Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Main Street , Ballinagh , Co. Cavan

to demolish derelict semi-detached dwelling and construct replacement dwelling with vehicular access to rear and associated site development works

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 11 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2660548 · 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: 105 m²
Site area: 484 m²
Received: 23 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 17 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/2660548/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660548 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 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
M2 Major town centre	Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.	cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028	11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028
M4 Major town centre	White Lands: Provide for appropriate mixed-use development within the development envelopes of small towns and villages of the county.	cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028	11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028
M2 Major town centre	Town Core: To protect and enhance the special physical and social character of the town and village core while providing and/or improving town/village centre facilities.	cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028	11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028
M4 Major town centre	White Lands: Provide for appropriate mixed-use development within the development envelopes of small towns and villages of the county.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 7
house · house · church/chapel

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560561	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	1	400 m	to erect fully serviced single story extension to rear of existing dwelling. Works to include partial demolition to rear of dwelling, new sewage treatment & percolation area, new entrance and driveway & all ancillary works. RETENTION is also sought to retain site entrance clearance works & temporary mobile home & associated works
2558	Conditional	18 Feb 2026	1	73 m	for extensions and alterations completed to the rear of existing mid terrace dwelling and associated site works
2560122	Conditional	16 May 2025	0	319 m	to erect handball court and practice wall, form training area and all ancillary and associated works
2360272	Conditional	18 Jan 2024	1	345 m	to (a) RETAIN existing sheeted metal fence and entrance gate and site development works, and (b) PERMISSION to erect fully serviced dormer dwelling and detached domestic garage, connection to existing services and all ancillary and associated works
22529	Conditional	27 Jun 2023	0	291 m	erect 6 no. fully serviced two-storey detached dwellings, form entrances, connection to public services, new service road and entrance and all associated works Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.
2345	Conditional	23 Mar 2023	0	492 m	to remodel & extend existing bungalow dwelling to dormer type dwelling with associated alterations to floor plans & elevations and all ancillary works
22322	Conditional	27 Sept 2022	0	175 m	is sought for change of use of existing ground floor retail unit previously approved under planning references 05/1735 & 07/333 to doctor's surgery incorporating 4 no consultation rooms, reception, office, canteen, waiting area & toilets
22273	Conditional	11 Aug 2022	0	34 m	for the placement of a pay-to-use portable waste compactor for the acceptance of residual and food waste and a pay-to-use portable compactor for mixed dry recyclables. This activity requires the developers to possess a waste certification of registration

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
310700	—	Granted with conditions	14 Dec 2021	49 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

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

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.