Refusal decisions · 29 June–5 July 2026

2026-W27 · Official decision dates

62Known council refusals

6Full grounds

0Partial grounds

56No published grounds

Known decisions from our retained council and national planning inventory; national coverage is incomplete.

Full, partial and pending grounds are counted separately. Missing planner assessments do not hold up verified final grounds. Commission decisions, mixed grant/refusal decisions and later appeal outcomes are excluded from these council refusal totals.

Updated 09 September 2026 at 14:09 UTC. Collection and local processing continue; this edition updates only after a checked publication.

Decision inventory cutoff: 09 September 2026 at 04:36 UTC. Later document reviews can improve grounds without changing this inventory.

This refusal-only revision uses official decision dates. Earlier full-week bundles retain their original membership provenance. View the earlier published edition, where available.

What this means

6 of 62 known council refusals have complete verified formal grounds; 0 have partial grounds and 56 have no published grounds. The themes below describe only the 6 cases with published grounds, not all refusals in the week.

6 of 62 records carry official reason text

21 published statements, 3.5 per analysed application

5 refused on more than one ground, up to 6

Common pairs in analysed cases

4 Design + Transport/access
4 Design + Zoning/policy
2 Design + Missing evidence

Themes in analysed cases

Applications · statements

01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 6
02 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 4
03 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 4
04 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 2
05 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 2
06 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 2
07 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 1
08 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 1
09 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 1
10 Built heritage or archaeology 0

Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.

How this is counted

Week of 29 June–5 July 2026. This analysis covers 6 of 62 known decisions, using only their published formal grounds. Counts and common pairs describe those analysed cases. Partial sets may omit further themes; they do not count as complete ground sets. Every figure comes from the official refusal reasons.

A reason can support more than one theme. Counts show affected applications and published reason statements.

Standard statutory conclusions are tracked separately and are not treated as refusal causes on their own.

Proper planning and sustainable development6
Development plan cited6
Undesirable precedent cited3

2 published reason statements did not fit the ten substantive themes.

The summary covers the whole stated weekly inventory. County filters and pagination change only the case list.

Known decisions and source evidence

62 matching cases · page 3 of 3

““Little Acre” New Rd Rathdown Lower , Greystones , Co. Wicklow

Wicklow County Council · 2561055 · Decision 2026-07-01

removal of chimney from gable of existing dwelling, removal of existing tennis court, modifications to existing gate and piers to form new entrance to accommodate new development. Construction of new low level boundary wall and gate to form new entrance and car parking to the front of existing dwelling. Construction to new boundary wall to separate proposed development from private open space of existing dwelling. Construction of 3 No. 5 bedroom, 2 storey with attic accommodation detached dwellings in the rear garden of existing dwelling. Provision of new driveway with pull in areas to serve proposed new dwellings. All together with associated site works, boundary treatments, landscaping, and service connections necessary to complete this development

Final decision document pending

Official case file

Wicklow County Council · 2697

Wicklow County Council · 2697 · Decision 2026-07-02

Final decision document pending

Official case file