Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Wren Cottage , Preban , Tinahely

demolition of single storey cottage and the construction of a replacement dormer style cottage on the existing footprint, upgrading of septic tank & and all associated site works

Observations close 22 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 11 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660839 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 190 m²
Site area: 1.20 ha
Received: 17 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 11 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/2660839/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660839 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 22 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
Recorded monument × 1
R146700

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660384	Conditional	1 Jul 2026	0	0 m	erection of a single storey extension to the rear of her property incorporating 2 no bedrooms, en-suite, kitchen/living area, bathroom and entrance lobby, along with upgrade of existing on site wastewater treatment facilities to biocrete treatment plant and percolation area, and all associated site works
2560644	Conditional	16 Dec 2025	1	358 m	for permission for subdivision of existing sites, a new dwelling, new entrance onto public road, blocking up existing entrance onto public road, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter for proposed dwelling, removing existing septic tank and installing a wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter for existing dwelling, new well for proposed dwelling, new site boundaries for existing 2 dwellings and associate works
2560420	Refused	24 Jul 2025	1	142 m	Outline Planning Permission is sought for the following works: 1. A change of use from an existing single-storey ancillary workshop (55sqm) to a single-storey dwelling, with ancillary site works and appropriate wastewater treatment system; 2. A single-storey extension (40sqm) to the east elevation.
221374	Conditional	13 Jun 2023	0	71 m	dwellinghouse with services, domestic garage and all associated site works
221227	Conditional	22 Mar 2023	0	203 m	demolish existing shed and construct a dwelling and garage and all associated site works
22616	Conditional	26 Jul 2022	0	455 m	for as constructed extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling and permission to upgrade effluent treatment system
21916	Conditional	27 Oct 2021	1	318 m	new dwelling, garage, new entrance, wastewater treatment unit, soil polishing filter, new well and associate works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

17 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 22 Oct 2026
17 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.