Observation pack · Wicklow County Council
Kilcoole Industrial Estate , Creowen Rd Creowen , Kilcoole
the importation of soil infill from the source site, for use in levelling the lands at proposed development site
Observations close 28 Oct 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660856 · 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
- 1,964 m²
- Received
- 23 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 17 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/2660856/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660856at 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 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Employment: To provide for the development of enterprise and employment. | greystones delgany kilcoole local planning framework lpf | 9 Feb 2026 → 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
- Radon risk area × 2About 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 | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660478 | Conditional | 13 Oct 2026 | 0 | 124 m | 12 No additional surface car parking spaces together with outdoor seating areas, footpaths and modifications to the existing soft landscape |
| 2660474 | Conditional | 16 Sept 2026 | 0 | 182 m | change of use from light industrial to retail / showroom at ground floor level and from light industrial to associated office at first floor level with internal and external alterations comprising (a) formation of new opes to provide access to light industrial unit at ground floor level and office above, (b) formation of new windows at first floor level to front elevation and conversion of existing louvred vent to window to side elevation and (c) all associated site works |
| 2660625 | Conditional | 21 Aug 2026 | 0 | 255 m | 1. proposed new mezzanine floor area at first floor (194Msq) over existing ground floor area (338Msq). new mezzanine floor to provide for new office space/R & D Studios, meeting room & ancillary services, 2. additional windows to east & west elevations to serve new facilities at mezzanine floor level, 3. new framed entrance feature to existing entrance doorway & new fire escape door to southern elevation with associated signage over, 4. all modifications and ancillary site work |
| 2560724 | Conditional | 5 Aug 2026 | 0 | 449 m | construction of a detached two storey dwelling house, with new entrance onto the public road, (Newtown road), connect to existing services and all ancillary site works |
| 2660291 | Conditional | 29 May 2026 | 0 | 486 m | construction of 1) a new single-storey extension to the front, 2) a new single-storey extension to the rear and 3) a new two-storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling and all associated site works |
| 2660177 | Conditional | 16 Apr 2026 | 0 | 337 m | first floor extension to rear and extending to side over existing rear addition with connection to all services and associated site works |
| 2560623 | Conditional | 9 Mar 2026 | 0 | 467 m | construction of 99 no. residential units and 2 no. commercial / community units (for Class 1- Shop, Class 2- Office / Professional Services, or Class 10- Community Use or Restaurant / Café use). The 99 no. residential units will consist of 71 no. houses, 20 no. duplex apartments and 8 no. apartments, to be provided as follows: • 6 no. 2-bed houses • 59 no. 3-bed houses • 6 no. 4-bed houses • 10 no. 2-bed duplex apartments • 10 no. 3-bed duplex apartments • 4 no. 1-bed apartments • 2 no. 2-bed apartments • 2 no. 3-bed apartments. The 8 no. apartments are provided within 1 no. 3-storey apartment block (Block A). The 20 no. duplex apartments are provided in 2 no. 3-storey duplex apartment buildings (Block B and Block C) and comprise 2 storey duplex apartments over ground floor apartments. Balconies / private terraces are provided for all apartments / duplex apartments. The houses are 2 storeys in height. The commercial / community units are located at the ground floor of Block A with associated signage zones. A total of 179 no. car parking spaces are proposed. The development includes 104 no. cycle parking spaces (72 no. long term and 32 no. short term visitor spaces) for the apartments, duplex apartments and commercial / community units. Bin and bicycle storage areas are located within the ground floor of the apartment block, and external bin and bicycle stores are proposed for the duplex apartments and terraced houses. Bin and bicycle storage for the houses is provided on-curtilage. The proposal includes all associated internal roads, pedestrian and cycle paths, site and infrastructural works including foul and surface water drainage, attenuation tanks, provision of public and communal open space, boundary treatment, lighting, landscaping, green roof and PV panels and plant areas at roof level. The proposal includes a vehicular entrance from Main Street, Kilcoole, with the associated upgrades / improvements to Main Street to facilitate this access, which requires the carrying out of works on local authority lands, which are external to the application site boundary, and which will be carried out through agreement with the local authority. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared for the development and accompanies the planning application |
| 2560725 | Conditional | 12 Dec 2025 | 0 | 172 m | (1) a c 2.45 metre high security fence, as constructed, creating a 275.5 m2 vehicle parking area and (2) all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501119 | — | Withdrawn | 22 Jul 2026 | 467 m |
| 323073 | — | open | 18 Jul 2025 | 478 m |
| 320422 | — | Granted | 18 Sept 2024 | 467 m |
| 314721 | — | Refused | 9 Feb 2024 | 467 m |
| 316352 | — | Granted | 10 Nov 2023 | 490 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
- 23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
- 23 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.