Observation pack · Offaly County Council

MONEYGALL VILLAGE , Co. OFFALY

ERECTION OF 5 NO. DWELLINGS, (4 TWO STOREY SEMI DETACHED & 1 BUNGALOW) WITH ENTRANCE ROAD & ANCILLARY WORKS, WITH CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2685 · 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: 1,376 m²
Received: 21 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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/2685/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2685 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 27 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
2660272	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	24 m	design alterations to existing planning register ref: 2360011.The proposed alterations include reducing the scale of the development to a proposed stand-alone modular building consisting of a lobby, office, shower, shower/WC room, store and 2 No. WCs. Internal alterations to the existing community hall, connection to existing services and all associated site works
25125	Refused	4 Feb 2026	3	0 m	THE ERECTION OF 3 NO. DWELLINGS, WITH ENTRANCES & ANCILLARY WORKS, WITH CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES
2560266	Conditional	16 Jun 2025	0	427 m	• Alterations to existing dwelling to include rear extensions on upper floor • Changes to elevations on dwelling • Change of use of garage to living room, shower room, entrance hall and small kitchen on lower floor of dwelling • Retain existing stand-alone garden room consisting of living space, sauna and shower room to rear of dwelling • Retain existing earth retaining wall to rear of dwelling • Retain existing garden and bin store to front of dwelling • And all associated site works
2460292	Conditional	8 Apr 2025	1	193 m	construction of a new single storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, septic tank, percolation area and permission for use of existing vehicular entrance into the site from the public road; all completed with associated site works
24176	Conditional	14 Feb 2025	1	348 m	THE SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND CONSERVATORY TOGETHER WITH THE SINGLE STOREY GARAGE AND CARPORT ERECTED TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING.
2496	Conditional	13 Sept 2024	0	428 m	INSTALLATION OF TWO NUMBER SEATED STANDS IN THE FORM OF RECYCLED SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND ASSOCIATED WORKS
2460476	Conditional	31 Jul 2024	0	304 m	1. carry out works to the existing clubhouse with modifications to existing elevations; 2. extend existing roof over viewing stand; and 3. install floodlights on pitch to rear along with ancillary site works
2360011	Conditional	5 Sept 2023	0	24 m	Side extensions to existing gym building comprising of store, studio and ancillary rooms, accessible WC, WC/locker/shower room, corridor, internal alterations to existing building, new entrance & porch to building and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

21 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
21 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Offaly County Council before relying on it.