Observation pack · Offaly County Council

Newtown , Lusmagh , Banagher

The completion of an existing partially completed dwelling house, the construction of a new domestic garage, a wastewater treatment system with raised percolation area, works to existing site entrance and all other associated site works

Observations close 26 Nov 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660553 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 293 m²
Site area: 3,752 m²
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Decision due: 16 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/2660553/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660553 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 26 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 × 1
R141612

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560527	Conditional	5 Mar 2026	1	257 m	the construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, site entrance and all other associated site works
2229	Conditional	28 Mar 2022	1	308 m	A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, NEW SITE ENTRANCE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
21551	Conditional	4 Feb 2022	1	442 m	BUILDING NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALL EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

What has happened on this file

22 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 26 Nov 2026
22 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.