Observation pack · Carlow County Council
Browneshill Road , Chapelstown , Co. Carlow
the construction of 71 No. residential units and all ancillary works comprising of: • 57 No. 2 storey houses comprising: 10 No. 4 bed semi-detached units (c. 140 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA)); 18 No. 3 bed semi-detached (c. 114 sqm GFA); 17 No. 3 bed terrace units (11 No. of c. 98 sqm and 6 No. of c. 114 sqm GFA); 12 No. 2 bed terrace units (c. 82 sqm); and • 6 No. 2 bed duplex apartment units within 2 No. 2 storey blocks (c. 83 sqm Ground Floor GFA, c. 91 sqm First Floor GFA); and • 8 No. single storey houses (2 bed bungalow units (c. 84 sqm GFA)). The development will also consist of: revisions to the existing vehicular entrance at Browneshill Road, 148 No. car parking spaces, 2 No. bicycle storage shelters, bin stores and facilitation of a future pedestrian and cyclist access to Browneshill Rise to the west. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), level changes, boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply) and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works
Observations close 17 Nov 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660313 · 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
- 2.51 ha
- Received
- 13 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 7 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/2660313/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660313at 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 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space and Amenity: To protect, provide for and enhance open space, amenity facilities, and recreational uses | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R1 New residential | New Residential: To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R1 New residential | New Residential: To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R1 New residential | New Residential: To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow graiguecullen joint urban local area plan 2024 2030 | 10 Sept 2024 → 9 Sept 2030 |
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space and Amenity: To protect, provide for and enhance open space, amenity facilities, and recreational uses | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R1 New residential | New Residential: To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R1 New residential | New Residential: To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R1 New residential | New Residential: To provide for new residential development, supporting community facilities and other facilities and services incidental to residential development | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | carlow county development plan 2022 2028 variation number 4 carlow town and environs | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing / Infill Residential: To protect and improve existing residential amenity; to provide for appropriate infill residential development; to provide for new and improved ancillary services | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660187 | Conditional | 4 Sept 2026 | 0 | 274 m | an extension to its premises |
| 2660146 | Conditional | 31 Aug 2026 | 2 | 447 m | the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, use of existing domestic entrance, associated boundary treatments, connection to services and all associated site works |
| 2660155 | Conditional | 10 Jul 2026 | 1 | 0 m | the construction of a single storey extension to the front, side and rear of existing dwelling. Permission is also sought for alterations and renovations to the same dwelling to include an Attic conversion for storage and a games area. The development will include the demolition of the existing side extension and rear boilerhouse to facilitate the proposed works together with all associated site works |
| 2560175 | Conditional | 26 May 2026 | 46 | 342 m | construct 46 houses and all associated site works |
| 2560434 | Conditional | 5 May 2026 | 1 | 195 m | a dwellinghouse with connection to public services and all associated site works |
| 2560423 | Conditional | 19 Feb 2026 | 0 | 434 m | the construction of first floor extension to the rear elevation of my existing dwelling, and all associated site works |
| 2560331 | Conditional | 10 Dec 2025 | 1 | 112 m | proposed alterations to existing dwelling, erection of a single-storey extension, and all associated site works |
| 2560322 | Conditional | 10 Dec 2025 | 1 | 377 m | a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing two storey dwelling, connection to existing services and all associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321968 | — | Other | 18 Feb 2026 | 391 m |
| 322614 | — | Granted with conditions | 12 Feb 2026 | 364 m |
| 315624 | — | Refused | 15 Feb 2024 | 161 m |
| 316901 | — | Granted | 17 Aug 2023 | 342 m |
| 316825 | — | Granted | 1 Aug 2023 | 8 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
- 13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
- 13 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Carlow County Council before relying on it.