Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Ballycreen Lower , Aughrim , Co. Wicklow

demolition of an existing unapproved single-storey concrete block agricultural shed and the erection of a new farm building containing 200 sq. metres (which is 33 sqm. less than the floorspace of the structure which is to be removed) and extending to a ridge height of 217.23m OS Datum (which is 1.8 metres less than the height of the existing building). It is proposed to clad the new building in corrugated metal sheeting and to undertake additional landscaping which will, along with existing roadside vegetation and planting, screen the building. The development will be used only as a dry goods agricultural store only

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660921 · 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: 1.40 ha
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 7 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/2660921/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660921 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 17 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660278	Refused	26 May 2026	0	0 m	demolition of an existing unapproved single-storey concrete block agricultural shed and the erection of a new farm building containing 200 sq. metres (which is 33 sq. metres less than the floorspace of the structure which is to be removed) and extending to a ridge height of 3.5 metres (which is 1.8 metres less than the height of the existing building). It is proposed to clad the new building in corrugated metal sheeting and to undertake additional planting which will, along with existing roadside vegetation and planting, screen the building. The development will be used as a dry goods agricultural store and animal shed only
2560953	Refused	23 Jan 2026	0	0 m	single-storey concrete block agricultural shed, permission to clad it in corrugated metal sheeting, which is to be screened in existing and proposed planting and permission to use this structure as a dry goods agricultural store only
2560125	Refused	10 Apr 2025	0	0 m	single-storey concrete block agricultural shed, permission to clad it in corrugated metal sheeting, and permission to construct a slurry tank, with associated site works and planting
24302	Refused	27 Aug 2024	0	0 m	single storey agricultural shed and associated site works
2360280	Conditional	15 Apr 2024	1	245 m	the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment unit and soil polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road, blocking up existing entrance and associate works
22978	Conditional	26 Jan 2023	0	120 m	dwelling, garage, effluent treatment system to comply with current EPA requirements, well, removal of existing entrance, creation of a replacement entrance and associated works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322469	—	Refused	5 Sept 2025	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

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 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.