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Observation pack · Offaly County Council

NEWTOWN , RAHAN , CO.OFFALY

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS, PERCOLATION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 13 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
2677 · full record
Authority
Offaly County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
2,590 m²
Received
2 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
—
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/2677/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2677 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 7 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2651Conditional21 Jul 2026012 mEXISTING PREFABRICATED PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM UNIT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
265Conditional18 Jun 20261335 mCONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/ETS, PERCOLALTION AREA AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2560326Conditional21 Jan 2026012 mconstruction of a single storey extension to an existing school comprising classroom accommodation together with additional parking, upgraded drainage & related works
2560424Conditional5 Jan 20260293 m(1) demolition of 2 no. existing agricultural farm buildings; (2) change of use of 2 no. stone outbuildings into 2 no.1-bed self catering tourist accommodation cottages, (3) change of use of a disused agricultural building to accommodate plant, laundry, amenity building and private workshop & storage (4) Change of use of a disused agricultural building into a Sauna & Changing Places Accessible toilet (5) Change of use of disused agricultural building to bike shed (6) relocation of existing farm entrance to provide entrance for tourist accommodation cottages; (7) car-parking; (8) new wastewater treatment system & percolation area; (9) soakaways and (10) all associated refurbishment, landscaping and all ancillary site works.
22482Conditional18 Jan 20231344 mDEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DERELICT COTTAGE, THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE DWELLING CONSISTING OF A SINGLE STOREY AND STOREY-AND-A-HALF BUILDING., SEPARATE GARAGE, REFURBISHMENT OF AN EXISTING STONE SHED, NEW ENTRANCE AND DRIVEWAY, NEW HEDGE AT BOUNDARY, NEW SEPTIC TANK, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, SOAKAWAYS, BORED WELL AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
  • 2 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Offaly County Council before relying on it.