Observation pack · Cavan County Council

PJ Duke Park , Drumlaunaght (E.D. Stradone) , Co. Cavan

for complete upgrade of the existing floodlighting installation serving main pitch, through the removal of the existing floodlighting equipment and replacement with a modern LED floodlighting system, including all associated electrical works & civil works

Observations close 30 Sept 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660483 · full record
Authority: Cavan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.23 ha
Received: 26 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: —
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/2660483/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660483 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 30 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
M4 Major town centre	White Lands: Provide for appropriate mixed-use development within the development envelopes of small towns and villages of the county.	CV-001:DP:cavan-county-development-plan-incorporating-a-local-area-plan-for-cavan-town-2022-2028	11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 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: CAVAN CV-001:DP:cavan-county-development-plan-incorporating-a-local-area-plan-for-cavan-town-2022-2028 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
CAVAN CV-001:DP:cavan-county-development-plan-incorporating-a-local-area-plan-for-cavan-town-2022-2028	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 5
stables · water pump · house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660148	Conditional	24 Jul 2026	0	408 m	for (1) use of an enclosed yard area to rear of licensed premises as a Beer Garden, together with the erection of a covered seating area comprising of a corrugated roof supported on timber posts, and (2) A Change of Use of part of existing commercial premises to use as an outdoor car sales forecourt, and part of an existing building to use as an ancillary office - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2560444	Conditional	29 Sept 2025	1	80 m	for: 1) Renovation to derelict cottage including single storey extension to rear and two storey extension to cottage form stair well. 2) Rising of roof and walls to derelict cottage by 300mm 3) Connection of dwelling to public sewer system 4) All associates site works and landscaping
2560173	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	0	0 m	to erect a temporary new detached steel-framed gym building, together with all associated site development works. Planning Permission is also sought to demolish vacant dwelling house & domestic storage building
2360122	Conditional	24 Apr 2024	1	1 m	to (1) construct a new detached domestic garage to existing dwelling house, and (2) form a new vehicular site entrance onto public roadway
21386	Conditional	15 Dec 2021	0	121 m	for construction of a new storage unit, with link bridges from existing facility and all associated groundworks

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

26 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 30 Sept 2026
26 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.