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Observation pack · Kilkenny County Council

BEOFS Ltd , Camphill , Ballytobin

for the existing Anaerobic Digester biogas facility at Camphill Ballytobin that received planning permission 1996 and was constructed and commissioned in 1998. (planning reference number 9698) Aspects of the facility that were constructed were at variance with the original permission set of drawings and retention is sought to rectify this.

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20

The application

Reference
2660552 · full record
Authority
Kilkenny County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
8,046 m²
Received
31 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/KilkennyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660552/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660552 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.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Kilkenny County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 5 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2460361Conditional10 Dec 20240183 mRetention permission for the Indefinite retention of glazed patio doors to the side elevation. Permission to convert the first-floor attic roof space to habitable use, including additional first floor windows to the gables, to construct a sun room/porch extension to the front, for the change of a window to glazed doors to the side, to add solar panels to the front roof and all associated site works to my dwelling
2360373Conditional16 Jan 20240266 mfor indefinite retention of a single storey sunroom extension at side of existing dwelling
23161Refused14 Aug 20230295 mof planning permission 18/553
21433Conditional7 Oct 202110 mfor new dormer type dwelling house, wastewater treatment system, new entrance and associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 31 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
  • 31 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Kilkenny County Council before relying on it.