Observation pack · Offaly County Council

19 BALLYVORE GROVE , FERBANE , CO. OFFALY

EXTENSION ONTO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE SAME INCLUDING INSTALLATION OF WINDOWS, INTERIOR WORKS AND ALL OTHER ANCILLARY WORKS

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2680 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 727 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2680/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2680 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 16 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
R1 New residential	New Residential: This zoning shall be taken to primarily include the use of land for new residential units. It may also provide for a range of other uses particularly those that have the potential to foster the development of new residential communities.	offaly county development plan 2021 2027	22 Oct 2021 → 21 Oct 2027
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: This zoning allows for the conservation and enhancement of the quality and character of existing residential areas, to protect residential amenities and to allow for small scale infill development.	offaly county development plan 2021 2027	22 Oct 2021 → 21 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 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Offaly County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	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
2660173	Conditional	27 May 2026	0	70 m	to extend the gardens of house numbers 17-20, by 7m to the northeast, from that previously granted under reference no. 22198 and all associated site works
2530	Conditional	22 Aug 2025	1	106 m	THE COMPLETION OF AN UNFINISHED SINGLE STOREY DWELLING AND DOMESTIC OUTBUILDING, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING REF: 011135, THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING GABLE TO THE NORTHWEST, REMOVAL OF CHIMNEY, ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDOW OPES, PARTIAL REMOVAL OF EXISTING FLOOR SLAB OF PROPOSED OUTBUILDING TO THE SOUTHEAST, THE COMPLETION OF SITE BOUNDARIES, THE WIDENING OF THE VEHICLE ENTRANCE, PROPOSED CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
2460528	Conditional	20 Feb 2025	1	316 m	Extension to existing dwelling house namely, ensuite bathroom and kitchen extension to the rear and all ancillary works
23302	Conditional	17 Aug 2023	1	131 m	ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE 22-310 AT KNOCKAULIN DRIVE, FERBANE, CO. OFFALY. THE ALTERATIONS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING; REVISED DWELLING DESIGN, REVISED GARAGE DESIGN AND LOCATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
22198	Conditional	21 Mar 2023	20	81 m	CONSTRUCTION OF 20 NO. HOUSES, CONSISTING OF 8 NO. SEMI-DETACHED TWO STOREY HOUSES, 5 NO. DETACHED TWO STOREY HOUSES, 1 NO. DETACHED BUNGALOW DWELLINGS AND 6 NO. TERRACE HOUSES. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SERVICE ROAD, FOOTPATHS, GRASS MARGINS, PUBLIC LIGHTING, OPEN SPACE, BOUNDARY WALL TREATMENT AND CONNECTING TO MAINS WATER, STORM WATER AND FOUL WATER SERVICES WITHIN THE ADJACENT 'ARD GLAS' HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND TO CONNECT TO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE AND ADJACENT SITE BOUNDARIES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2231	Conditional	18 Oct 2022	0	497 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A FUNERAL HOME, ASSOCIATED CARPARKING, UPGRADE TO REAR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ROUTE AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS
22310	Conditional	16 Aug 2022	1	131 m	A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
214	Conditional	21 Jan 2022	0	194 m	AN EXISTING 45M LATTICE COMMUNICATIONS STRUCTURE TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND COMPOUND AND PERMISSION TO ATTACH 3 NO. ANTENNA AND 2 NO. TRANSMISSION DISHES TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AND CABINETS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324219	—	pending	20 Apr 2026	31 m
324214	—	Invalid	15 Apr 2026	31 m
312739	—	Granted with conditions	16 Sept 2022	178 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
11 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.