Observation pack · Leitrim County Council
7/8 9 Railway Road , Ballinamore , Co. Leitrim
A. Planning Permission is sought for change of use of first floor offices and second floor storage to residential 2-bed apartment with independent access from ground Floor. B. Retention Permission is sought for modifications to layout of Doctor’s Surgery and Pharmacy. C. Alterations to front & rear elevations and associated works
Observations close 1 Dec 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 21 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660258 · full record
- Authority
- Leitrim County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Site area
- 662 m²
- Received
- 27 Oct 2026
- Decision due
- 21 Dec 2026
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/2660258/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660258at 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 1 Dec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M1 Metro / rail economic corridor | Mixed Use: To provide for a mixture of residential and compatible commercial uses. | 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 within 100 m
- NIAH-recorded building × 5Martin's · hotel · Maryville
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660066 | Conditional | 3 Jun 2026 | 482 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 | 402 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 | 235 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 | 175 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. | |
| 2560033 | Conditional | 11 Apr 2025 | 330 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. | |
| 2460174 | Conditional | 25 Mar 2025 | 451 m | full retention permission and planning permission for the following: 1. To retain an existing single storey steel commercial storage shed. 2. To construct a single storey extension to the existing commercial shed, and all ancillary works. | |
| 2460233 | Conditional | 10 Jan 2025 | 463 m | Construction of a 70m x 30m astro turf multi-purpose training area replacing the existing grass playing area, together with 4 no. 12m High Lighting columns with LED Floodlights and a 5m high perimeter fence consisting of 2.4m high steel mesh fence topped with 2.6m high ballstop netting. The development also includes entrance gates, civil works and an electrical cabinet | |
| 2460165 | Conditional | 27 Nov 2024 | 1 | 251 m | 1. To change the use of the 2nd floor storage space to livable accommodation in roof space. 2. To construct 2 number Veluxes and all ancillary works. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 319017 | Granted with conditions | 10 Sept 2024 | 385 m | |
| 316849 | Other | 21 Jul 2023 | 304 m | |
| 316845 | Other | 13 Jul 2023 | 77 m | |
| 309922 | Split | 7 Jun 2023 | 233 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
- 27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 2026
- 27 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Leitrim County Council before relying on it.