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San Salvador , Ennis Lane , Windgates Greystones

demolition of existing single storey, 4 bedroom dwelling (circa 155sq m) and adjacent garage (35sq m); construction of a new part single storey part 2 storey, 4 bedroom dwelling (225sq m ground floor; 105sq m lower ground floor - total 330sq m), redesign of vehicular entrance and set-back along with new entrance gates, garden shed and bin store to the front garden along with all associated site works

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 17 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
2660922 · full record
Authority
Wicklow County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
1
Floor area
330 m²
Site area
2,507 m²
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/WicklowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660922/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660922 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
P1
Rural
Agriculture/Green Belt: To provide for the sustainable development of agriculture, forestry and essential rural development.greystones delgany kilcoole local planning framework lpf9 Feb 2026 → 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Wicklow County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument × 1
    R149018

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660462Conditional10 Sept 20260419 mfirst floor extension over existing rear extension to bungalow with connection to all services and associated site
2560530Conditional20 Mar 20260145 mchange of use’ development at this site of c. 0.3 hectares. The total floor area of the structures to be retained is 209.50 sq m. In addition, it is proposed to provide Building H, a glazed link of 60 sq m. The development for which Retention Permission for Development is sought consists of the change of use of four existing structures from former farmyard buildings/builder’s yard to residential use as a single planning unit. (The residual existing structures are open-sided, non-habitable and ancillary to that use.) The development for which Permission for Development is sought will consist of the provision of a glazed link (60 sq m). The total floor area of the combined development is 269.50 sq m (i.e. 209.5 sq m + 60 sq m)
2614Conditional27 Feb 20260345 mmaterial change of use from residential to commercial for short-term letting use of part of ground floor of principal private residence. The area of the retained short-term letting use is 70.3 Sq.M located in rear of existing dwelling with separate outside entrance
2561007Conditional10 Feb 20262290 mConstruction of 2 new dwellings. Works will include widening existing entrance on to the Grove, forming a new internal access road serving the existing dwelling and proposed 2 new dwellings, removal of existing sheds and garden structures, connection to mains services and all associated site works
2560557Conditional12 Sept 20250452 mchanges to the development previously granted planning permission under Planning No. 20/552 which include the following, a) changes to the site boundaries, b) construction of a retaining wall to the Northern boundary, c) changes to the floor and roof level of the dwellings and d) all ancillary site works
2560005Conditional23 Jul 20250231 man 11 a side soccer pitch and associated flood lights, 450m² clubhouse with viewing balcony, associated seating / standing areas, new vehicular and pedestrian gates to separate existing school from proposed development. All together with associated works such as car and bicycle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments and service connections necessary to complete this development at “SEK International School”, Belvedere Hall, (a protected structure)
2460808Refused18 Feb 20250223 mmetal poles supporting structure, permission for new signage boards fixed to metal poles supporting structure, all together with associated works such as landscaping and boundary treatments necessary to complete this development, Belvedere Hall is a protected structure
2360486Refused22 Nov 20240145 mdevelopment for the change of use of former farmyard structures to residential. The development consists of: the change of use of four existing structures (Structures A (“The Loft”, 97 sq m), B (“The Studio”, including a home office, 55 sq m), D3 ( “The Shed”, habitable area 48 sq m), and F (9.5 sq m) (total: 209.5 sq m)) to use as a single planning unit. (The residual existing structures identified as Structures C, D1, D2, and G, respectively, are open-sided, non-habitable and ancillary to that use.) The development also consists of: the carrying out of landscaping and boundary treatments; the provision of facilitating works including the provision of sanitary services connections; and all other ancillary site development works above and below ground

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
321552—Withdrawn23 Jan 2025145 m
317400—Granted with conditions24 Oct 2023453 m
309881—Granted with conditions22 Apr 2022452 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.