Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Wool Green , Carnew , Co. Wicklow

1) change of use from retail unit to coffee shop and 2) permission for retention of ground floor door to first floor accommodation with all associated site works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 closes today

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

The application

Reference: 2660851 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 302 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/2660851/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660851 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
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.	carnew 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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Wicklow County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 7
Carnew Castle · Carnew Castle · All Saints' Church (Carnew)
Recorded monument × 3
R146490 · Castle - tower house · Graveslab

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660634	Conditional	20 Aug 2026	496 m	erect a hurling wall in our existing sports ground with all associated site works
2660292	Conditional	4 Jun 2026	496 m	1) permission for retention of part removal of existing wall and formation of hardcore area and 2) permission to construct a new entrance for overflow car park area and all associated site works
2660269	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	21 m	RED III application Level 5 - The development will consist of the installation of a small-scale non-ground source heat pump system (air-to-water heat pump) including external heat pump unit(s), heat pump enclosure, associated underground pipework, electrical connections and all ancillary site works. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a Protected Structure (RPS No. 47-04), and therefore constitutes works to a protected structure.
25178	Conditional	20 Aug 2025	369 m	1) sunroom extension constructed to the side of existing dwelling and 2) permission for retention of change of site boundaries, change of position of dwelling, and change of position of site entrance all from that previously granted under Pl. Reg. No. 90/6277
2559	Unconditional	26 May 2025	241 m	Part 8 - submissions should be made to the relevant department as specified on the site notice (not to the Planning Department) - change of use from the existing bank to a community-based remote working hub, and all associated refurbishment works to the existing building, and a new, single storey lean-to extension to the rear of the property connected to the existing building by a new pitched roof structure with a glazed entrance and enclosing the existing flat roofed vault, and the erection of a new shopfront and signage at the front of the building including an integrated decorative entrance gate. The aim of the development is to provide an active and vibrant working environment on Carnew Main Street and to promote well-being, inclusion, and community cohesion for those using and interaction with the building
2560269	Conditional	21 May 2025	224 m	a new external LPG tank and enclosure. A new external heat pump and enclosure. All related underground pipework and associated site works. Protected Structure
2531	Conditional	31 Mar 2025	495 m	erect flood lights around existing GAA pitch and all associated site works
24495	Conditional	17 Feb 2025	478 m	subdivision of existing dwelling into 2no. dwelling units. Permission is sought to erect extensions and make alterations to both units and all associated site and ancillary works to include deconstruction of storage shed

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312178	—	Granted with conditions	2 Jun 2023	466 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.