Observation pack · Roscommon County Council

Dolanstown , Kilcashel Td , Athlone

Retention permission and Permission to: retain existing extensions and alterations to originally permitted house (PP Reg Ref No 6771 (c) /88) and domestic shed including loft space, together with associated landscaping works and siteworks. The application also includes application for planning permission for proposed new porch at front of existing house and for proposed extension to existing shed, together with proposed decommissioning of existing septic tank system and construction of a new septic tank system including the construction of new rectangular soil polishing filter percolation area (per engineers site assessment report) and updated surface water disposal system, all as per application documents at

Observations close 10 Dec 2026 27 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660577 · full record
Authority: Roscommon County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 1,867 m²
Received: 5 Nov 2026
Decision due: 8 Jan 2027

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/2660577/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660577 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 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.
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
2560183	Conditional	3 Sept 2025	1	390 m	Permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage/store, proprietary treatment system, percolation area and associated works at
2460313	Refused	30 Aug 2024		399 m	Permission and retention permission for proposed soft and hard landscaping layout and retention planning permission for development as comprises the change of use of previously granted built elements for storage, repository & logistics uses, elevational changes to previously granted buildings and new buildings/structures. The retention elements comprise; the change of use of Block A (1,292 sqm), Unit 1 - a storage repository for the supply of goods, Unit 2 - a storage, distribution and training facility and associated yard, Block B (839 sqm) a self-storage repository and associated 53 no. selfstorage containers (total 779.1 sqm), Block C (159.99 sqm), Units 1 & 2, a non-demolished structure (RCC Reg. Ref: 06/275) providing storage repository uses. The retention of development of Block D (450 sqm) Units 1 & 2 storage repository uses. Retention permission for a number of elevational changes to previously approved building (Block B); internal circulation areas, road & parking layout, all boundary treatments including the main entrance gate and front boundary wall and as includes all ancillary site services above and below ground. Proposals for hard and soft landscaping within the confines of the overall site area are presented at

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320904		Refused	5 Jan 2026	399 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

5 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 10 Dec 2026
5 Nov 2026 Decision

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