Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Riverside Kilmalogue , Portarlington , Co. Offaly

(a) the construction of 1no. two storey unit, consisting of 3 no. terraced house dwellings. (b) to partly reduce the height of the existing 1.8m high boundary wall to 1.1m in height to the east of the proposed development. (c) The development will include the provision for the construction of service road, footpaths, grass margins, public lighting, open space, boundary wall treatment and connecting to mains water, storm water and foul water services within the adjacent ‘Riverside’ housing development and to connect to existing services on site and adjacent site boundaries and all associated site works

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660445 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 2
Floor area: 232 m²
Site area: 1,202 m²
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 18 Oct 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660445/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660445 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. Offaly County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 28 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Offaly 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560226	Conditional	31 Jul 2025	1	329 m	a front porch & 2 velux windows in roof of dwelling house, also a single storey extension to the rear, a garden room and garage extension and all associated and necessary site works
24100	Conditional	20 Sept 2024	0	158 m	DEVELOPMENT ON A SITE MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 6.2 HECTARES AT COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN, KILMALOGUE, PORTARLINGTON, CO. OFFALY, R32 HV25. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF: (i) DEMOLITION/REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND REMOVAL OF TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, (ii) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PERMANENT PART 3-STOREY, PART 2-STOREY POST PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN, PORTARLINGTON (12,646.3 SQ.M FLOOR AREA) WITH ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SIGNAGE. THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE NEW SCHOOL COMPRISE (a) 48 GENERAL CLASSROOMS, 24 SPECIALIST TEACHING ROOMS WITH ASSOCIATED PREPARATION ROOMS, 4 SPECIAL NEEDS CLASSROOMS WITHIN A SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS SUITE, DOUBLE HEIGHT MP HALL AND ASSOCIATED PE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION, LIBRARY, STAFFROOM, ADMINISTRATION ROOMS, TOILETS, STORES AND GENERAL ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND A DOUBLE HEIGHT GENERAL PURPOSE HALL WITH ASSOCIATED KITCHEN AND STORE. (iii) EXTERNAL COVERED AREA, EXTERNAL CONSTRUCTION STUDIES STORE, BIN STORE, AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMP COMPOUND AND ESB SUBSTATION (iv) SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING REVISIONS TO VEHICULAR/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE CAR PARKING AND SET-DOWN SPACES INCLUDING 104 NO. STANDARD CAR PARKING SPACES FOR STAFF/VISITORS, 6 NO. UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, 120 NO. CYCLE PARKING SPACES, TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT VEHICULAR ACCESS AND CYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONTO BOG ROAD; (iv) 7 NO. HARD PLAY/MUGA COURTS (v) ROOF MOUNTED PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO INCLUDES HARD & SOFT LANDSCAPING, RESOURCE AREAS, ACTIVITY COURTYARDS, SEN GARDEN/PLAY SPACES, A GRASS PITCH, ASSOCIATED SITE AND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS. FOLLOWING A REQUIREMENT OF OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL, A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE APPLICATION.
23156	Conditional	19 Oct 2023	28	83 m	A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT (4150.23 SQM) AT THIS SITE, THE FORMER PRESENTATION CONVENT/SCHOOL, PATRICK STREET AND THE ADJOINING PARISH LANDS (I.E. BETWEEN COLÁISTE ÍOSAGÁIN TO THE NORTH, TULLAMORE ROAD (R420) TO THE SOUTH, SAINT MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH TO THE EAST AND BOG ROAD TO THE WEST), PORTARLINGTON, CO. OFFALY. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE FOLLOWING PROTECTED STRUCTURES, I.E. FORMER PRESENTATION CONVENT (RPS NO. 46-20), FORMER PRESENTATION CONVENT SCHOOL (RPS NO. 46-21) AND FORMER PRESENTATION CONVENT CHAPEL (RPS NO. 46-22). THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF SAINT MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (RPS REF. NO. 46-18). THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A TOTAL OF 37 NO. RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 40 NO. OUT OF CURTILAGE PARKING SPACES, 16 NO. BICYCLE STORAGE RACKS, I.E. (A). 28 NO. 2/3-STOREY HOUSES INCLUDING; (I). 6 NO. NEW 3-BED/6-PERSON HOUSES (II). 20 NO. NEW 2-BED/4-PERSON HOUSES (III). DEMOLITION OF RECENT MODERN ADDITIONS AND CHANGE OF USE OF THE FORMER OLD SCHOOL BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF THE FORMER CONVENT TO 2 NO. 2-BED 2-STOREY HOUSES. (B) DEMOLITION OF RECENT MODERN ADDITIONS AND CHANGE OF USE OF PART (618 SQM OVER TWO FLOORS) OF THE FORMER PRESENTATION CONVENT/SCHOOL (PROTECTED STRUCTURE) TO 9 NO. APARTMENTS. CHANGE OF USE OF REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING (880 SQM OVER 2 FLOORS) TO PARISH/PASTORAL/COMMUNITY USES INCLUDING RECEPTION, COFFEE AREA, GENERAL PURPOSE HALL, COMMITTEE ROOMS, CONSULTATION ROOMS, EXHIBITION SPACE, ADMINISTRATION OFFICES, ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. (C) DEMOLITION/REMOVAL OF EXISTING ANCILLARY STRUCTURES AND LOCALISED AREAS OF EXISTING BOUNDARY WALLS INCLUDING 1 NO. SHED, 2 NO. GARAGES, BICYCLE SHELTERS, FUEL STORAGE TANKS AND 2 NO. GLASSHOUSES. (D) NEW PEDESTRIAN/VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE BOG ROAD. (E) NEW BOUNDARY TREATMENTS INCLUDING NEW LOW WALL AND PAINTED STEEL RAILINGS TO THE NORTH AND PARTIALLY TO THE WEST OF SAINT MICHAEL'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (PROTECTED STRUCTURE). (F) ALL ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ESB SUBSTATION
2360016	Conditional	5 Sept 2023	2	229 m	(A) TO DEMOLISH EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE & (B) SUBDIVIDE THE SITE & EXISTING DWELLING TO CREATE 2 DWELLINGS WITH SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS TO THE NORTH & SOUTH OF PROPOSED SUBDIVIDED DWELLING WITH CONNECTIONS TO FOUL SEWER, ASSOCIATED PARKING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
23228	Conditional	17 Jul 2023	2	428 m	(A) CONVERSION OF ATTIC AREA AS CONSTRUCTED; (B) 2NO. DORMER WINDOWS; (C) FRONT & REAR PORCHES; (D) 2NO. DOMESTIC GARAGE/ FUEL SHEDS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
23193	Conditional	27 Jun 2023	1	486 m	A PROPOSED DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
22530	Conditional	24 Jan 2023	1	326 m	AN EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
22604	Conditional	23 Jan 2023	1	39 m	(A) CONVERSION OF ATTIC SPACE TO STORAGE (B) NEW ENCLOSED FIREPLACE WITH STAINLESS STEEL CHIMNEY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314601	—	pending	12 Sept 2022	229 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

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
24 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 Offaly County Council before relying on it.