Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

19 Fitzwilliam Road , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow

removal of the existing front door and the installation a new window in lieu and all associated site works

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660908 · 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: 281 m²
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 3 Dec 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/2660908/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660908 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 13 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
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.	wicklow town rathnew local area plan	23 Jun 2025 → 23 Jun 2031

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 × 11
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 1
R148694

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
26183	Refused	13 Oct 2026	45 m	the provision of a balcony at first floor level along with alterations to East Elevation and all ancillary site works and services
26176	Conditional	7 Oct 2026	293 m	section 254 licence - hoarding
26178	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	248 m	section 254 licence - hoarding
26142	Conditional	2 Oct 2026	331 m	erection of a free-standing marquee, 12m x 18m (216sqm), within the existing courtyard of Wicklow Historic Gaol(a protected structure), for the use as a multi-purpose event space, with a free standing pedestal supported floor and all associated reversible ancillary works
2660653	Refused	16 Sept 2026	264 m	single-storey extension to side with roof lights and terrace over, two-storey extension to side of return with roof lights, two dormer extensions to front at second floor level, alterations to external windows and doors, internal alterations to layout, conversion of existing two-storey annex to side to family flat with two roof lights to rear, and detached garage building ancillary to the use of the house, widening of existing vehicular gate and all associated works
26113	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	237 m	sub division and change of use of existing light industrial unit to proposed extension to existing vehicle repair workshop and to a retail unit including new entrances , shopfront, signage, footpath and revised parking bays
26125	Conditional	12 Aug 2026	355 m	section 254 licence - any other appliance, apparatus or structure, which may be prescribed as requiring a licence under section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000,on, under, over or along a public road
2660477	Conditional	10 Aug 2026	124 m	change-of-use for existing first floor level unit from commercial use to proposed residential use consisting of 1No. 2-bedroomed apartment along with all associated site development and facilitating works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501303	—	pending	7 May 2026	255 m
323714	—	Granted with conditions	4 Feb 2026	203 m
323129	—	Granted with conditions	26 Nov 2025	143 m
320853	—	Granted with conditions	27 Feb 2025	444 m
320805	—	Refused	20 Feb 2025	152 m
319785	—	Refused	16 Oct 2024	303 m
315396	—	Granted with conditions	6 Feb 2024	158 m
316434	—	Granted	8 Nov 2023	493 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

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
9 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.