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Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

38 Deepdales , Southern Cross Road , Bray

hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to existing attic conversion as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front , gable window to side all with associated ancillary works

Observations close 19 Nov 2026 14 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
2660928 · 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
228 m²
Received
15 Oct 2026
We first saw it
28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due
9 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/2660928/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660928 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 19 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
C2.1
Economic development and employment
Employment: To provide for the development of enterprise and employmentbray municipal district local area plan 201810 Jun 2018 → 23 Oct 2028
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities of existing residential areas.bray municipal district local area plan 201810 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Wicklow County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

  • EPA-licensed facility × 1
    Alert Packaging Limited
  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660088Conditional8 Oct 20260419 m• provision of new vehicular entrance off Southern Cross Road with associated internal access road. • construction of 2 No. warehousing buildings via Southern Cross Road with ancillary office areas. • provision of 70 no. vehicular parking spaces, inclusive of 2 No. electric charging spaces and 3 no. accessible parking spaces and 70 no. bicycle parking spaces. • provision of 1 no. totem signage post to be located at the entranced of proposed development. • construction of new low level boundary wall and railings to southern boundary of site. • all together with ancillary works, inclusive of tree-planting, hard/soft landscaping, boundary treatment, provision of solar panels and SuDS drainage infrastructure, necessary to facilitate the development
2660590Conditional13 Aug 2026096 msingle-storey rear extension, along with all associated and ancillary site works
2660592Conditional10 Aug 20260216 msingle Storey flat roofed extension of 29.63m2 comprising a Family Room, Games Room and Utility Room to the North West side Elevation of the existing dwelling and associated site works
2660419Conditional8 Jul 20260439 mchange of use of part of the first floor from ‘office’ to ‘health centre or clinic’ measuring 307.1 sqm.
2660211Conditional11 May 20260125 mconversion of existing single-storey side garage to a bedroom, including the replacement of the existing garage door with a new front window
2660208Conditional11 May 202600 mamendments to roof scape to allow for attic storage and gable window together with associated site works
2660147Conditional20 Apr 20260241 mconstruction of a single storey extension to the rear of the attached single storey garage, the fitting of a rooflight to the side roof of the garage and alterations to the garage roof and to two windows on the side elevation at first floor level above the garage roof
2660080Conditional20 Apr 20260199 mchange of use of part of the existing building (Suite One/Unit 1) from its authorised use as an office to its current use as a clinical medical facility. The facility provides healthcare services, including ultrasound scanning and medical consultations, along with all associated site and development works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501293—pending5 May 2026321 m
322788—Granted with conditions15 Oct 2025468 m
318045—Refused24 May 2024289 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

  • 15 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 19 Nov 2026
  • 15 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.