Observation pack · Carlow County Council
Tinryland , Co. Carlow , R93 N248
existing domestic use steel frame shed (32.64m2) and all ancillary site works
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20
The application
- Reference
- 2618 · full record
- Authority
- Carlow County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 3,287 m²
- Received
- 22 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- —
- 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/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2618/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2618at 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. Carlow County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 27 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Carlow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise and Employment: To promote and provide for the development of enterprise and employment generating uses | CW-001:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-tinryland-larger-serviced-village | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | CW-001:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-tinryland-larger-serviced-village | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
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.
Sources: CARLOW CW-001:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-tinryland-larger-serviced-village, CARLOW CW-001:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-tinryland-larger-serviced-village · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOW CW-001:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-tinryland-larger-serviced-village | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| CARLOW CW-001:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-tinryland-larger-serviced-village | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660025 | Conditional | 28 May 2026 | 2 | 312 m | construction of a part single storey, part two storey dwelling house, detached garage, new entrance, new waste water treatment system and percolation area, connection to mains water and all associated site works |
| 2560426 | Conditional | 6 May 2026 | 1 | 17 m | a new single storey two bedroom dwelling, new residential site entrance, new waste water treatment system plus all associated site works including all over ground / underground services to facilitate the development |
| 2560206 | Conditional | 9 Sept 2025 | 1 | 75 m | retention planning permission is sought to retain the demolition of single storey sunroom to the rear of existing dwelling house, for the retention of the change of use of domestic garage including alterations to same for use as utility area ancillary to the dwelling house, retention planning permission is sought to retain the single storey extension as constructed to the rear of the existing dwelling house linking the original garage and the existing dwelling house, all ancillary site works and services |
| 2460205 | Conditional | 24 Apr 2025 | 0 | 341 m | A 10 Year planning permission for a solar farm with a total area of circa 73 hectares in the townlands of Ballybar Lower, Ballybar Upper, Ballycarney, Ballyloo, Linkardstown, Park and Tinryland in County Carlow. The solar farm will consist of solar panels on ground mounted frames, 11 no. single storey electrical inverter/transformer stations, 3 no. single storey spare parts containers, 2 no. Ring Main Units, 3 no. weather stations, underground electrical ducting and cabling within the development site, private lands and within the L1010, L3051, L3052 and L3050 public roads to connect solar farm field parcels, security fencing, CCTV, access tracks, 3 no. watercourse/drain deck crossings and 2 no. horizontal directional drill crossings (under M9 motorway and L3050), temporary construction compounds, landscaping and all associated ancillary development and drainage works. Construction and operational access will be via 2 no. entrances from the L1022 and L1010. Sections of the proposed underground electrical cabling will traverse the solar farm proposed under Carlow County Council Reference 24/60043, but will not alter infrastructure proposed under that application. The operational lifespan of the solar farm will be 40 years and planning permission is requested for this duration. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application |
| 2560005 | Conditional | 9 Apr 2025 | 0 | 314 m | Change of use from Office to Community Hub & Cafe |
| 2460332 | Conditional | 12 Dec 2024 | 0 | 134 m | the demolition of all existing structures within the Tinryland Wastewater Treatment Plant and the construction on an extended site (0.09 ha in total) which will consist of a new pumping station (17m2), new below-ground storm tank (total storage of 123m³), replacement welfare facility (33m2), ground-mounted photovoltaic array (83 m2), new palisade perimeter fencing (2.4m high) and associated works; the construction of a new rising main and gravity main (3.7km in length) along the Nurney Road, L1023 and N80, connecting to the existing wastewater sewer at Ballinacarrig; and all ancillary and associated temporary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application |
| 2378 | Conditional | 19 Jul 2023 | 0 | 236 m | as built amendments to the development previously approved under Planning Register Reference 19411. The amendments consist of an additional 1no. Main-stream classroom at first floor level and extended stairwell to the rear of the existing school building (Total additional floor area to be retained = 115sqm) 2 No. Additional windows to the side at first floor level together with minor elevational amendments and all associated site works. Tinryland National School is a Protected Structure RPS Ref. CW502. |
| 22158 | Conditional | 25 Oct 2022 | 2 | 272 m | the construction of a new dwelling, domestic garage, onsite waste water treatment system, percolation area and all associated site and landscaping works at Kilmeaney, Tinryland, County Carlow. |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 22 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
- 22 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Carlow County Council before relying on it.