Observation pack · Carlow County Council

Main Street , Hacketstown , Co. Carlow

a Change Of Use from a Credit Union Office to a dwelling unit, at Main Street, Hacketsown, Co. Carlow, together with minor alterations to the front elevation of same

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660274 · full record
Authority: Carlow County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 287 m²
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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/2660274/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660274 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 13 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660128	Conditional	25 Jun 2026	1	42 m	alterations to existing building facade and all associated site works
2560181	Conditional	28 May 2026	0	363 m	proposed reclamation of land through the filling of material comprising of clay, silt, sand, gravel or stone for the purpose of improvement of land for agricultural use and ancillary works including portable truck wheel-wash, office/ chemical toilet
2660039	Conditional	9 Apr 2026	2	385 m	a change of use of existing single storey outbuilding to residential use, including a single storey extension to the side, connection to onsite services within the curtilage of a protected structure (CW294. NIAH 10400202 – St John the Baptist Church), and all associated site works
2518	Conditional	26 Nov 2025	1	329 m	refurbishment of existing derelict cottage with construction of an extension to the side of same, upgrade of on-site sewerage facilities and all associated site works
2530	Refused	7 Nov 2025	0	221 m	extension of duration for PL20/95
2460318	Conditional	2 Jul 2025	0	90 m	for development at Eagle Hill Road, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow. The permission relates to a vehicular entrance and boundary fence.
2460309	Conditional	9 Jun 2025	7	88 m	to construct: 1) Two number blocks of two storey terraced houses consisting of 7 no. houses in total. “BLOCK A” will consist of 3 no. 3 bed houses and 1 no. 2 bed house. “BLOCK B” will consist of 3 no. 3 bed houses 2) Upgrade the existing entrance and roadway located to the side of “The Friary” restaurant as a means of accessing the development 3) Demolition of existing stone shed 4) All associated site works including but not limited to the provision of communal and private open spaces, site landscaping, boundary treatment and connections to the mains water supply, stormwater drainage and public sewage system
2460269	Conditional	17 Apr 2025	0	180 m	Retention permission for a 24-hour fuel dispenser, payments machine, signage, street light pole & associated modifications to fence and front site layout to Mill Street

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 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.