Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Castlefield , Fassaroe Lane , Bray

retention permission is sought for as-built dwelling comprising: (a) Alterations to the character of the roof element of the porch on the front / northern elevation; (b) Construction of a new single storey extension of 73m² to the rear / southern elevation; (c) Construction of a garage / shed (d) Construction of an above ground level walled swimming pool in the rear garden. (e) Alterations to the site boundaries and a slight repositioning of the house from the location permitted.

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660862 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,547 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 18 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/2660862/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660862 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 29 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.	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

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 2
R149088 · Castle - tower house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560394	Conditional	2 Feb 2026	0	496 m	new two storey detached, three bedroom dwelling boundary walls/ fences, dish existing footpath for new driveway, connections to existing services, associated site works and services
2560438	Conditional	1 Aug 2025	0	421 m	detached two-storey house and a shed, set back and widen the vehicular entrance, reconfigure the front boundary to achieve visibility sight lines with the provision of a new footpath, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
24291	Conditional	19 Aug 2024	1	238 m	a three storey detached dwelling with connections to private access road, drainage services, landscaping, soakway and all associated site works
24290	Conditional	19 Aug 2024	1	239 m	a three storey detached dwelling with connections to private access road, drainage services, landscaping, soak way and all associated site works
2460266	Conditional	2 Jul 2024	0	40 m	alterations to previously approved planning application Reg Ref: 22/1216 consisting of a revised entrance gateway / access in the northern boundary. All associated site, landscaping, drainage and ancillary works including driveway, and parking areas
2360143	Conditional	9 Jan 2024	1	256 m	new, 2 storey, detached, 3 bedroom, dwelling, with 2 no car parking spaces, new vehicular access, new boundary fence, associated site works including retaining walls
23140	Refused	31 Oct 2023	0	150 m	three storey detached dwelling with connections to private access road, drainage services, landscaping, soakway and all associated site works
23139	Conditional	31 Oct 2023	0	247 m	three storey detached dwelling with connections to private access road, drainage services, landscaping, soakway and all associated siteworks

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500799	—	Granted with conditions	18 Jun 2026	496 m
324300	—	Withdrawn	27 May 2026	195 m
313314	—	Other	15 Jul 2025	195 m
314579	—	Refused	16 Jan 2024	419 m
316711	—	Other	1 Nov 2023	0 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.