Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Stephen Street , Dunlavin , Co Wicklow

alterations to existing front elevation ground floor windows of the Imaal Hall, Stephen Street, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 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: 2660875 · 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: 646 m²
Received: 30 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 24 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/2660875/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660875 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 4 Nov 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.	dunlavin 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 × 5
Bank House · house · house
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 8
R147469 · Historic town · Church

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660348	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	322 m	construction of a crèche adjacent to the 88 No. unit residential scheme originally granted permission under planning register 21/1141. The proposed crèche will be accessed through previously permitted development and is to include all associated infrastructure and site development works including roads, footpaths, parking, set-down area, drainage, landscaping and boundary treatment
2660154	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	228 m	subdivision of the existing dwelling into 4 no. residential units (consisting of 1 no. studio apartment, 1 no. one-bedroom apartment and 2 no. two-bedroom apartments), together with the construction of an additional 1 no. one-bedroom standalone unit within the curtilage and to the rear of the existing dwelling. The proposed development will also include alterations to the existing dwelling, including modifications to the rear and side elevations, provision of balconies, internal reconfiguration works, and all associated site development works including access, services, boundary treatments and landscaping
2660182	Conditional	28 Apr 2026	27 m	provision of a new external door and window at first-floor level to the rear elevation of the existing building, together with the construction of an external access stairway and associated landing to provide access to the existing first-floor. The development will also include all associated site development and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the proposed development
2660005	Refused	23 Feb 2026	188 m	construction of 30 No. additional dwellings and a creche adjacent to the 88 No. unit scheme originally granted permission under planning register 21/1141. The proposed dwellings consist of 8 No. 2 bed terraced bungalow dwellings, 2 No. 1 bed & 2 No. 2 bed maisonette dwellings, 8 No. 3 bed semi detached 2 storey dwellings & 10 No. 4 bed semi detached 2 storey dwellings, with access through previously permitted development and is to include all associated infrastructure and site developments works including drainage, landscaping and boundary treatment
2560547	Refused	9 Sept 2025	189 m	construction of 26 No. additional dwellings adjacent to the 88 No. unit scheme originally granted permission under planning register 21/1141. The proposed dwellings consist of 4 No. 2 bed terraced bungalow dwellings, 2 No. 1 bed & 2 No. 2 bed maisonette dwellings, 8 No. 3 bed semi detached 2 storey dwellings & 10 No. 4 bed semi detached 2 storey dwellings, with access through previously permitted development and is to include all associated infrastructure and site developments works including drainage, landscaping and boundary treatment
24504	Conditional	3 Sept 2025	136 m	subdivision and extension of existing single storey dwelling house and site to provide two dwelling houses, comprising one no. three bed and one no. two bed houses. Development works to include: a) renovation of existing building (external insulation, replacement of windows and renewal of existing roof), b) part single, part two-storey stepped extension to rear of existing building, c) reinstatement of original doorway to front elevation, formation of second pedestrian entrance to front boundary fence, d) modification of existing rear boundary to provide two no. pedestrian entrances to rear, e) all ancillary site works
25158	Conditional	5 Aug 2025	345 m	single storey extension constructed to the side existing semi detached two storey dwelling known as No 9 Church Road, also planning permission sought to incorporate section of house No 9 into adjoining house No 10, some internal alterations and changes to front façade and ancillary works
2560404	Conditional	21 Jul 2025	473 m	(a) small-scale single storey sunroom type extension to side of existing timber cabin. Timber cabin was previously granted permission under Pl. Ref. 23/60290 for use as an educational building for home schooling, and all associated development works, (b) full planning permission is also sought to modify the hours of operation from 9am -1pm Wednesday and Thursday to 9am – 1:30pm Monday to Thursday and increase the number of children attending the home school from 10 children to 15 children and increase the permitted age of the attendees from 5 – 12 years old to 5 – 15 years old

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313664	—	Granted with conditions	12 Oct 2023	198 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

30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
30 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.