Observation pack · Roscommon County Council

Townlands of Athleague Clooneen & Clooykelly , Athleague , Co. Roscommon.

Permission for the • Construction of an accessible walking route linking the Circle of Life Park with a new memorial garden, viewing areas and recreational amenities. • Provision of new pedestrian pathways including no-dig pathways, upgraded farm tracks, raised walkways and boardwalk structures. • Construction of a new pedestrian suspension bridge across the River Suck, including bridge supports, abutments, balustrades and associated infrastructure. • Provision of a bird hide, viewing deck, seating areas, interpretation features and visitor infrastructure. • Provision of a memorial garden including landscape works, planting, seating and associated amenities. • Installation of gates, fencing, access controls, wayfinding signage and visitor information throughout the route. • Provision of biodiversity enhancement measures including native planting, habitat creation and ecological mitigation works. • Upgrade works to existing access tracks including resurfacing, drainage improvements and associated accessibility measures. • Associated flood management, drainage, landscaping, site development and ancillary works. The proposed development is located within the River Suck Callows Special Protection Area (SPA) (Site Code 004097) and the Suck River Callows Natural Heritage Area (NHA) (Site Code 000222). The proposed development passes through the recorded earthworks (RO041-048010) and the combined Zone of Notification associated with this and adjacent recorded monuments, comprising a road/trackway (RO041-048009), ford (RO041-048006), graveyard (RO041-048015), mills (RO041-048003 and RO041-048004), church (RO041-048007), castle (RO041-048001), fortified house (RO041-048005), bawn (RO041-048002) and walled garden (RO041-048014). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will be submitted with the Planning Application, at

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 11 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660491 · full record
Authority: Roscommon County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.62 ha
Received: 20 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 14 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/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660491/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660491 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. Roscommon 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, Roscommon 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

NIAH-recorded building × 3
aviary/dovecote/pigeon house · Saint Patrick's Catholic Church · shrine/oratory/grotto
Recorded monument × 3
R183718 · Road - road/trackway · Earthwork

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560473	Refused	5 Aug 2026	2	69 m	Permission for change of use of vacant shop unit and dwelling to two residential town houses, demolish domestic garage, reconstruction works and alterations to building, construct a single storey extension and all associated site works at
2660166	Conditional	10 Jun 2026	0	316 m	Permission for construction of a staff car parking area together with all associated site works at
2560610	Refused	24 Feb 2026	0	252 m	Permission for the proposed erection of a single storey modular type structure to the rear of existing two storey semi-detached type dwelling house to be used as a treatment space and all ancillary site works at
2560474	Conditional	6 Feb 2026	0	206 m	Permission for development which will consist of (a) construction of a 4 - bay slatted sheep shed with pens & feed passages, (b) sheep handling pen & associated siteworks at
2587	Conditional	30 Jan 2026	0	113 m	Permission for alterations to existing shop front elevation and provision of an adjacent fuel store (10m²) to Centra-Convenience retail unit and all necessary ancillary siteworks at
2560367	Conditional	10 Dec 2025	0	325 m	Permission to install a ground-mounted PV panel array and to carry out all necessary ancillary works & connections in the public car park to the west of the Riverside Centre (a protected structure RPS Ref. No. 04100018), at
2460343	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	6	355 m	Permission to construct 6 no. semi-detached single storey units and associated site works and services at
2460275	Conditional	4 Mar 2025	0	130 m	Permission for a change of use of part of an existing joinery workshop (Protected Structure Ref- 04100530) to a ground floor office & alterations to the facade of the building consisting of replacing windows & doors & internal alterations consisting of removing and raising of both the ground and first floor & associated siteworks at

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

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

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Roscommon County Council before relying on it.