Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Ballyclare , Ferbane , Co. Offaly

Construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, to include a septic tank and percolation area, proposed connection to mains water supply, new site entrance and all associated site works

Observations close 24 Nov 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660549 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 208 m²
Site area: 2,541 m²
Received: 20 Oct 2026
Decision due: 14 Dec 2026

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/2660549/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660549 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 24 Nov 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.

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

Recorded monument × 2
Ringfort - rath · R142044

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660436	Conditional	13 Oct 2026	1	150 m	Construct an extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling. The extension will consist of an enlarged kitchen and dining space at ground floor and extra bedroom space at first floor level. The application will also include the demolishing of an existing kitchen all associated site works and drainage
2560488	Conditional	11 Mar 2026	1	35 m	construction of a dwelling house and domestic garage, to include a septic tank and percolation area, proposed connection to mains water supply, new site entrance and all associated site works
2560349	Conditional	23 Sept 2025	2	225 m	alterations to existing house, to construct a side and rear extension to existing house, to include connection to the existing public foul sewer and existing water mains services on site, proposed new site entrance, proposed garage and all associated site works
2517	Conditional	14 Jul 2025	1	341 m	THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
2525	Conditional	7 May 2025	2	66 m	(A) FORM NEW ATTACHED GRANNY FLAT TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, BY CONVERTING THE EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO HABITABLE LIVING AREA AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITION AND ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING HOUSE TO CONNECT THE TWO STRUCTURES AND (B) ERECTION OF PREFABRICATED STEEL DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
24139	Conditional	21 Nov 2024		227 m	NEW AGRICULTURE ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2360060	Conditional	3 Oct 2023	1	199 m	rear and side extensions and alterations to existing dwelling
22598	Conditional	22 Mar 2023	1	381 m	DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC AMENITIES AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501078		Granted with conditions	4 Aug 2026	35 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

20 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 24 Nov 2026
20 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Offaly County Council before relying on it.