) permission to demolish an existing dwelling and 2) construct a replacement dwelling house with services and all associated site works |
| 2660624 | Refused | 26 Aug 2026 | 0 | 86 m | change of use from dwelling to short term accommodation and internal alterations 2. permission to connect short term accommodation to Madelines B& B internally 3. permission for internal alterations to Madelines B&B to provide a connection to adjacent short term accommodation 4. permission to demolish chimney and permission to demolish two storied extension to the rear of existing dwelling 5. permission to build a two storied extension to the rear of existing dwelling and associated works |
| 2660437 | Conditional | 8 Jul 2026 | 0 | 187 m | the change of use of an existing ground floor unit (86m²) from light industrial / office use to a personal training gym |
| 2660387 | Conditional | 25 Jun 2026 | 0 | 310 m | A) proposed new 110 sq.m office/playroom/garage with attic storage located at the end of the garden with connection to existing services on site and all associated landscaping and site works and B) retention permission is sought for minor alterations to elevations and plans of previously granted dwelling under file ref 19/420, and all associated site works |
| 2660034 | Conditional | 12 Mar 2026 | 0 | 450 m | (1) change of use of agricultural land to community garden and allotments (2) lean-to, 2 bay open sided shelter with a water-harvesting tank (3) gravelled car park surface for 6 cars (4) removal of the existing steel gate to the field and replacement with a new, wider, wooden double gate, set back from the tarmac entrance and a concrete open channel with a gully and trench soakpit (5) removal of the existing roadside wire fences and setback of the proposed new 3 rail wood board fences, as well as the creation of additional grass verges on both sides to improve visibility and (6) associated site development works |
| 2560860 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2026 | 0 | 347 m | 2 No. new dwelling, a new vehicular access road off public road to service both dwellings, including all required setbacks to provide adequate sight lines and footpaths, connections to all services, new boundary walls, fences and boundary screening and all associated ancillary site works |
| 2560553 | Conditional | 28 Jan 2026 | 0 | 365 m | (1) retention of existing storage building (113 sq. m) & hard surface/ yard, (2) proposed detached dormer dwelling & ancillary site development works including a proposed vehicular entrance, site services (including an on-site proprietary sewage pumping station & foul rising main to connect to the existing foul sewer) & connection to public watermain & (3) removal of existing sheds/containers |
| 25291 | Refused | 25 Nov 2025 | 0 | 307 m | change of use removal of condition 2 (a) of PRR 07/433 from restricted use as a dwelling to use by all classes of persons |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
- 14 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.