Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Blundell Wood South East and to the Rear , Of No. 1&2 JKL Street , Townland of Edenderry Co. Offaly

the demolition of existing single storey extension to the rear of No. 1 JKL Street and the construction of 3 No. residential 4 bed houses comprising of two semi-detached units facing the canal/street and 1 No. detached house to rear of site, car parking, open spaces, landscaping and all associated site works

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 6 days left

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 application

Reference: 2660479 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,034 m²
Received: 7 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
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/2660479/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660479 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.	OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029	28 Aug 2023 → 28 Aug 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: OFFALY OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
OFFALY OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 4
post box · house · harbour/dock/port

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
EX26007	Refused	7 Jul 2026	0	148 m	20/314 FOR CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING 14 NO. DISUSED SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED COMMERCIAL UNITS TO USE AS 3 NO.2 BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND 11 NO.1 BEDROOM RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WITH EXTERNAL PRIVATE OPEN SPACE ENCLOSURES, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2660193	Refused	5 Jun 2026	0	318 m	the change of use for short-term letting at this existing bungalow
2660045	Conditional	25 Mar 2026	0	255 m	1/ Development of existing vacant Shop Unit No. 17 within the existing Edenderry Shopping Centre to use an Opticians shop. 2/ The proposed construction of a 1st floor Mezzanine floor within Unit No. 17 which will be ancillary to the Opticians shop use. (Previous planning reference No.03/719 & 01/480)
2460521	Conditional	15 Dec 2025	8	37 m	construction of 8 no. new single storey, two bedroomed townhouses, car parking and all associated site works
2460490	Conditional	3 Oct 2025	0	218 m	development consisting of the installation of a security gate in the opening between The Elms and Oak blocks of Granary Court, with an additional security gate planned for the archway between the Oak and Beech blocks of Granary Court and all associated site works
2460273	Conditional	15 Jul 2025	0	438 m	Construction of a new six-bay, contemporary style lightweight, single-storey building on the site of the existing club, which is now housed in two converted shipping containers. The new clubhouse will consist of a boardroom, a kitchenette, boat storage, gear storage, changing rooms and toilet facilities. The existing previously granted containers will remain on site to be used as additional storage. The additional extra container onsite will be removed. Modification to existing security fencing, to extend down to the new entrance. Close the existing entrance once construction work is completed. Connection to exiting to public sewer and all other associated site works
2560159	Conditional	30 Jun 2025	1	131 m	existing single storey side extension and existing single storey rear sun room extension to existing two storey detached house, existing single storey garden shed and existing single storey garage all to the rear of existing house and all associated site works as constructed
EX250001	Refused	17 Jun 2025	0	419 m	FOR PL2/19/226 (A) ONE NUMBER NEW 40FT CONTAINER CONVERTED FOR THE STORAGE OF MACHINERY (B) ONE NUMBER NEW 40FT CONTAINER CONVERTED FOR THE USE OF (i) KITCHEN (ii) MEETING ROOM & (iii) TWO NUMBER TOILETS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322323	—	Granted with conditions	31 Jul 2025	365 m
314641	—	Granted with conditions	3 Nov 2023	397 m
313135	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jul 2022	208 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 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Offaly County Council before relying on it.