Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Doolan's Service Station , Park , Kilcormac Co. Offaly

the change of use from retail use to retail with ancillary use as an off licence, and associated works

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660477 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,148 m²
Received: 7 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 1 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/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660477/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660477 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 12 Oct 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M1 Metro / rail economic corridor	Town Centre/Mixed Use: The purpose of this zoning is to maintain the vitality and viability of existing town and village centres by developing and consolidating centres with an appropriate mix of commercial, recreational, cultural, amenity and residential uses.	offaly county development plan 2021 2027	22 Oct 2021 → 21 Oct 2027

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

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

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Park Mills
Recorded monument × 2
Mound · R143420

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460512	Conditional	29 Jul 2025	0	103 m	alterations to previous consent 21.673 and permission to complete all works. Retention permission for the alterations to planning file for the Green HQ as granted by the previous consent including a) amendments to all proposed elevations b) variations to side extension c) modifications to all internal layouts and all drainage & ancillary associated site works and Permission to complete all works
2460123	Conditional	4 Jun 2024	1	477 m	the construction of a new single-story extension to the rear of the dwelling, internal alterations to rooms at Ground and First floor level, the demolition of existing shed and all associated site works
2360149	Conditional	22 May 2024	0	359 m	for change of use from storage yard to public carpark, public lighting, electric vehicle parking, and all associated site works. This development is within the curtilage of a N.I.A.H. Building ref. no. 14815007.
2460101	Conditional	20 May 2024	1	93 m	GARAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
23435	Conditional	1 May 2024	0	292 m	ALTERATIONS TO THE STAFF AREA/KITCHEN/OMISSION OF EXTERNAL STORAGE WITH TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 22m2 AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AS A RESULT AS BUILT ON THIS SITE FRANKFORD, KILCORMAC, CO. OFFALY. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT TO UPDATE THE LAYOUT FOR USE FROM PRESCHOOL AND AFTERSCHOOL TO FULL DAY CHILDCARE CENTRE WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 249.3m2 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND SITE WORKS
23420	Conditional	24 Jan 2024	1	230 m	CHANGE OF USE OF VETERINARY SURGERY, (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. PL2/83/337 AND WHICH IS ATTACHED TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE), TO RESIDENTIAL HABITABLE AREA INCORPORATED INTO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
23368	Conditional	24 Jan 2024	0	81 m	THE CHANGE OF USE FROM A PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING TO A CHILDCARE FACILITY. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT TO UPDATE THE LAYOUT FOR USE AS AN EARLY YEARS/CRECHE/CHILDCARE FACILITY WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 519.5m2 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE AND SITE WORKS
22541	Refused	4 Jul 2023	0	359 m	CHANGE OF USE FROM STORAGE YARD TO PUBLIC CARPARK, PUBLIC LIGHTING, ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A N.I.A.H. BUILDING REF. NO. 14815007

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
311310	—	Refused	25 Apr 2022	226 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

7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
7 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Offaly County Council before relying on it.