Observation pack · Cavan County Council

The Old School Drumroragh , Ballyjamesduff , Co. Cavan

for (1) RETENTION of the enclosure of the external hot tub area with new doors and mono pitched and pitched roof over. The external walls are the existing boundary fencing to the external area around the hot tub area as per Planning Permission Ref: 21576 (2) Planning PERMISSION sought for a new pitched roof over the external barbeque area. The external walls are the existing boundary fencing to the external area around the barbeque area as per Planning Permission Ref: 21576 and (3) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660467 · full record
Authority: Cavan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²
Site area: 4,093 m²
Received: 23 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 17 Oct 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/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660467/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660467 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. Cavan County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 28 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Cavan 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560046	Conditional	2 Apr 2025	1	10 m	for retention planning permission for single storey extension to side of existing house
2460270	Conditional	6 Aug 2024	1	24 m	to retain conservatory extension to the side of and alterations to internal layout and elevations of a dormer dwelling
21576	Conditional	5 Nov 2021	0	0 m	retention of (1) as constructed detached single storey pitched roof domestic garden shed located to the rear of the existing house (2) as constructed detached polytunnel structure located to the rear of the existing house and (3) as constructed single storey mono pitched roof timber structure for use as a changing facility for the exempted development external hot tub and barbecue area located to the rear of the existing house and (4) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
21469	Conditional	7 Oct 2021	1	298 m	to erect fully serviced detached bungalow, with detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment facilities, entrance and all ancillary works
21505	Conditional	30 Sept 2021	1	70 m	to complete dwelling (previous Planning Ref. No. 14/293) from wall plate level to completion, entrance, detached domestic garage, sewerage treatment facilities and all ancillary works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

23 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
23 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.