Observation pack · Kildare County Council

Tuckmilltown , Straffan , County Kildare

To relocate an existing agricultural entrance including all associated site works and services

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 25 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661223 · full record
Authority: Kildare County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 1,507 m²
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 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/KildareCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661223/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661223 at 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. Kildare County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 10 Dec 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kildare 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 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
2660477	Conditional	19 Oct 2026	1	204 m	a two-storey dwelling serviced with an onsite waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, and all associated site works.
2560733	Conditional	16 Feb 2026		105 m	for (a) single storey detached barn style building, (b) landscaping, connection to all relevant site services and all associated development works
2560706	Refused	18 Aug 2025	1	204 m	for building a two-storey dwelling serviced with an onsite waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, and all associated site works
2565	Refused	15 May 2025	1	272 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION: 20/63 and 14/828 a. Erection of a single storey house. b. Garage/fuel store for domestic use and c. The installation of Bord na Mona Platinum wastewater treatment plant with soil polishing filter and all associated site works
2461302	Refused	6 Feb 2025	1	442 m	to retain existing dwelling house and waste water treatment system and all other associated site development works
2461279	Refused	31 Jan 2025	1	439 m	for retention permission to retain existing dwelling house and planning permission to install a waste water treatment system to serve the house and all other associated site development works
2461152	Refused	17 Dec 2024		234 m	for a 152.2m 2 Workshop and storage building within an existing commercial yard along with all other associated site development works
2460993	Refused	25 Nov 2024	1	255 m	for a two-storey dwelling serviced with an onsite waste water treatment system to current EPA guidelines, detached domestic garage, recessed entrance, and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317471		Refused	12 Mar 2024	442 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

5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
5 Nov 2026 Decision

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