Observation pack · Offaly County Council

COOLAGARRY , WALSH ISLAND , CO. OFFALY

CONSTRUCTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH STORAGE AREA

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2684 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,582 m²
Received: 18 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 12 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/OffalyCC/AppFileRefDetails/2684/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2684 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 23 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

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560675	Conditional	19 Aug 2026	4	498 m	a) Demolition of existing agricultural building to the rear of The Hoppers public house and removal of the lean-to roof structure attached to same, and b) Construction of 4 no. two storey dwellings, comprising of 2 no. detached and 2 no. semi-detached house types, new site entrance, new access road and footpath, new site boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, ancillary site services and all associated site works
2660203	Conditional	11 Jun 2026	1	262 m	the demolition of one of the existing garden sheds to the rear of the dwelling and construction of an extension to the rear of the existing dwelling and elevational changes to the other existing shed to the rear of the dwelling and all associated site works and services
2560470	Conditional	1 Dec 2025	1	329 m	for Single Storey Rear Extension to Existing Dwelling & for Two Storey Domestic Shed and all associated site works
2560198	Conditional	18 Sept 2025	1	90 m	attic extension to raise roof to provide first floor accommodation and all associated site works.
2560123	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	1	217 m	front & rear extension to existing dwelling with elevation alterations all associated site works
2460451	Conditional	23 Apr 2025	1	235 m	demolition of an open sided lean-to fuel shed and a raised decking area in rear garden and constructing a detached log house and associated site works
23319	Conditional	25 Aug 2023	1	183 m	CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC GARAGE
21804	Refused	15 Dec 2022	0	464 m	THE REPLACEMENT OF AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (OVERALL HEIGHT OF 14.5 METRES), WITH A PROPOSED NEW LATTICE TOWER (OVERALL HEIGHT OF 25.5 METRES) CARRYING TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TRANSFERRED FROM THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE ADDITION OF NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTENNAS, DISHES AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, TOGETHER WITH NEW GROUND LEVEL EQUIPMENT CABINETS

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315613	—	Granted with conditions	4 Mar 2024	464 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

18 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 23 Oct 2026
18 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.