Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Ballinakill , Arklow , Co Wicklow

Permission to upgrade the existing effluent disposal system with a new on-site wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter along with all associated site development works at Ballinakill, Arklow, Co. Wicklow

Observations close 4 Dec 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660967 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 996 m²
Received: 30 Oct 2026
Decision due: 2 Jan 2027

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/2660967/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660967 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 4 Dec 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

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	Distance	Description
24172	Conditional	16 Aug 2024	328 m	a 36m² garage to the lower ground level of the north east elevation & Permission to erect a 16m² extension to the south east elevation and a 42m² extension to the north east elevation with alterations and revisions to the elevations and internal layout of the existing dwelling along with all associated site development works

What has happened on this file

30 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 4 Dec 2026
30 Oct 2026 Decision

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