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Observation pack · Roscommon County Council

Bellaugh , Athlone , Co. Roscommon.

Retention Permission for a hard surfaced area/car park, vehicular access/egress, mini ESB building and general storage building at

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
2660569 · full record
Authority
Roscommon County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Site area
1.98 ha
Received
29 Oct 2026
Decision due
23 Dec 2026

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/RoscommonCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660569/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660569 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 3 Dec 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660365Conditional11 Sept 2026168 mPermission for a change of use of previously permitted (under PD/19/441) ancillary living accommodation to short-term letting accommodation, together with all associated site works and services at
2560018Refused13 Mar 202510 mPermission to construct a three-bedroom dwelling & garage. The application will also include an effluent treatment system, percolation area, new domestic entrance, domestic garage and all associated site-works and drainage at
22566Refused14 Dec 20220 mRetention Permission for: (i) Existing shed type structure located to the rear of existing dwelling house which is being used ancillary to the enjoyment of the associated dwelling house; Permission for: (ii) Proposed installation of additional onsite landscaping & erection of fencing to provide natural screening of the existing shed type structure from view; (iii) Proposed installation of solar PV/Thermal panels on the roof of existing shed type structure to service the associated dwelling house and all ancillary works at
22101Refused14 Apr 20220 mRetention Permission for an existing shed type structure which is being used for domestic purposes to the rear of existing dwelling house at

What has happened on this file

  • 29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026
  • 29 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Roscommon County Council before relying on it.