Observation pack · Carlow County Council

Goodly Barrow , Ballyellin , Co. Carlow

the change of use of first floor area from storage area to use as meeting /community function areas, change of use of existing indoor carparking spaces to use as 4 No. new startup business hubs and all associated site works at Goodly Barrow, Ballyellin, Co. Carlow, a Protected Structure CW124A (Mill Building, Goresbridge)

Observations close 30 Sept 2026 7 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 20 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660262 · full record
Authority: Carlow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,574 m²
Received: 26 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 20 Oct 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/CarlowCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660262/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660262 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. Carlow County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 30 Sept 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

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	Units	Distance	Description
2560512	Conditional	6 May 2026	1	281 m	for 1) Erection of a dwelling house, 2) Two number serviced sites, 3) Connection to existing foul sewer, 4) Temporary well on site to service sites prior to upgrade of mains water supply and all associated site works
2660085	Conditional	9 Apr 2026	0	268 m	for a single storey steel container/shop, outdoor seating area, perimeter fencing and all associated works
2617	Unconditional	7 Apr 2026	0	348 m	on P.20/499
2560746	Conditional	23 Jan 2026	0	348 m	for indefinite retention of site boundary walls and site enclosures as constructed as part of a housing development currently under construction, as permitted under planning reference 21/1041 and previously granted permission under planning reference 20/499 (on part curtilage of protected structure NIAH Ref. No. 12311007)
2541	Unconditional	15 Aug 2025	0	437 m	of Planning Permission Reference P19/502
2560309	Conditional	23 Jul 2025	0	314 m	for the first-floor extension to the rear of dwelling and associated site works
2360453	Conditional	28 Feb 2024	0	431 m	to a) replace the temporary side extension building in place with a permanent side extension structure, b) carry out alterations and improvements to the overall existing building, and c) provide a customer/staff carparking area, with new street entrance/access, along with all associated site works
23144	Refused	21 Feb 2024	1	296 m	for 4 no. single storey apartments consisting of 2 no. 1 bed apartments and 2 no. Studio apartments with associated private and communal open space amenities and for the connection of proposed apartments to existing public foul, storm and watermains and for all ancillary site development works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

26 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 30 Sept 2026
26 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Carlow County Council before relying on it.