Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Lands at Oldcastle Road , Cloggagh/Kilquilly , Ballyjamesduff Co. Cavan

for RETENTION planning permission is sought for an existing c. 1.95 km, c. 0.125m diameter wastewater pipeline, which connects the wastewater treatment plant at Liffey Meats to the Mountnugent River, located approximately c. 1.96 km west of the Liffey Meats plant. The Pipeline route passes through the townlands of Cloggagh and Claddagh. Retention is sought for the pipeline, pumpstation, chambers and all associated infrastructure above and below ground. In addition, planning PERMISSION is sought for the removal of c. 10m of the existing rising main pipeline at the outfall location, to be replaced with a c. 10m gravity flow pipe (c. 0.225m diameter) and associated headwall. Planning permission is also sought for the use and operation of the pipeline to facilitate wastewater flow to the discharge point at Mountnugent River and the discontinuance of use of the existing outfall and associated pipeline to the Pound Stream and all associated works above and below ground. The proposed relocated discharge is facilitated under the existing discharge licence. No change to the quality or volume of the discharge is proposed as part of this development. The application relates to development for the purposes of an activity requiring a license from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Industrial Emissions Directive

Observations close 14 Oct 2026 window closed

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 five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660523 · full record
Authority: Cavan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.50 ha
Received: 9 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660523/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660523 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 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.
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
C2.1 Economic development and employment	General Enterprise and Employment: Provide for and improve general enterprise and employment generating uses.	cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028	11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028
C2.1 Economic development and employment	General Enterprise and Employment: Provide for and improve general enterprise and employment generating uses.	cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 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 County Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Cavan County Council development plan zoning	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 1
R167837

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660228	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	1	286 m	for: (A) Retention permission is sought for the placement of a mobile home, in situ for a temporary period while the restoration of an adjoining unhabitable dwelling takes place. (B) Planning permission is sought for installation of a proprietary sewage treatment system together with all ancillary site works
2460043	Conditional	9 Jul 2024	0	366 m	for the formation of a new GAA pitch on lands currently used for agricultural purposes. The development will include for regrading of the lands, perimeter fencing, lighting, forming a biodiversity walking trail, drainage works, provision of carparking, erection of goal posts, erection of ball stop netting, creation of new site boundaries and all associated ancillary works
2414	Conditional	22 Mar 2024	0	0 m	for EXTENSION OF DURATION of 18/501: the demolition of one loading bay and the construction of new facility containing: tempering room, debox room, retail room, box storage, holding chill, dispatch area, loading bay and 36 car parking (total roofed floor area 5864sqm, maximum height 11.4 metres) and all ancillary works including an attenuation tank
2410	Conditional	20 Mar 2024	0	294 m	for rehabilitation and improvement of 1km stretch of the Finaway River at Finaway Derrylea Claddagh Keenagh and Kildorough. Works will include removal of some in-stream vegetation, repair and reinstatement of existing in-stream structures, improvement and alteration of flow dynamics by the construction of deflectors, reinforcement of the river bank in some locations and the introduction of spawning gravel to improve breeding habitats for trout. Appropriate assessment and an NIS has been submitted as part of this application
2360155	Conditional	24 Oct 2023	0	0 m	for the following: 1) Construction of an extension to the existing building containing a retail room, de-boxing area, tempering area, tray storage & store, 2) additional carparking area and 3) all associated site works. The site currently has an EPA IED Licence (Reg. No. P0169-02)
2230	Conditional	28 Oct 2022	0	0 m	for construction and operation of an energy storage system comprising (i) 5 no. containerised energy storage modules placed on concrete plinth foundations; (ii) 5 no. electrical transformer and inverter modules; (iii) heating, ventilation and air conditioning units; (iv) 130m of site access tracks; (v) underground electrical and telecommunications cabling; (vi) CCTV security monitoring system; (vii) an up to 2.95m palisade fence around the energy storage system compound; (viii) all ancillary electrical and communications equipment; and (ix) all associated site development, drainage and reinstatement works. This development is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Integrated Pollution Control license.
2289	Conditional	26 Apr 2022	1	493 m	to retain alteration to site boundaries and all associated works (previous Planning Reg. 20/447 relates to this site)
21565	Conditional	21 Jan 2022	21	444 m	to erect extension to existing housing development 03/538 known as 'Elm Drive', comprising of (21 dwellings) made up of 5 no. 4 bedroom detached dwellings and 16 no. 3-bed semi-detached dwellings, connection to existing services and all ancillary works. PERMISSION also sought to install temporary on-site wastewater treatment unit on site prior to discharge to existing foul sewer & all associated works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312752	—	Refused	19 Jun 2023	458 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 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.