Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Carraig Mor Industrial Estate , Clara , Co. Offaly

• A high-bay logistics warehouse with racking and 4 associated loading docks and marshalling areas • Ancillary office area over three floors for administrative staff • Surface car parking spaces, HGV trailer parking spaces, and cycle parking spaces • All associated site works including landscaping, boundary treatment and SuDS

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 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: 2660490 · 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: 1.94 ha
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 8 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/2660490/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660490 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 19 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
C3 High technology	Enterprise and Employment: This zoning promotes the development of employment uses that reinforce the enterprise and employment function of the subject area as a whole and require high environmental and design standards.	offaly county development plan 2021 2027	22 Oct 2021 → 21 Oct 2027
C3 High technology	Enterprise and Employment: This zoning promotes the development of employment uses that reinforce the enterprise and employment function of the subject area as a whole and require high environmental and design standards.	offaly county development plan 2021 2027 variation no 1	22 Oct 2021 → 22 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 25 Oct 2026, 23:00

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Offaly County Council development plan zoning	—	25 Oct 2026, 23:00	open

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
2564	Conditional	12 Aug 2025	1	319 m	DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2546	Conditional	29 Jul 2025	1	135 m	THE ERECTION OF A NEW SINGLE STOREY DWELLING, CONNECTION TO A NEW EFFLUENT WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, THE ERECTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
2560001	Refused	25 Feb 2025	1	213 m	Construction of a four bedroom 2 storey dwelling and garage. The application will also include a new biofilter treatment system and percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works and drainage
2460057	Conditional	17 Jun 2024	2	415 m	Construction of a 4 bedroom dwelling which incorporates the reuse of existing structures. The application will also include the retention of 2 number existing garages/stores. Also included in the application is permission to install an effluent treatment system, percolation area, new entrance and all associated minor siteworks and drainage
23265	Conditional	1 Aug 2023	1	272 m	DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING RUINS AND TO CONSTRUCT A PROPOSED DWELLING TO INCLUDE RE-CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND EXISTING WATER MAINS SERVICES ON SITE AND TO CONSTRUCT A NEW SITE ENTRANCE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
23111	Conditional	10 May 2023	1	92 m	(A) DEMOLISH EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND REMOVE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND (B) BUILD NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
22301	Refused	14 Feb 2023	1	272 m	DEMOLISHING EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING RUINS AND TO CONSTRUCT A PROPOSED DWELLING TO INCLUDE RE-CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND EXISTING WATER MAINS SERVICES ON SITE AND ALL ASSSOCIATED SITE WORKS
22467	Conditional	2 Nov 2022	1	493 m	DOMESTIC SHED/GARAGE AT THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Offaly County Council before relying on it.