Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Árd Saran , Deerpark , Shannon Harbour Birr Co. Offaly

development at Árd Saran, Deerpark, Shannon Harbour, Birr, Co. Offaly, R42HX00. The development will consist of permission for new agricultural entrance and all associated site works

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 7 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660484 · 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: 10.50 ha
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 3 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/2660484/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660484 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 14 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

Recorded monument × 1
R141932

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460440	Conditional	15 Jul 2025	0	216 m	construction of loose stables, a roofed manure pit, an all weather arena and ancillary works (i.e. concrete yards and fencing - all for agricultural purposes only) in existing farmyard area utilising the existing farm entrance
2560058	Conditional	17 Jun 2025	0	219 m	construction of a side and rear extension to existing domestic garage and to construct an agricultural shed to the rear of property to include solar panels installation, connection to existing water mains services on site, to install a rainwater harvesting system and all associated site works
23321	Conditional	28 Aug 2023	0	465 m	RELOCATION OF GARAGE AND REPOSITION SOUTH EAST SIDE BOUNDARY TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW LOCATION FOR THE GARAGE, GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NUMBER 21/705 AND ALL ASSOCIATE SITE WORKS
22417	Conditional	10 Oct 2022	1	400 m	ALTERATIONS AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING RELOCATION OF SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
21705	Conditional	4 Aug 2022	1	462 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND TO CLOSE TWO EXISTING AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCES AND CONSTRUCT A NEW COMBINED DOMESTIC AND AGRICULTURAL ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
9 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.