Observation pack · Carlow County Council
Equity House , Deerpark Business Park , Dublin Road Carlow town
proposed change of use of existing retail unit to office use (to ground floor of existing four storey complex) internal alterations and minor external alterations and associated works
Observations close 2 Nov 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660295 · 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
- 1,995 m²
- Received
- 28 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
- Decision due
- 22 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/2660295/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660295at 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 2 Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise and Employment: To promote and provide for the development of enterprise and employment generating uses | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | Enterprise and Employment: To promote and provide for the development of enterprise and employment generating uses | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 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 4 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow County Council development plan zoning | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | 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
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560430 | Conditional | 27 Jul 2026 | 0 | 83 m | the change of use of first floor storage area to use as office and staff facilities. Permission for change of use at ground floor level from existing storage area to use as office and staff facilities, also change of use at ground floor level from office area to use as storage area. Permission for the construction of a new reception area to the Northeast elevation, permission for a new entrance and associated gates and fencing and all associated site works |
| 2560364 | Conditional | 14 May 2026 | 0 | 303 m | development will consist of a logistics facility comprising two units (Unit 1 comprises a warehouse measuring c. 9,596 sq m gross internal area (GIA) with a height of c. 17.0 m and an ancillary two-storey office measuring c. 867 sq m GIA. Unit 2 comprises a warehouse measuring c. 5,460 sq m GIA with a height of c. 17.0 m and an ancillary two-storey office measuring c. 867 sq m) within a business campus setting. The proposed development will also consist of: associated yard areas including 30 No. trailer and truck parking bays; level access and dock levellers; 142 No. car parking spaces (including 101 No. standard parking spaces, 32 No. electric vehicle (EV) spaces and 9 No. accessible car parking spaces); electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure; 54 No. bicycle parking spaces; vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access / egress from Local Road L8184 internal pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular circulation; bin storage; signage; CCTV; ESB sub-station; boundary treatments [including gates, piers and fencing]; lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; provision of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including changes in level and associated retaining features, and associated site servicing [water and electricity supply] |
| 2560326 | Conditional | 11 Dec 2025 | 1 | 436 m | the renovation of an existing derelict dwelling and construction of an extension to the side and rear of the dwelling and all associated site works including upgrading waste-water treatment |
| 2460072 | Conditional | 10 Oct 2024 | 0 | 0 m | development at a 1.54ha site consisting of a 38kV/MV electrical substation, underground cables (UGC) & assoc. works. Development will include: 1)Construction of a substation compound of approx. 2,850m2 gross area, with 2.6m high palisade fence around entire perimeter of substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1No. prefabricated 38kV GIS module & foundation (c.31m2 & c.5.2m high); 1No. prefabricated MV GIS module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 1No. prefabricated Control Room module & foundation (c.32m2 & c.4.7m high); 2No. 38/20kV 10 MVA transformers & assoc. bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; assoc. & ancillary outdoor electrical equipment & other apparatus, incl. installation of UGC; Internal access road of c.40m in length & c.5m wide within proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, assoc. drainage, landscaping & all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of existing temporary road (c.200m in length) permitted as part of recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing & gates at existing junction of temporary road with public road; 4)Construction of internal access road (c.140m in length) to proposed substation extending from existing temporary road on MSD lands to proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to proposed substation compound & access road incl. removal of existing shed, store building & flat at rear of former B&B (c.376m2 & c.7.3m high), asphalt concrete yard adjacent to shed, septic tank, associated manholes & pipework, trees & hedgerow over a distance of c.8m to facilitate construction of new internal access road, 6)Installation of c.1.3km of double-circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7km of single circuit 38kV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3km of 6 circuit MV UGC along R448 road between proposed substation & existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of new 12m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Graigue 38kV OHL; 10)Replacement of existing timber poleset (IMP1395) with new 15m high steel lattice mast on existing Carlow–Ballylinan 38kV OHL - located in Co. Kildare. Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) |
| 2460253 | Conditional | 16 May 2024 | 0 | 3 m | The development will consist of a 38 kV / MV electrical substation, underground cables and associated works. The development will include the following elements - see site notice for full description due to limited characters here. 1)Construction of a substation compound of approximately 2,850 m2 gross area, with 2.6 m high palisade fence around the entire perimeter of the substation, with the following electrical plant within the substation: 1 No. prefabricated 38 kV GIS module and foundation (c.31m2 and c.5.2 m high); 1 No. prefabricated MV GIS module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 1 No. prefabricated Control Room module and foundation (c.32m2 and c.4.7 m high); 2 No. 38/20 kV 10 MVA transformers and associated bunds (c.15m2, c.4.5 m high ea.); Telecommunication SCADA pole of c.10 metres in height; Associated and ancillary outdoor electrical equipment and other apparatus, including installation of underground cables; Internal access road of c.40 m in length and c.5m wide within the proposed substation; Compound lighting, boundary treatment, associated drainage, landscaping and all ancillary site development works; 2)Use of a portion of the existing temporary road (c.200 m in length) permitted as part of the recent MSD Rathgall development (Planning Ref: 21/360 & 22/110) for permanent use to facilitate access to the proposed substation; 3)Construction of new stone wall, fencing and gates at the existing junction of the temporary road with the public road; 4)Construction of an internal access road (c.140 m in length) to the proposed substation extending from the existing temporary road on the MSD lands to the proposed substation; 5)Site clearance works related to the proposed substation compound and access road; 6)Installation of c.1.3 kilometres of double-circuit 38 kV underground cables (UGC) along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 7)Installation of c.0.7 kilometres of single circuit 38 kV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL; 8)Installation of c.0.3 kilometres of six circuit MV UGC along the R448 road between the proposed substation and the existing R448 roundabout; 9)Installation of a new 12 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Graigue 38 kV OHL; 10)Replacement of an existing timber poleset (IMP 1395) with a new 15 m high steel lattice mast on the existing Carlow – Ballylinan 38 kV OHL - this applicatio |
| 21472 | Conditional | 22 Nov 2022 | 2 | 439 m | Permission for development consisting of the construction of a new build two storey, four bedroom detached house; two car parking spaces and all associated site works and service connections |
| 21487 | Refused | 28 Oct 2022 | 0 | 140 m | The development will consist of: (i) A proposed new double storey 140 bedroom nursing home and hospital; (ii) provision of bicycle parking facilities for 28 bicycles; (iii) completion of car parking, landscaping, internal services, yards, ESB transformer room and refuse area; (iv) all associated site development and ancillary works. The site was previously granted planning permission for a Health Park including a hospital and nursing home under planning permission 03/377 and 05/181 |
| 21469 | Conditional | 29 Jul 2022 | 3 | 463 m | To construct 3 no. dwelling houses with individual Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (DWWTS) associated entrances, and all ancillary services and associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319893 | — | Granted with conditions | 22 May 2025 | 3 m |
| 312933 | — | Other | 25 Sept 2024 | 333 m |
| 316822 | — | Granted | 15 Aug 2023 | 321 m |
| 312098 | — | Withdrawn | 16 Feb 2022 | 124 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
- 28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
- 28 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Carlow County Council before relying on it.