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Observation pack · Offaly County Council

9 High Street , Tullamore , Co. Offaly.

(a) Change of use of the ground floor of the building from Public house to commercial / office use; (b) alterations to the internal floor plan; (c) all associated site works and services. The subject building is a protected structure listed under the record of Protected Structure in the Offaly County Development Plan (RPS REF. 23-223).

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 6 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 19 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660452 · full record
Authority
Offaly County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
87 m²
Received
25 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
19 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660452/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660452 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. Offaly County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 29 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.
  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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660187Conditional23 Jul 20260295 mfor change of use of existing house into funeral parlour, permission is also sought for canopy over front entrance, signage, alterations to windows/doors at front, alterations to road layout to create additional parking spaces and all associated site works
2660265Conditional6 Jul 20260204 mthe partial removal of a party wall to connect the two retail units at Taco kebab and Halal Butcher and all associated site works and services
2660294Conditional30 Jun 20260410 m(RED III) to Install two heat pumps and a 2000l LPG as part of a school heating decarbonisation project under a Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) Development
267Conditional24 Jun 20263455 m(A) ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE REDUCTION OF EXISTING LARGE WINDOW TO SITTING ROOM AND INSTALLATION OF NEW WINDOW, INSTALLATION OF ONE NUMBER NEW WINDOW TO EXISTING ENTRANCE HALL AND ONE NUMBER NEW WINDOW TO PROPOSED STAIRWELL. (B) PERMISSION TO DEMOLISH EXISTING REAR KITCHEN EXTENSION AND REPLACE WITH NEW EXTENSION TO REAR. (C) PERMISSION FOR ATTIC CONVERSION TO EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS AT GABLE LEVEL AND VELUX ROOF WINDOWS TO FRONT AND REAR. (D) PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BOUNDARY/ PERIMETER FENCING AND ENTRANCE GATE. (E) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR STEEL FRAME DOMESTIC GARAGE/ STORE AS CONSTRUCTED. (F) RETENTION PERMISSION FOR DOMESTIC GARAGE CONVERSION TO GRANNY FLAT/ APARTMENT AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL ASSOICATED SITE WORKS
2638Conditional16 Jun 20262221 mAN EXISTING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING AND FULL PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW 2 STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING
2560600Conditional16 Mar 20260359 mthe change of use is from a retail unit to child care facility. The application will also include a number of internal layout changes & the introduction of an outdoor play area
2572Refused4 Sept 20251310 mA SINGLE STOREY EXTENTION TO, AND THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A GRANNY FLAT WITH CONNECTION TO THE PUBLIC MAINS AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS.
2560047Conditional26 Jun 20250200 mchange of use of existing commercial unit into funeral parlour, permission is also sought for minor changes to the front entrance together with all associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323311Other6 Nov 2025423 m
322997Refused21 Oct 2025200 m
318487Other2 Oct 2024102 m
319583Refused31 Jul 2024209 m
314752Granted with conditions15 Dec 202398 m
316978Other20 Sept 2023387 m
316954Other8 Sept 2023422 m
311741pending21 Oct 2021364 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

  • 25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
  • 25 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.