Observation pack · Leitrim County Council

High Street , Ballinamore , Co. Leitrim

Proposed Renovations & Conversion Of Existing Storage Shed Into A Habitable Room So As To Service Existing Adjoining Apartment Located To The Rear Of Existing Three Storey Mixed Use Building And All Ancillary Site Works

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 7 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660232 · full record
Authority: Leitrim County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 10 m²
Site area: 535 m²
Received: 2 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 26 Nov 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/LeitrimCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660232/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660232 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. Leitrim County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 6 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Leitrim 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Centre: To maintain and enhance the vitality and viability of existing town and village centres through consolidation with an appropriate mix of retailing, commercial, cultural and residential activities.	leitrim county development plan 2023 2029	21 Mar 2023 → 20 Mar 2029

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: Leitrim County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Leitrim County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 2
house · Martin's
Recorded monument × 2
Standing stone · R168818

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660123	Conditional	6 Jul 2026	0	407 m	1) Change of use of former convent building, chapel and outbuildings to a) aparthotel use providing 12 no. rooms on first and second floor and b) cafe, restaurant and reception use on the ground floor. 2) To construct new lift and single-storey kitchen extension to the rear of the building. 3) To construct glass porch and covered outdoor seating area adjacent to proposed café to South elevation. 4) To construct link corridor connecting the convent building to existing outbuildings. 5) Provision of on-site car parking, connection to all public services and all ancillary site works.
2660066	Conditional	3 Jun 2026	0	309 m	1.Change the use of building from light industrial to warehouse/ tile showroom, 2. Change the use of part of the site/open yard to allow for storage of commercial passenger vehicles, 3. The erection of commercial signage adjacent to the site entrance and on the front facade of the building, 4. Retention of all elevational amendments made subsequent to the initial construction, 5. Retention of external loading ramp and dock, 6. Retention to construct walls and roof to enclose loading ramp and dock, 7. Retention of change of northwest facade to steel cladding from cement render, 8. Retention to construct a new entrance gate to secure the yard.
2560217	Conditional	5 May 2026	1	254 m	(1.) Planning permission to renovate and extend existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling as follows: A. Construct two-storey extension to rear and pitch roof to existing two-storey flat roof side extension. B. Construct single storey extension to front elevation and alterations to elevations. C. Alterations to front garden and associated site development works. (2) Retention permission for existing flat roof two storey side extension. In Lieu of renovate and extend existing two-storey semi-detached dwelling as follows:- A. Construct two-storey extension to rear and pitch roof to existing two-storey flat roof side extension. B. Construct single storey extension to front elevation and alterations to elevations. C. Alterations to front garden and associated site development works.
2660050	Conditional	13 Apr 2026	0	56 m	Demolish two-storey extension to rear of existing building and construct three storey extension comprising 3 no. shower rooms, one per floor to service conversion of commercial building to 3 no. apartments (Exempted Development)
2560312	Conditional	17 Feb 2026	0	0 m	I, Bryan Cribbin, intend to apply for Permission for works to High Street, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, N41 EK85 as follows:(1) part demolition of Southwest rear return; (2) change of use from mixed office/ retail and residential use as ground floor pharmacy use (233sqm) with residential use overhead; (3) residential extension at first floor level to rear Southwestern elevation (9.1sqm); (4) 1 no. 1-bedroom apartment at first floor level (47.63 sqm) ;1 no. 1-bedroom apartment at second floor level (45.36 sqm); 1 no. 2-bedroom duplex apartment over first and second floor levels (69.70 sqm); (5) internal alterations to suit; (6) alterations to front elevation including new shop front; (7) external works include the provision of car parking and cycle spaces and service area to the rear and all necessary site works.
2560272	Conditional	22 Dec 2025	0	431 m	construct agricultural storage shed, extend existing driveway and associated site works
2560200	Conditional	22 Sept 2025	2	333 m	two number two-storey 3 bed semi-detached houses, connect to existing mains services, site development works, removal of underground tanks and all ancillary works.
2560033	Conditional	11 Apr 2025	0	150 m	change of use and sub-division of existing two-storey former public house premises to self-contained apartments, which includes the following:- A. Conversion Of Existing Ground Floor Bar & Toilets To a 2-bed apartment. B. Conversion of part of existing ground floor disco bar and vacant first floor to 2 no. apartments with own door accesses. C. Conversion of existing toilets on ground floor and vacant office/store on first floor to a 2-bed townhouse. D. Alterations to elevations, development of existing yard to provide to provide bin stores, pedestrian access, landscaping and associated site development works to Pat Joe's Premises.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316849	—	Other	21 Jul 2023	208 m
316845	—	Other	13 Jul 2023	203 m
309922	—	Split	7 Jun 2023	157 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

2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026
2 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 Leitrim County Council before relying on it.