Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Units 1 & 2 Block 2 , Springmount Square Newtownmountkennedy , County Wicklow

the amalgamation of the approved commercial areas 156m2 and 195m2, on the ground floor of building 1, to create a single combined shop with a floor area of 355m2, the proposed shop will operate as a retail convenience store, these commercial areas form part of a previously approved application for permission, Wicklow County Council Register Reference 21/731, An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP 314322-22. building 1 of the approved application for permission is now referred to as block 2.

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 16 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: 2660828 · 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: 425 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/2660828/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660828 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 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:newtownmountkennedy-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:newtownmountkennedy-town-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
WICKLOW WI-001:DP:newtownmountkennedy-town-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · 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	Distance	Description
26124	Conditional	12 Aug 2026	86 m	conversion of first floor balcony to additional living space to living/dining area including 2 no. windows to front elevation
2660351	Conditional	18 Jun 2026	121 m	• change of use from retail to medical (general practitioner); • minor external alterations to previously approved building; • internal alterations to previously approved building; • provision of two car parking bays and one ambulance bay; • connection to all public services; • all associated ancillary works to facilitate this development
2660041	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	202 m	(1) construction of new 330 sq.m. detached single storey building, (2) on-site parking spaces, (3) associated works, (4) access to the public road via existing entrance
2660144	Conditional	14 Apr 2026	190 m	(1). construction of new 3.66sq.m. single storey porch extension to front elevation of existing two storey house, (2). changes to size and location of front elevation window, (3) associated works.
2660143	Conditional	14 Apr 2026	196 m	(1). construction of new 3.66sq.m. single storey porch extension to front elevation of existing two storey house, (2). changes to sizes and locations of front elevation windows, (3) associated works
2660055	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	228 m	metal fence erected on site, 5 metal containers which are used for dressing rooms, storage, shop and toilets, wooden storage shed, wooden decking and canopy area and associate works
2561003	Conditional	11 Feb 2026	393 m	The amendments for which retention and completion are sought comprise of the following: 1. Minor amendments to elevations of house type A, including amendments to window and door sizes and design and window banding. 2. Minor amendments to elevations of house type B, including amendment to window sizes. 3. Minor amendments to house type C, including amendments to window sizes. 4. Minor amendments to house type D, including removal of banding to windows and amend-ments to window sizes. 5. Minor amendments to house type E, including amendments to window sizes. 6. Minor amendments to house type G comprising of reduction in footprint, flat roof to side and rear reduced and adjusted to 25 degree pitch roof, and minor internal layout changes. 7. Minor amendments to duplex types F1 and F2 comprising minor internal layout changes, change of rear projection flat roof to lean to roof, change of front projection to maisonette en-trance from flat roof to lean to roof and reduction in height from three storey to single storey, Size of entrance area at ground floor area providing access to upper floor apartments re-duced, ridge height reduced by circa 100mm, and stone cladding to front elevation extended to eaves level. 8. Lowering of finished floor level of units 42 and 43 by 500mm and of units 36 to 40 both inclu-sive by 225mm. 9. Minor layout changes including relocation of accessible parking opposite duplex block 1 to space between duplex block 1 and block 2, amendments to road and footpath levels, amendments to communal and public open space levels and configurations including remov-al of retaining walls. And design of private rear gardens revised to eliminate steps, 10. Reduction in overall roof height of house types by circa 1.51 metres for Type A, 1.38 metres for house types B, 1.32 metres for house type C, 1.51 for house type D, 706mm for house type G, and 100mm for duplex types F1 and F2, and an increase to ridge height of 230 mm for house type E. 11. Minor amendments to landscape layout and boundary treatment as illustrated on the submit-ted landscape drawings. 12. All associated and ancillary works. The amendments for which planning permission are sought comprise of the following: 1. Treatment to the RC retaining wall comprising a combination of stone cladding and self col-oured render to the external face of the wall and timber cladding with soft landscaping to the site internal pats of the wall
2460778	Conditional	6 Jan 2026	167 m	this Mixed Use Development is proposed to comprise of a restaurant unit and 25 residential apartments, in 4 'blocks'. Proposed Block 1 – A four storey building of 1415 sqm comprising of a Ground Floor Commercial Restaurant Unit of 257sqm, in addition to 12 number residential apartments ( 3 x 1 Bed, 9 x 2 Bed ) on the ground, first, second and third floors, with associated circulation & plant rooms. Proposed Block 2 - A four storey building (over ground floor parking area & entrance) of 836 sqm comprising of 8 residential apartments ( 8 x 2 Bed ) with associated circulation & plant rooms. Proposed Block 3 - A three storey building of 230 sqm comprising of 3 residential apartments ( 3 x 1 Bed ) with associated circulation. Proposed Block 4 - A two storey building of 140 sqm comprising of 2 residential apartments ( 2 x 1 Bed ) taking in the conversion and extension of the existing residential building 'Bawn House'. The proposed development includes the demolition of 2 derelict existing buildings, a shop building formerly known as 'P.B. O'Byrne' & also a single storey dwelling 'Bawn Mews'. 'Bawn House', a 2 storey pitched roof building between these buildings, is proposed to be retained, as referred to above. The proposed development includes a new vehicular entrance to off street parking of 12 spaces, with an entrance roadway from Main Street (in place of existing site vehicular entrance), in addition to an ESB substation, refuse stores, bicycle parking stores, communal open spaces, and associated site and landscape works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500927	—	Withdrawn	15 Jun 2026	393 m
500683	—	Granted	22 May 2026	167 m
500128	—	Refused	4 Mar 2026	83 m
317785	—	Granted with conditions	21 Oct 2024	79 m
319816	—	pending	29 May 2024	331 m
316190	—	Other	27 Mar 2024	80 m
316248	—	Other	25 Mar 2024	199 m
314323	—	Granted with conditions	7 Feb 2024	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

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.