Observation pack · Leitrim County Council

Main Street , Dromahair , Co. Leitrim

Planning Permission for change of use of dwelling house at ground floor to coffee shop and at first and second floors to guest accommodation and for retention of four Velux windows to rear at Main Street, Dromahair, (Drumahaire Td.) Co. Leitrim

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660261 · full record
Authority: Leitrim County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 2,365 m²
Received: 29 Oct 2026
Decision due: 23 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/2660261/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660261 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 3 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
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 within 100 m

NIAH-recorded building × 3
Dromahair Garda Síochána Station · The Old Rectory · post box
Recorded monument × 2
Standing stone · R169521

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660214	Conditional	19 Oct 2026	1	7 m	- EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED, - EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AS CONSTRUCTED.
2660125	Conditional	15 Oct 2026		197 m	I, Joe Mc Goldrick, wish to apply for full retention permission for the following works, parent planning file: P.07/1140 refers: 1. To retain changes to existing Western front facade and all ancillary works. 2. To retain the extension of the floor space of the shop by way of change of use from an adjacent residential/commercial property and amalgamation of this area into shop use and all ancillary works. 3. To retain an extension to the rear of the existing shop and all ancillary works. 4. The retention of a caged gas storage unit.
2560307	Conditional	9 Feb 2026	1	183 m	the converted residential 2-bedroom house in the building, previously operated as a creche facility. Planning permission was granted for the creche facility in February 2008. No structural changes were made to the building upon conversion into a residential house.
2560305	Conditional	3 Feb 2026	1	109 m	rear extension and renovation to existing dwelling including alterations to existing front porch and change to existing windows at no. 7 Abbeyvale, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim.
2560146	Conditional	28 Aug 2025	1	344 m	(1).To construct a single story split level type domestic extension 2. To construct a domestic garage. (3). To relocate the existing site entrance. 4. To upgrade an existing Wastewater treatment facility to comply with all current EPA code of practice criteria and all ancillary works. .
2460117	Conditional	14 May 2025		156 m	Planning permission to retain the as constructed layout and changes to planning permission PL22/138. Including the following changes: (1) First Floor changes: 2-bedroom suite to 2no. 1 bedrooms and associated changes to access and internal layout, a bedroom to a kitchen, (2) Ground Floor changes: new corridor through 2-bedroom suite and change to access to suite, kitchen and bedroom in managers suite swapped, laundry room changed to computer room and new ESB Room, all associated changes. (3) Upper Basement Changes: new corridor through 3-bedroom suite and internal changes, staff toilet and store amalgamated into a laundry room, location of internal stairs, all associated changes. (4) Lower Basement Changes: open plan kitchen and dining area with toilets and upper sitting area and ESB room in lieu of 2no. 3-bedroom suites and laundry room and all associated changes. (5) All other minor internal changes, (6) Fenestration changes at basement levels to side and rear elevations. (7) Changes to retaining wall and ground level to side with ramps from car park (8) all ancillary site works at the Abbey Manor Hotel, Main Street, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, F91 AT22. This is a protected structure
2360147	Conditional	7 Oct 2024	24	297 m	(a) Construct a total of 34 no. residential units consisting of: (i) 8 no. 2-bed, 2-storey semi detached, (ii) 10 no. 3-bed 2-storey semi detached, (iii) 4 no. 2-storey apartments blocks with a total of 16 no. 1-bed apartments, (b) Construct a new site entrance off the existing estate road, (c) Construct car parking, landscaping, connections to all public services and all ancillary site works.
23103	Conditional	14 Mar 2024	1	269 m	extension and alterations to our house

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321148		Granted with conditions	20 Oct 2025	297 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

29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026
29 Oct 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 Leitrim County Council before relying on it.