Observation pack · Carlow County Council
Unit 8 , Strawhall Industrial Estate , Carlow
change of use of premises from existing English language teaching facility to use as office space, new signage, and all associated site works
Observations close 11 Nov 2026 20 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660308 · 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
- 815 m²
- Received
- 7 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 1 Dec 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/2660308/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660308at 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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560407 | Conditional | 27 Apr 2026 | 2 | 422 m | the construction of a storey & a half type extension to the rear elevation of my existing dwelling, permission for the construction of a domestic garage / store, permission for new windows to gables of existing dwelling. Retention permission for 2 No. Velux roof lights to the front elevation, permission for the demolition of an existing domestic garage and a boiler house, and all associated site works |
| 2660024 | Conditional | 31 Mar 2026 | 0 | 222 m | alterations to the layout of the existing car park, to provide additional parking spaces, to reduce the diameter of the internal hospital roundabout and to provide an accessible parking space adjacent the roundabout together with associated works |
| 2660011 | Conditional | 12 Mar 2026 | 0 | 351 m | the demolition and removal of an existing shipping container to the eastern side of the site, alterations to the front and side elevations, and all associated site works |
| 2560280 | Conditional | 21 Jan 2026 | 0 | 65 m | an extension to the front of the workshop, along with the replacement of the existing roof with a raised structure to cover part of the workshop, together with all associated development works |
| 2560356 | Conditional | 13 Jan 2026 | 1 | 461 m | works to existing dwelling to include a single storey extension the West elevation, changes to existing roof, and elevations and all associated site works |
| 2560058 | Conditional | 7 May 2025 | 0 | 121 m | the construction of a proposed garden centre building adjacent to existing café and all associated works |
| 2460292 | Conditional | 3 Mar 2025 | 1 | 417 m | to construct a 2-storey extension to existing 2-storey semi-detached dwelling consisting of a Granny Flat on the ground floor and one additional Bedroom with En-Suite on the first floor with all associated site works |
| 2460006 | Conditional | 30 Aug 2024 | 0 | 304 m | the phased construction consisting of Phase 1A) the felling and removal of the existing car park trees, Phase 1B) The demolition of the existing single storey derelict house and the temporary relocation of the existing 50 space car park off site to the rear of Byrnes funeral directors on Railway Road and the temporary relocation of the existing single storey Portacabin beside the existing Gym building. Phase 2) The construction of the three storey school building of 8308 sqm gross internal area, consisting of general classrooms, locker areas, specialist classrooms, multi-purpose hall and associated fitness room, changing & storage facilities, a general purpose hall with an associated dining area and servery, library, a 4 class base Special Educational Needs (SEN) Unit and associated sensory garden, technology, construction studies & associated prep room, graphics, engineering, art, science and home economics classrooms, including ancillary stores, service areas, staff and administrative accommodation. The proposed school will include the provision of Heat Pumps with PV panel installations located on the new school roof. The provision of a new boundary wall, vehicular entrance & pedestrian access gate and associated set down area to the Old Dublin Road. Phase 3) The demolition of the remaining 2 storey gym and main school buildings including the 2 no single storey Portacabins and the construction of a new avenue, a new boundary wall, pedestrian entrance, and emergency vehicle access to Railway Road and 2 no new ball courts. 58 car parking spaces are proposed including 3 new universal design parking spaces, 150 bicycle spaces, biodiverse water management and attenuation systems, hard and soft landscaped areas, upgrading & refurbishment of existing boundaries, some new boundary walls, external store and ancillary site works |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 Nov 2026
- 7 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Carlow County Council before relying on it.