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Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Site No. 5 , Edenderry Business Campus , Edenderry

1.The construction of a two-storey industrial building comprising 6 no. individual commercial/industrial units 2. Construction of boundary treatments 3.Connection to existing business campus surface water and foul water sewage system services 4. Construction of new recessed entrance and access road within the site boundary 5. All associated site works including car-parking, bicycle parking, landscaping and lighting

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 24 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660502 · 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
6,432 m²
Received
24 Sept 2026
We first saw it
30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due
18 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660502/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660502 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 29 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
C2.2
Economic development and employment
Industrial and Warehousing: The purpose of this zoning is to facilitate opportunities for industrial and warehousing uses, activities and processes which would in general give rise to land use conflict if located within other zonings.OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-202928 Aug 2023 → 28 Aug 2029
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.OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-202928 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.

Sources: OFFALY OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029, OFFALY OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
OFFALY OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
OFFALY OF-002:LAP:edenderry-local-area-plan-2023-2029—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
24119Conditional23 Oct 20241477 m(A) EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE CONSISTING OF 62 SQUARE METRES AS CONSTRUCTED, (B) CHANGE OF USE FROM A DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A STUDIO/GYM AND ALL ASSOICATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
2453Conditional13 Aug 2024018 mTHE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXHIBITON AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, A SEPARATE MANUFACTURING WORK-SHOP INCLUDING STAFF FACILITIES; VISITOR AND STAFF CAR PARKING, BICYCLE PARKING, AN ASSEMBLY STORAGE AREA, HGV DELIVERY AND PARKING AREA, SITE BOUNDARY ENCLOSURE FENCING, SW AND FW SEWER CONNECTIONS TO THE EXISTING CAMPUS SEWAGE SYSTEMS, EXTENSIVE SOFT AND HARD LANDSCAPING WORKS INCLUDING TREE AND SHRUB PLANTING, ALL AS INDICATED ON THE APPLICATION DRAWINGS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION
2375Conditional20 Apr 2023042 mFIRST FLOOR MEZZANINE TO FACILITATE INCREASED OFFICE SPACE. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT TO RETAIN THE NEW WINDOW ON THE FRONT (NORTHWEST) ELEVATION REPLACING PREVIOUS ROLLER DOOR AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
21645Conditional10 Dec 20210148 mEXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED RETENTION PERMISSION UNDER PL.REF. 12/133) TOGETHER WITH ANTENNAS, DISHES, EQUIPMENT CABINETS, FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED WIRELESS BROADBAND AND DATA SERVICES

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
  • 24 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.