Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Fatima House , Quinsborough Road , Bray

planning application for permission for amendments to previously approved grant of planning permission (An Bord Pleanála ref. ABP-318016-23 dated 18th October 2024) for development comprising the demolition of the existing single / two storey detached derelict building and for the construction of a detached six storey mixed use building with lift and stairwell element at roof terrace level, with a gross floor area of circa. 3037m sq., consisting of civic / community use and 30 no. apartments (comprising: 10 no. 1 bed/ 2 person, 10 no. 2 bed/ 3 person, 5 no.2 bed/ 4 person & 5 no. 3 bed 5 person apartments) and all on and off site development works and boundary treatments on site of circa. 0.079 Ha. at Fatima House, Quinsborough Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow, A98ED21

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 8 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: 2660857 · 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: 771 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/2660857/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660857 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 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
N1.6 Airport	Gateway Transport Hub: To provide for the development and improvement of public transportation infrastructure.	bray municipal district local area plan 2018	10 Jun 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 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 × 9
Seadeco · house · house
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R191471

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660757	Conditional	13 Oct 2026	494 m	the change of use from retail to a residential use at first floor and part ground floor, the residential unit will comprise of a 39sqm studio apartment, access will be provided via an existing entrance at ground floor along Quinsborough Rd, the remaining 30sqm at ground floor will remain as a retail unit, other works will include new replacement sash windows to north and Western elevations and 3no. new rooflights to existing roof
26177	Conditional	7 Oct 2026	412 m	section 254 licence - scaffolding
2660726	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	207 m	installation of an external platform lift, extension of the external deck at first floor level by 12 sq.m., extension of the store area at ground level by 12 sq.m. and associated works to provide universal access at Bray Sailing Club, retention of alterations to external windows and doors and clubhouse staircase, conversion of women's changing rooms to offices in the clubhouse building, infill extension of external deck, relocation of external staircase to deck to northern elevation of clubhouse, service access stair to roof space over changing room building, single storey steel shed at the southern end of the site, open canopy over entrance door in courtyard, two open perspex shelters to courtyard and two containers to courtyard; one containing additional ladies changing room and toilets and one containing a universal access WC and associated works, (Bray Sailing Club which is within the curtilage and/or adjacent to the protected structures Kelly's Bath House, RPS no.B97 and Martello Terrace, RPS no.B84)
26173	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	130 m	section 254 licence - scaffolding
2660748	Refused	1 Oct 2026	443 m	(1) Removal of existing rear garden storage building along the east boundary; (2) Converting the existing first and second floors into two studio apartments; (3) Construction of a new three-storey rear extension comprising of three one-bedroom apartments on the ground, first and second floor levels (totalling two studio apartments and three one-bedroom apartments across the development); (4) Provision of all associated site works, including bicycle parking and bin storage facilities at ground floor level.
2660706	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	351 m	a rear single storey extension and external rear deck with a stair to an existing dwelling (Protected Structure)
2660672	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	287 m	demolish rear garden brick shed, demolish rear single storey flat roof extension with provision for new two storey rear extension with matching roof profiles and rooflights, new storey and half windows, new external finishes to existing building, new soakaway pit to BRE digest 365, new drainage throughout with existing connection into foul sewer, new landscaping with new entrance piers and electric gate and all associated site works
2561060	Refused	28 Aug 2026	288 m	(i) ‘commercial sauna and cold/hot tub’ use; (ii) removal of tank, cooling fans, and general site clearance; (iii) installation of 8 no. cold plunge tubs, 3 no. sauna rooms, and 1 no. hot tub; (iv) provision of ancillary facilities including a shower area, WC, 8 no. unisex changing rooms, and reception area; and (v) all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500165	—	Granted	30 Sept 2026	338 m
501380	—	pending	21 May 2026	253 m
500146	—	Granted with conditions	9 Mar 2026	126 m
320905	—	Granted with conditions	30 Apr 2025	448 m
320318	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jan 2025	185 m
321380	—	Invalid	4 Dec 2024	463 m
318016	—	Granted with conditions	18 Oct 2024	0 m
317991	—	Granted with conditions	18 Oct 2024	339 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.