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Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Drumcor , Loughduff , Co. Cavan

for alterations to the existing dwelling, including: Widening of the existing ground-floor window openings to the living room and playroom on the front (south western) elevation, with each opening replaced by 3 no. vertically emphasised windows; Alterations to the front porch area, including widening and increasing height of the front door opening and replacement of the existing projecting hipped-roof porch with a decorative flat-roofed entrance surround; Replacement of the existing single windows to 2 no. first-floor front bedrooms with 2 no. vertically emphasised windows to each bedroom; Replacement of the existing first-floor landing window with a narrower vertically emphasised window; Replacement of the existing roughcast/dash external finish with a smooth plaster finish; Construction of a domestic garage; and Connection to existing services and all associated site works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 15 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660494 · 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
50 m²
Site area
2,291 m²
Received
2 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
27 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660494/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660494 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. Cavan County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 7 Oct 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.
  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.

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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
21348Conditional9 Nov 20211358 mto erect fully serviced dormer style dwelling with detached domestic garage, entrance, sewerage treatment facilities & all ancillary works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
  • 2 Sept 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.