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Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Chapel Lane , Cootehill , Co. Cavan

to (1) Convert the existing vacant building into a dwelling. (2) Refurbishment works and alterations to the existing elevations. (3) Together with all associated site development works including connections to public services

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660512 · 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
88 m²
Site area
75 m²
Received
9 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
3 Nov 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/2660512/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660512 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 14 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
2560658Conditional10 Jul 20261409 mfor 1. Redevelopment of existing semi-detached two-storey dwelling house to include revisions to elevations; 2. Construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of the dwelling house; 3. Change of use of existing attached domestic garage to residential accommodation to be used as an integral part of the existing dwelling house and 4. Replacement of existing section of flat roof to existing dwelling house with a pitched roof with all ancillary site development works
2660082Conditional21 Apr 20260220 mto reinstate previously demolished buildings to rear yard of commercial premises as ancillary storage use with a new disabled accessible WC
2660056Conditional26 Mar 2026047 mfor alterations to previously approved planning permission, Planning Ref 23/60278 at St Michael's Hall, Chapel Lane, Munnilly, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Alterations include; i) Internal layout changes to proposed extension; ii) Interior alterations and renovations to the existing hall stage & balcony; iii) Alterations to the façade composition and materiality of the proposed extensions; iv) Minor alterations to the site layout. St. Michael’s Hall is listed as a protected structure as per Appendix 19 (RPS No. CV0680) of the Cavan County Development plan (2022-2028)
2560263Conditional22 Jan 20260273 mto demolish existing two storey building along with existing turnstiles and male toilets and replace with 2 no. buildings to consist of 1) 2 no. dressing rooms, Toilets, Gym. 2) shop and turnstile and connection to public mains and all ancillary site works
2560331Conditional22 Jan 20262338 mto erect 2 no. storey and a half detached houses and garages. Connect to mains services including water, storm and sewage and all associated site works
2560518Conditional23 Oct 20251223 mfor (1) Demolition of the existing single storey mono pitched roof shed structure attached to the rear of the existing house (2) Remove pitched roof over existing rear projection, increase height of external walls of rear projection with new pitched roof over (3) Two storey rear extension to existing rear projection (4) Internal alterations to the existing house and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
2560375Conditional27 Aug 20250113 mfor alterations to previously approved planning permission, Planning Ref 24/60185 at Drumlin House, Cooney’s Row, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Alterations include; i) an increase in the floor area of the proposed building, ii) associated internal layout changes, iii) incorporation of sensory terrace to first floor flat roof and iv) alterations to the façade composition and materiality of the proposed elevations
2560309Conditional8 Aug 2025047 mfor alterations to previously approved planning permission, Planning Ref 23/60278 at St Michael's Hall, Chapel Lane, Munnilly, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Alterations include; i) an increase in the floor area of the proposed new extensions to side and rear of existing hall, ii) associate internal layout changes and iii) alterations to the façade composition and materiality of the proposed extensions (iv) installation of solar panels on the rooftop area. St. Michael’s Hall is listed as a protected structure as per Appendix 19 (RPS No. CV0680) of the Cavan County Development plan (2022-2028)

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
322198Granted with conditions28 Jul 2025270 m
320707Other26 May 2025257 m
317120Granted with conditions26 Feb 2024235 m
312878Granted with conditions15 Nov 202387 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

  • 9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
  • 9 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.