Observation pack · Roscommon County Council

Rear of Main Street , Elphin , Co. Roscommon.

Permission to construct 4 No. terraced, two-storey, two-bedroom dwellings together with all boundary treatments, road services and all ancillary site development works and connection to all public services at

Observations close 10 Nov 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660536 · full record
Authority: Roscommon County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 4
Floor area: 360 m²
Site area: 1,947 m²
Received: 6 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 30 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/2660536/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660536 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 10 Nov 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M2 Major town centre	Town Core: See detailed explanation on the Roscommmon County Development Plan website (rosdevplan.ie).	roscommon county development plan 2022 2028	19 Apr 2022 → 18 Apr 2028

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: Roscommon County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Roscommon County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Bank of Ireland

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2562	Conditional	24 Apr 2026	0	72 m	Permission to retain 2 No. 3 Bedroom Apartments, one at ground floor level and one at first floor level constructed on site, connections to existing public sewerage, and all associated works at
2560435	Conditional	6 Nov 2025	0	54 m	Retention Permission to retain as constructed first floor extension to rear of house and revised elevations which differ to that granted under PD/23/60055 and carry out all ancillary site development works at
2560152	Conditional	23 Oct 2025	0	52 m	Permission for (i) a change of use from commercial to residential for the ground floor, (ii) and the construction of rear extensions and refurbishment of the existing terrace to provide 3 No. 2 storey residential dwelling houses, with all associated site development works at
2560247	Conditional	9 Oct 2025	2	155 m	Planning permission for the following: 1. Demolish storage shed and part of existing structure to rear, 2. Refurbish & extend the existing building to create a 3 bed dwelling house, a commercial unit circa 87m² on ground floor & a 2 bed apartment on first floor, 3. Construct 1 No. 2 bed town house in rear yard & carry out all ancillary site development works, boundary treatments & connections to public services (Application made for the following: 1. Demolish storage shed and part of existing structure to rear, 2. Refurbish & extend the existing building to create a 3 bed dwelling house, a commercial unit circa 87m² on ground floor & a 3 bed apartment on first floor, 3. Construct 1 No. 2 bed town house in rear yard & carry out all ancillary site development works, boundary treatments & connections to public services) at
2560015	Conditional	7 Oct 2025	0	488 m	Permission to construct new slatted shed, together with all associated site works at
2560199	Conditional	23 Jul 2025	0	0 m	Retention permission and planning permission for the following: 1. to retain 3 no. as constructed dwellings which are partially completed and 2. permission to complete outstanding works along with carrying out all ancillary site development works at
2560034	Conditional	22 Jul 2025	1	423 m	Permission for construction of a dwelling house, domestic garage & home gym, connections to services, demolition of agricultural shed, access onto the public road and associated site development works at
2460474	Conditional	23 Jan 2025	0	489 m	Permission for development which will consist of: (a) The demolition of existing single storey dwelling house and removal of all associated materials off site, & (b)The erection of a new modular classroom building comprising of 2 no. classrooms & accessible WC on site of demolished dwelling house, new paths, retaining wall, connections to existing site services and all associated site development works to complete the development at

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
309975	—	Other	1 Jun 2022	353 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

6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
6 Oct 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 Roscommon County Council before relying on it.