Observation pack · Offaly County Council

CLONBONNIFF , BELMONT , CO.OFFALY

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

Observations close 25 Nov 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2693 · full record
Authority: Offaly County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 305 m²
Site area: 3,589 m²
Received: 21 Oct 2026
Decision due: 15 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/2693/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2693 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 25 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460466	Conditional	6 Mar 2025	1	117 m	construction of a new single storey pitched roof detached dwelling house, new vehicular entrance, new boundary treatment, permeable driveway, landscaping works, surface water soakaway, onsite wastewater treatment system / percolation area, construction of a new single storey detached garage and all other associated ancillary site development works.
2460239	Conditional	22 Oct 2024	3	341 m	Dwelling House, Domestic Garage, Septic Tank and Percolation, storage sheds, entrances and all ancillary works on the site
22435	Conditional	19 Oct 2022	1	464 m	GABLE WINDOWS WITH CLEAR GLASS, ORIGINALLY INSTALLED WITH OBSCURE GLASS AND A SECOND DOMESTIC GARAGE USED AS HOBBY STORAGE
2279	Conditional	13 Jun 2022	1	229 m	NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE/FUEL SHED, INSTALLATION OF EFFLUENT TREATMENT UNIT WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS

What has happened on this file

21 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 25 Nov 2026
21 Oct 2026 Decision

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