Observation pack · Carlow County Council
Dublin Road Tullowphelim , Tullow , Co. Carlow
the provision of new underground fuel tanks (2No. 40,000 litres) to replace the existing (1No. 30,000 litres, 2No. 20,000 litre and 1No. 10,000 litre) fuel storage tanks, and any associated ancillary contingent works
Observations close 6 Oct 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660265 · 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
- 1,046 m²
- Received
- 1 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 26 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/2660265/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660265at 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 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre: To protect, provide for and/or improve town and village centre facilities and uses | CW-004:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-number-3-tullow-district-town-plan-2026 | 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.
Source: CARLOW CW-004:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-number-3-tullow-district-town-plan-2026 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLOW CW-004:DP:carlow-county-development-plan-2022-2028-variation-number-3-tullow-district-town-plan-2026 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 1Saint Columba's National School
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 3Castle - motte · Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castle · R145693
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560368 | Conditional | 6 May 2026 | 2 | 310 m | the construction of 2 no. single storey, semi-detached, 2 bedroom dwellings with connections to existing public services and all associated site works |
| 2560394 | Conditional | 20 Apr 2026 | 0 | 377 m | 1) the change of use from previous butcher shop to restaurant. 2) the construction of a ground floor extension including the addition of door to the front street-elevation for access to the 1st floor residential unit and all associated site development works |
| 2560329 | Conditional | 9 Mar 2026 | 0 | 195 m | 1. Retention of a single storey rear return to an existing ground floor 2 bed apartment and will consist of 2. Permission for (a) modifications to the single storey rear return and rear façade of the 2-storey terrace building; (b) the construction of new party-wall boundary with the rear of the previously referred to “The Irish Bar”, Church Street; (c) and all associated site and landscaping works |
| 2560098 | Conditional | 8 Jan 2026 | 1 | 298 m | will consist of alterations to the existing two-storey, four-bedroom dwelling, including; (a) the demolition of a single storey rear extension; (b) the subdivision of the existing dwelling at ground and first-floor level, to accommodate 2 no. townhouses including; (i) construction of a new two-storey rear extension; (ii) the raising of the existing roof by 1.2m including the removal of a chimney; (iii) internal alterations; (iv) rooflights, and (v) alterations to all elevations. Other works as part of the development include SuDS drainage, landscaping, boundary treatment, and all associated works to facilitate the development |
| 2560316 | Conditional | 5 Dec 2025 | 2 | 76 m | construction of a two storey extension to the rear elevation of my existing dwelling, and retention permission for the construction of a standalone garage/storage shed and all associated site works |
| 253 | Conditional | 16 Jul 2025 | 0 | 319 m | change of use of existing commercial unit formerly known as Kenny's Menswear into 1 no. two bedroom apartment unit and all associated site works |
| 2460329 | Conditional | 1 May 2025 | 0 | 0 m | (1) The demolition of an existing single story fuel store (69m2) (2), Construction of a new electrical switch room (9m2), (3) The relocation of site access fronting the Dublin Road (4), The reconfiguration of the existing car park (1945m2) to include 16 No. parking spaces including 1 No. of accessible bay and, 4 No. Electric Vehicle Parking Spaces as well as the inclusion of 12 No. cycle parking spaces, (5) The relocation of existing automatic car wash and jet wash systems and all associated site developments works |
| 2460182 | Conditional | 3 Mar 2025 | 3 | 410 m | the construction of 3no. two storey four-bedroom detached dwelling to the side of the existing single storey four-bedroom dwelling at Barrack Street, Tullow, Co. Carlow, including new boundary treatments to the proposed new and existing dwellings to provide private open space, new vehicular entrances involving the dishing of the existing kerb to provide off street vehicular parking for the new and existing dwellings, the removal of the existing single storey storage shed (c.30.0m2), the removal of the single storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling (c.8.0m2), all associated landscaping and all other necessary ancillary site development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322170 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jul 2025 | 410 m |
| 319450 | — | Granted with conditions | 23 Sept 2024 | 430 m |
| 320214 | — | open | 18 Jul 2024 | 80 m |
| 313132 | — | Granted with conditions | 13 Sept 2023 | 23 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
- 1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
- 1 Sept 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.