Observation pack · Offaly County Council

COLUMCILLE STREET , TULLAMORE , CO. OFFALY

CHANGE OF USE FROM VACANT RETAIL SPACE AT FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR LEVEL TO 2NO. 1BED FLATS, INCLUDING MINOR INTERNAL ALTERATIONS, THE INSTALLATION OF A ROOFLIGHT AND ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING SHOPFRONT TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENTRANCE DOORWAY

Observations close 12 Oct 2026 16 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: 2660480 · 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: 230 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/2660480/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660480 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

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
2660187	Conditional	23 Jul 2026	0	146 m	for 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
2660265	Conditional	6 Jul 2026	0	49 m	the 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
2638	Conditional	16 Jun 2026	2	486 m	AN 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
EX26006	Refused	14 May 2026	0	270 m	EXTENSION TO REAR OF HOUSE AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL AND INSTALLATION OF ROOF WINDOWS AT 1ST FLOOR LEVEL, TO REAR
2560600	Conditional	16 Mar 2026	0	112 m	the 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
2572	Refused	4 Sept 2025	1	272 m	A 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.
2560047	Conditional	26 Jun 2025	0	316 m	change 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
2460392	Conditional	25 Jun 2025	1	376 m	the temporary change of use from a house, which is a protected structure (Offaly County Council Development Plan 2021-2027 RPS 23-226 / NIAH Ref 14807030) to accommodation of protected persons which is ancillary to a Direct Provision Centre, for an additional three years and permission for replacement of 3 pvc windows at basement level on the front facade and the rear staircase window with timber heritage windows

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323311	—	Other	6 Nov 2025	328 m
322997	—	Refused	21 Oct 2025	316 m
318487	—	Other	2 Oct 2024	173 m
319583	—	Refused	31 Jul 2024	28 m
314752	—	Granted with conditions	15 Dec 2023	356 m
316954	—	Other	8 Sept 2023	328 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.