Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Drumoghra , Cavan , Co. Cavan

for part single storey/ part storey and a half dwelling, new entrance and driveway, waste water treatment system, percolation area and associated site works

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660551 · full record
Authority: Cavan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,945 m²
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 19 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/2660551/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660551 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 30 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

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
267	Conditional	31 Aug 2026	1	480 m	to retain and continue minor alterations to exterior of existing detached dwelling and all associated site works- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2360236	Conditional	25 Mar 2024	0	240 m	for ten-year planning permission for an energy storage facility comprising (i) energy storage containers installed on concrete plinths; (ii) electrical inverters and transformers; (iii) underground electrical and communications cabling; (iv) the upgrade of an existing agricultural access point from the L2035; (v) on-site access track; (vi) security fencing and security gates; (vii) pole-mounted security cameras; and (viii) all associated and ancillary site development, including landscaping and reinstatement works. The operational lifetime of the proposed development is 35-years. This planning application is accompanied by an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report
247	Conditional	7 Mar 2024	0	26 m	to construct agricultural slatted house building with underground effluent holding tank and carry out associated site works
21347	Conditional	15 Dec 2021	1	358 m	for development consisting of the erection of a two storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, wastewater treatment system, percolation area, entrance gates and piers and all associated site works. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319534	—	Granted with conditions	21 Aug 2026	240 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

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 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.