Observation pack · Carlow County Council
THOMAS TRAYNOR STREET , TULLOW , CO. CARLOW
THE INSTALLATION OF AN OFF-LICENCE AREA FOR THE SALE OF BEER AND SPIRITS OFF THE PREMISES, INSTALLATION OF A PIZZA TAKEAWAY FACILITY WITHIN THE EXISTING SHOP, MINOR INTERNAL CHANGES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Observations close 27 Oct 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660290 · 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
- 270 m²
- Received
- 21 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 15 Nov 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/2660290/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660290at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre: To protect, provide for and/or improve town and village centre facilities and uses | 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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
- Recorded monument × 1R145693
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560205 | Conditional | 7 May 2026 | 0 | 357 m | a new part two-storey and part three-storey Primary Care Centre building to accommodate HSE health & social care services, general practice services, meeting rooms, administrative offices, staff facilities, reception, & ancillary uses; External building signage & roof mounted plant & PV panels; A new single storey services building & associated services area; New access roadway & site entrance; Car & Bicycle parking; Public Lighting; Site landscaping & boundary treatments; Site services; and all associated site development & ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted to the Planning Authority with this application |
| 2560368 | Conditional | 6 May 2026 | 2 | 371 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 | 113 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 |
| 2538 | Conditional | 24 Mar 2026 | 0 | 95 m | the erection of 6 no. 15m high floodlights to the perimeter of the existing soccer pitch and all associated site works |
| 2560329 | Conditional | 9 Mar 2026 | 0 | 290 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 |
| 2560228 | Conditional | 16 Feb 2026 | 33 | 134 m | the development comprises of the demolition of 2no. existing sheds and the development of 35 no. residential units (14 no. three bedroom two storey semi-detached houses, 7 no. three bedroom two-storey terraced units, 4 no. two bedroom two-storey terraced units, 10 no. two bedroom duplex apartment units within 1no. two storey block. The development will be accessed and served by the existing road and site services. The units will be served by 61 no. car parking spaces, 1 no. bicycle shelter (10 no. spaces). The development also includes all associated internal access roads and footpaths, landscaping, boundary treatments, bin storage, private and public open space, site services and all infrastructural and ancillary site development works above and below ground |
| 2560098 | Conditional | 8 Jan 2026 | 1 | 311 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 |
| 2523 | Conditional | 18 Aug 2025 | 0 | 459 m | extension of duration for the construction of 50 No.dwelling units comprising of, 19 No. 2 storey terraced 2-bedroom (Type A), 27 No. 2 storey terraced 3-bedroom (Type B), 2 No-storey semi-detached 3-bedroom (Type B) and 2 No. 2 storey semi-detached 4-bedroom (Type C) dwellings together with all associated ancillary site works, including roads, parking, footpaths, landscaping, boundary treatment and services to facilitate the development, with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Carlow Road (R725) via the existing access road located to the west of the subject site, all on a site of circa 1.78ha |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500945 | — | Withdrawn | 12 Mar 2026 | 134 m |
| 500944 | — | Invalid | 9 Mar 2026 | 134 m |
| 322170 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jul 2025 | 135 m |
| 319450 | — | Granted with conditions | 23 Sept 2024 | 186 m |
| 320214 | — | open | 18 Jul 2024 | 485 m |
| 313132 | — | Granted with conditions | 13 Sept 2023 | 351 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
- 21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
- 21 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.