Observation pack · Wicklow County Council
132 Glebemount , Wicklow Town , Co. Wicklow
extension & alterations to existing dwelling house and associated site works
Observations close 25 Nov 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660942 · 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
- 317 m²
- Received
- 21 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
- Decision due
- 15 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/2660942/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660942at 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 25 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
- Radon risk area × 2About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26153 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2026 | 0 | 320 m | change of use (removal of planning condition no. 1 of planning ref. no. 8446/92) from restricted use as dwelling to use by all classes of persons |
| 2660621 | Conditional | 21 Aug 2026 | 0 | 225 m | 1. construction of below ground storage tank and associated infrastructure, services and connections pipework (including to existing emergency overflow (and installation of tidal valve) to watercourse) and ducting, pedestrian (maintenance) access paths, manholes / chambers, vent stack (6 metre high), principally on the extended site beneath the existing public open space area in Bollarney Woods to rear / north of existing pumping station site; 2. associated and consequential reconfiguration of existing public open space area in Bollarney Woods, including realignment of pedestrian path and reprofiling of green areas (with resultant amendments to Reg. Ref: 16/1116 as previously amended by 19/390); 3. upgrades within the existing wastewater pumping station site, including provision of pipework, pumps, penstocks, screens, manholes, telemetry kiosk, vacuum pump kiosk, ESB kiosk / mini-pillar, welfare kiosk, pedestrian gateway to rear, lifting gantry, reconfiguration / provision of associated services, utilities and connections, and ancillary operational and maintenance equipment; and, 4. all associated and ancillary works and development above and below ground level including hard and soft landscaping, demolition / removal of existing elements, ancillary infrastructure, services and connections pipework / ducting and enabling and temporary works throughout (including temporary construction access point to the Dublin Road). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted with the planning application |
| 26130 | Conditional | 19 Aug 2026 | 7 | 278 m | revised house types on sites 4 - 10(inclusive), of previously granted residential development under planning ref: no.23/390 (ABP-318978-24) and associated works as granted |
| 2660101 | Conditional | 18 Jun 2026 | 22 | 200 m | new housing development consisting of 22 No. dwellings units at this site The Nursery, Bollarney North, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow. The proposed development consists in four terraced blocks all together totalling 22 units, containing 3 No. four-bedroom houses, 3 No. three-bedroom houses, 4 No. two-bedroom houses, and 2 No. terraced duplex blocks containing a total of 6 No. two-bedroom ground-floor apartments and 6 No. three-bedroom upper level dwelling units. Closure of an existing commercial exit/entrance with the vehicular/pedestrian access from the R750 Dublin Road via existing Bollarney Woods access granted planning under Condition 9(b) Reg Ref 16/1116. Works also include demolition of all existing glasshouses and shed structures. A reinstatement of watercourse catchment area and a clear span stream crossing and will include a build-up of ground level over the crossing to facilitate the internal vehicular/pedestrian route. New connections to all mains and utility services and all together with associated site development works. |
| 2668 | Unconditional | 8 May 2026 | 0 | 464 m | section 42 - extension of appropriate period - 19/138 - 74 no dwelling units, to be accessed from an existing exit / entrance off Hawkstown Road, Burkeen. The application consists of the following: 3 no detached split level 5 beds, 1 no detached 4 bed, 12 no semi detached 4 bed, 12 no semi detached 4 beds, 8 no semi detached 3 beds, 12 no end of terrace 3 beds, 18 no mid terrace 3 beds, 2 no semi detached 2 beds, 8 no mid terrace 2 bed, 4 no end of terrace 1 bed units (ground floor), 4 no end of terrace 1 bed units (first floor), a realignment of previously approved Reg Ref 17/1470 cycle and walkway route, together with required foul and surface water connections, attenuation tank and all site works |
| 2660207 | Conditional | 7 May 2026 | 0 | 399 m | extension to rear of existing house |
| 2560847 | Conditional | 7 Apr 2026 | 0 | 384 m | 3 No. dwellings units to the side and rear of No.10 Rocky Road, Wicklow Town, Co. Wicklow. The development will consist of 3 No. detached two storey dwellings the relocation and modification of two existing vehicular entrances/exits, new connections to existing foul and water services this all together with associated site development works |
| 2660001 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2026 | 0 | 70 m | front entrance porch to house |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501270 | — | Granted with conditions | 1 Sept 2026 | 384 m |
| 501241 | — | open | 27 Apr 2026 | 384 m |
| 318978 | — | Granted with conditions | 12 Jan 2026 | 277 m |
| 314818 | — | pending | 12 Oct 2022 | 124 m |
| 310454 | — | Granted with conditions | 2 Mar 2022 | 481 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
- 21 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 25 Nov 2026
- 21 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.