Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Cookstown , Enniskerry , Co. Wicklow

new single-storey three-bedroom dwelling house (141 sq m) with wastewater treatment system; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments and all associated site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will also include new access from a private driveway (permitted under WCC Reg. Ref. 24/162) leading onto the Cookstown Road (L1020)

Observations close 24 Nov 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660938 · 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: 141 m²
Site area: 4,307 m²
Received: 20 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 14 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/2660938/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660938 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 24 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

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Dargle River Valley
Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 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
2560462	Conditional	6 Aug 2025	0	484 m	conversion of the existing detached garage structure into habitable accommodation with new link (all single storey) to existing 2 storey detached dwelling, replacement of existing garage door with 2 No. windows to the front and all associated works
24162	Conditional	25 Jul 2024	0	0 m	the construction of a new single storey three - bedroom dwelling house (123sqm) with wastewater treatment system; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments and all associated site development works above and below ground. The proposed development will also include: new access to the shared driveway leading onto the Cookstown Road(L1020) and upgrading/resurfacing of the shared driveway
22365	Conditional	19 Aug 2022	8	343 m	modifications to the development as granted under prr 16/976. The permitted development is for 6 no. detached 2-storey dwellings. The amended proposal provides for 8 no. detached 2-storey dwellings with revised house designs as well as associated revisions to internal road layout and drainage infrastructure
211533	Conditional	5 Jul 2022	84	365 m	The development will consist of the construction of 74 no. dwellings and 10 no. voluntary/sheltered housing dwellings as follows: (A) 74 dwellings comprising 4 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses (semi-detached), 26 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses (semi-detached), 30 no. 4 bedroom 2 storey houses (semi-detached & detached) & 14 no. 5 bedroom houses (semi-detached & detached); (B) 10 no. single storey 2 bedroom sheltered housing dwellings (semi-detached); (C) Open space along southern boundary of c. 0.93 hectares [with pedestrian connections to boundary to ‘Lover’s Leap Lane’ to the south and to boundary to the east and west], hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (including boundary treatment); (D) Vehicular access (including construction access) from the Cookstown Road from a new junction; (E) All ancillary development works including footpaths landscaping boundary treatments, lighting, public, private open space areas, car parking (159 no spaces) and bicycle parking, single storey ESB substations, regrading/re-profiling of site where required and all ancillary site development/construction works and provision of underground local pumping station to Irish Water specifications; (F) Surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as connection to water supply and provision of foul drainage infrastructure. (G) 3 no. temporary (for 3 years) marketing signage structures [2 no. at the proposed entrance and 1 no. at the junction of the R760 and the Cookstown Road] and a single storey temporary (for 3 years) marketing suite (c. 81 sq.m) within site; (H) Provision of footpath/public lighting to Powerscourt National School pedestrian entrance and lighting from Powerscourt National School entrance to the junction of the R7630 along southern side of Cookstown Road

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314244	—	Withdrawn	20 Dec 2023	365 m
316346	—	Other	21 Sept 2023	367 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

20 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 24 Nov 2026
20 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.