Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Main St facing Bridge Street carpark , Townparks Td , Cavan Town.

for a fully serviced two-storey development together with alterations to existing boundary wall. The ground floor will consist of a commercial unit and the first floor will consist of a one-bedroom apartment. Connected to all existing services and all associated site works. (Alterations to previously approved planning ref. 22-481)

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660550 · 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: 50 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 18 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/2660550/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660550 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 29 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
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 town local area 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 × 8
Vincent's · The Begrudgers · Bridge Street
Recorded monument × 4
Historic town · Cross - Market cross · Bridge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560632	Conditional	5 Oct 2026	0	463 m	for erection of a 2.4m high v-mesh fence to the North and West boundary and 6m high ball stop nets along the Ardkeen road and all ancillary site works
2660415	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	1	42 m	to carry out alterations and convert the existing disused part of the ground floor, formerly used as a licenced bar, to provide residential accommodation at No. 27, Bridge Street, Cavan. This building is a Protected Structure
2660059	Conditional	14 Aug 2026	0	98 m	for Material change of use from existing Public House to mixed use development. Works to include: (1) Conversion of ground floor to form 4no. retail units with associated toilets, storage, signage & new shop fronts, (2) Extension at second floor level to form 2no. 2 bedroom apartments, (3) Alterations to existing building layout & elevations including removal of existing external stairs and provision of a new internal stairwell, (4) Connection to existing services & all ancillary site works
2660145	Conditional	21 May 2026	0	294 m	for a gated vehicular access and hardstanding area to enable the siting of a standby generator for use on a temporary basis during periods of electrical outages
2660086	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	0	410 m	for change of use of existing office use to community / meeting house use, including associated offices, toilets, ancillary rooms, signage and all associated works to second floor. The development will consist of works to a Protected Structure (RPS No. CV0535)
2660073	Conditional	8 Apr 2026	0	211 m	for the change of use from office/retail use to medical & related consultancy services
2660054	Conditional	25 Mar 2026	0	457 m	to retain existing extensions at first floor and second floor level of existing offices and all associated works
2560729	Conditional	9 Feb 2026	0	70 m	to demolish existing two storey Storage building & erect 2 storey residential development comprising 3no. 1 Bed Units & 2no. 2 Bed Units with associated Private External Spaces, Bin Store, connection to existing storm & foul sewers, and all ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500304	—	Refused	30 Mar 2026	475 m
322061	—	Other	12 Dec 2025	275 m
321192	—	Granted with conditions	30 Apr 2025	430 m
318406	—	Granted with conditions	3 Dec 2024	174 m
319306	—	Granted with conditions	1 Nov 2024	188 m
318470	—	Refused	3 Jul 2024	113 m
318896	—	Withdrawn	16 Apr 2024	0 m
317403	—	Granted with conditions	22 Mar 2024	82 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.