Observation pack · Carlow County Council

Carrigduff , Bunclody , Co. Carlow

a Padel tennis court including steel framed mono-pitched roof structure to include solar panels & lighting, all with associated & ancillary site works. The site is within the curtilage of a protected structure (RPS Ref CW232).

Observations close 8 Oct 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 28 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660269 · 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: 3,070 m²
Received: 3 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 28 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/2660269/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660269 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 8 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

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
20260367	Granted (conditional)	15 May 2026	—	414 m	Permission for retention for the construction of a domestic shed/store,
2660055	Conditional	20 Apr 2026	0	23 m	a) internal alterations and changes of use within an existing, permitted supermarket building to provide for off-licence (alcohol) sales, including the retention of areas of shop floor for off-licence use and the retention of former store areas for shop floor use, together with all associated internal reconfiguration and ancillary works, b) advertisement sign, c) laundry machines, d)smoking area and covered generator, e) bottle recycling facility, f) alterations to previously granted carparking spaces, all with associated works
2660029	Conditional	2 Apr 2026	1	21 m	change the use of existing dwelling house to short-term letting
20250224	Granted (conditional)	22 Oct 2025	1	461 m	Permission to extend, renovate and convert existing garage to a fully
20250951	Granted (conditional)	24 Sept 2025	—	439 m	Permission for development which will consist of: a) removal of existing ramp,
20250938	Granted (conditional)	19 Sept 2025	—	346 m	Permission for alterations to previously approved Planning
20240841	N/a	19 Mar 2025	—	26 m	Permission for development which will consist of:- internal reconfiguration
20240749	Granted (conditional)	5 Mar 2025	—	264 m	Permission for retention for 1) the subdivision of dwelling house to 2 no. fully

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500200	—	Granted with conditions	19 Feb 2026	461 m
320637	—	Granted with conditions	12 Feb 2025	304 m
318706	—	Refused	20 Jan 2025	114 m
318205	—	Granted with conditions	21 Feb 2024	402 m
312593	—	Granted with conditions	2 Jun 2023	247 m
309853	—	Granted with conditions	24 Nov 2021	109 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

3 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 8 Oct 2026
3 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.