Observation pack · Carlow County Council
Ballinabranagh , Co. Carlow , Co. Carlow
The construction of domestic shed/store and all associated site works
Observations close 15 Dec 2026 31 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2660355 · full record
- Authority
- Carlow County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Site area
- 5,238 m²
- Received
- 10 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 13 Jan 2027
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/2660355/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660355at 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 15 Dec 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 county development plan 2022 2028 ballinabrannagh raheendoran larger serviced village | 4 Jul 2022 → 3 Jul 2028 |
| 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 ballinabrannagh raheendoran larger serviced village | 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660031 | Conditional | 24 Jul 2026 | 31 | 0 m | the completion of an unfinished estate at Gort Na Gréine, Ballinabrannagh. The completion of the development includes the construction of 8 No. semi-detached 3 bedroom two storey dwellings at sites 46-53 plus 1 No. two storey detached 3 bedroom dwelling at site 42. Also included is the construction of 22 No. two storey dwellings (type A – 5 No. two storey 4 bedroom detached dwellings, types A1/A2 – 3 No. two storey 5 bedroom detached dwellings, type B – 2 No. two storey 4 bedroom semi detached dwellings and type C – 12 No. two storey 3 bedroom semi detached dwellings), plus all landscaping, provision of recreation area / public open space and all associated overground and underground site works including an on site waste water treatment system. Sites 1-22 to be accessed via an existing site access and road network |
| 2560317 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2026 | 2 | 0 m | domestic garage & Planning Permission for single storey rear extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works |
| 2560034 | Conditional | 9 Apr 2025 | 1 | 275 m | to demolish existing single storey rear extension and replace with a part single storey, part dormer style extension to existing single storey dwelling, changes to the front facade, new detached garage, widening of existing entrance, connection to existing services and all associated site works |
| 2360096 | Conditional | 17 Jul 2023 | 1 | 436 m | Retention planning permission is sought to retain single storey extension with outdoor canopy over patio as constructed to the rear of existing dwelling, to retain dometic timber shed as erected to the rear of existing dwelling, to retain front boundary and amended site area as constructed to the front of the existing dwelling house from the original Pl Ref:PL 04/739 and amended under PL 06/88 and completed under Pl Ref: 16/278, all ancillary site works and services |
| 22188 | Refused | 13 Jan 2023 | 1 m | the completion of an unfinished estate at Gort Na Greine, Ballinabrannagh to include the construction of 8 No. semi-detached two storey dwellings at sites 43-50, I no. 2 storey detached dwelling at site 42, plus the construction of 17 No. two storey detached dwellings (types A/A1/A2, B/B1, D/D1) all with detached single storey garages at sites 1-17, the construction of 5 No. detached bungalows (types C1/C2) all with detached single storey garages at sites 18-22, plus all associated landscaping and site works. Sites 1-22 to be accessed via an existing site access and road network serving Gort Na Greine, Ballinabrannagh, Co. Carlow | |
| 21333 | Conditional | 28 Apr 2022 | 1 | 492 m | to retain single storey domestic garage to rear of existing dwelling with all associated ancillary works |
| 2274 | Conditional | 22 Apr 2022 | 208 m | Permission for the construction of a single storey extension to existing school comprising of a disabled toilet with associated storeroom, for works externally to improve wheelchair access and associated works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315737 | Refused | 7 Feb 2024 | 1 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
- 10 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 15 Dec 2026
- 10 Nov 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Carlow County Council before relying on it.