Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

58 Connolly Street , Arklow , Co. Wicklow

extension to the rear (North) and side (West) of the existing property together with associated site works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660848 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 233 m²
Received: 22 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: —
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/2660848/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660848 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 27 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: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.

Source: 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

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
2660582	Conditional	8 Sept 2026	327 m	amendments to planning permission reference 24/60284 (principally relating to the construction of a new discount food store supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales on an extended site), the proposed development comprises: 1) extensions of permitted foodstore building (totalling 60 sqm) to western and southern elevations/sides and reconfiguration of internal building layout (with a total gross floor space of 2,350 sqm and a net sales area of 1,518 sqm, in lieu of 2,290 sqm and 1,452 sqm respectively permitted); and, 2) associated revisions to site layout, including relocated trolley bay enclosure, bin store and building mounted signage, reconfigured car parking and hard and soft landscaping, expansion of glazing to full height to Wexford Road façade, and all other associated and ancillary modifications to 24/60284 above and below ground level
2660426	Conditional	2 Sept 2026	444 m	1) demolition of part of existing ground floor area of the building to the rear, to provide private open space; 2) construction of a new first floor extension and external stairs to rear; 3) change of use of existing ground floor commercial unit from Launderette use to retail/café use; 4) construction of a separate entrance and stairs to existing first floor residential unit; 5) alterations to the existing elevations and shopfront; 6) internal layout alterations and all associated and ancillary works
2660445	Conditional	14 Jul 2026	218 m	(i) the construction of a sheltered canopy (c. 50 sq.m) for the purpose of providing 2 no. “Click and Collect” car parking spaces; (ii) the provision of 2 no. “Click and Collect” chilled storage units (c. 8.1 sq.m each); (iii) ancillary signage; and (iv) all associated site development works
2660338	Conditional	10 Jun 2026	293 m	new single storey steel canopy structure with sheet metal roof finish, PV panels, new permeable paved ambulance parking bay (below canopy) with new vehicular entrance of Castle Park Road, new planted sloped bank & associated landscape works to the north side of the existing two storey ambulance station
2660115	Refused	10 Apr 2026	379 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
2560864	Refused	20 Mar 2026	412 m	layout changes resulting in the reduction in overall number of units from 4 individual 1-bedroom apartment units to 2 individual 3-bedroom apartment units, on previously approved planning permission reg. ref. 20776, together with all associated and ancillary site works
2560756	Conditional	4 Mar 2026	323 m	• the omission of the previously permitted 4 storey Block 1, which comprised 19 no. apartment units (3 no. 1 bed and 16 no. 3 bed) • the reconfiguration of Block 2, increasing the number of units from 16 no. (13 no. 2 bed and 3 no. 3 bed) units to 18 no. (1 no. studio, 3 no. 1 bed and 14 no. 2 bed) along with reduction in building height from 7 to 6 storeys and associated elevation changes to balconies and window openings and provision of private open space and communal open space. • the omission of the previously permitted Block 3, which comprised 10 no. apartment units (9 no. 2 bed and 1 no. 3 bed), to be replaced with 3-storey 3 no. 4 bed dwelling units. • the replacement of 20 no. permitted 4 bed housing units along the riverwalk with 3-storey 32 no. duplex units (16 no. 2 bed and 16 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • the relocation of surface car parking at the site to accommodate the provision of 3-storey 12 no. duplex units (6 no. 2 bed and 6 no. 3 bed units) and associated services. • reconfiguration of the permitted 146.3 sqm childcare facility, including alteration of associated private open space. • an increase from the permitted 810 sqm to 818.9 sqm of communal open space on foot of the amendments to the typology and mix proposed. • an increase from the permitted 4188 sqm to 4354.98 sqm of public open space on foot of the amended site layout. • a reduction from the permitted 169 car parking spaces to 162 car parking spaces and increase from the permitted 177 bicycle spaces to 203 bicycle spaces. • revised internal road layout to facilitate development associated with this amendment. • amendments to the drainage layout to reflect the proposed amendments. • all associated site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping, retaining walls, bin stores, bike parking and site services necessary to facilitate the proposed amendments
269	Unconditional	27 Feb 2026	410 m	section 42 - extension of appropriate period - 20/776 - conversion and change of use of 4 no. existing first floor commercial units to 4 no. 1 bedroom residential apartments, alterations to first floor windows, installation of first floor balconies including latted timber screen on East elevation, installation of 1 no. window at first floor to North elevation, provision of rooflights to apartments in existing roof, provision of cycle parking and bin storage to rear of the property; together with associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501269	—	Refused	28 Aug 2026	379 m
323367	—	Refused	1 Dec 2025	457 m
322268	—	Granted with conditions	1 Aug 2025	379 m
317747	—	Granted with conditions	26 Jul 2024	342 m
315860	—	Refused	9 Apr 2024	481 m
314325	—	Refused	24 Oct 2023	291 m
313271	—	Refused	4 Aug 2023	336 m
314502	—	Other	5 Jul 2023	486 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

22 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
22 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.