Observation pack · Wicklow County Council

Valleymount , Blessington , Co. Wicklow

Demolition of a section of existing building, to renovate and reinstate existing abandoned residential dwelling to include reinstatement of roof structure alterations and to erect an extension to side and rear of existing abandoned dwelling, install wastewater treatment facilities to current EPA standard, connection to existing water supply, upgrading existing entrance and all associated site and ancillary works

Observations close 9 Dec 2026 25 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660974 · full record
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 4,081 m²
Received: 4 Nov 2026
Decision due: 7 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/2660974/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660974 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 9 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

Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) × 1
Poulaphouca Reservoir
Special Protection Area × 1
Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660619	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	1	413 m	storey & a half type dwelling, on-site effluent disposal system to current EPA guidelines, detached domestic garage, with access via recessed entrance previously granted under PPRR 25/60419 and all associated site works
2560419	Conditional	18 Dec 2025	1	449 m	Planning permission for dormer type dwelling, on-site effluent disposal system to current EPA guidelines, domestic outbuilding, recessed entrance and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312479		Refused	2 Dec 2024	114 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

4 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 9 Dec 2026
4 Nov 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Wicklow County Council before relying on it.