Observation pack · Cavan County Council
Sliabh Rosann Rosehill , Mullagh , Co. Cavan
to amend part of previously approved residential development granted under An Bord Pleanala ref. ABP-303138-18 and Cavan Co. Co. planning ref. no. 17/561 (subsequently extended by a period of 5 years under planning ref. no 24/39) seeking an additional 6 no. residential units on the overall site. The proposed alterations include: (a) replace 12 no. 3 bed semi-detached dormer dwellings with 10 no. 3 bed semi-detached storey and a half dwellings and construct 1 no. block of storey and a half apartments consisting of 6 no. 2-bed units and 2 no. 1-bed units, (b) together with all associated site works
Observations close 10 Nov 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660572 · full record
- Authority
- Cavan County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 10
- Floor area
- 1,393 m²
- Site area
- 2.27 ha
- Received
- 6 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 30 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/2660572/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660572at 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 10 Nov 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 |
| R1 New residential | Proposed Residential: Provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure. | cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 | 11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities | cavan county development plan incorporating a local area plan for cavan town 2022 2028 | 11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities | 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 |
| R1 New residential | Proposed Residential: Provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure. | cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 | 11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities | cavan county development plan incorporating variation no1 2022 2028 | 11 Jul 2022 → 10 Jul 2028 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: Protect and enhance the amenity of developed residential communities | 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
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660450 | Conditional | 7 Oct 2026 | 0 | 312 m | to amend the design of previously approved clubhouse building (approved under planning ref. no. 23/60161 & 25/60226) to a revised single storey clubhouse, form connection to public sewer and watermain, together with all associated site works |
| 2660850 | Conditional | 1 Sept 2026 | 0 | 424 m | permission for development consisting of outfall and discharge infrastructure associated with the Mullagh Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP), located within the townland of Rosehill County Cavan and Seancarnan, Moynalty, Kells, County Meath. As part of the works, it is proposed to increase the treatment capacity of the Mullagh WwTP from 3,000 population equivalent (PE) to 3,400 PE to meet the 25 year design horizon. Upgrade works at the Mullagh WwTP shall consist of the following: • Inlet Works o Upgrade of the pipework within the existing forward feed pumping station. • Primary Treatment, including: o Dual stream activated sludge aeration tank with auxiliary pipework & blowers. • Secondary treatment, including; o Mechanical upgrade of the existing secondary settlement tank including replacement of the existing pipework, bridge, sludge collection equipment, etc. o Construction of new Secondary settlement tank. • Discharge works, including: o Final effluent pumping station; o 1.365km effluent rising main along the Mullagh Road (R194) towards the Moynalty River including discharge manhole and headwall. • Sludge treatment works, including: o Mechanical upgrade of the existing sludge holding tank including replacement of the existing pipework, etc. o Construction of a new sludge import facility including sludge import screen and sludge import pumping station. o Scum pumping station. o Return activated sludge (RAS) pumping station. o Waste activated sludge (WAS) pumping station. o Sludge drying reed beds. o Mixed liquor returns pumping station. • Chemical Treatment including bulk storage and chemical dosing equipment for the following chemicals: o Alkalinity (NaOH). o Ferric Sulphate. • 1 No. MCC Control building including backup power generator and associated fuel storage tank. • Decommissioning and demolishing works of the following: o Imhof tank and associated pipework o 2 No Trickling filter tanks and associated pipework etc. • Solar arrays including ground mounted structures and control equipment etc. • Ancillary site works, including: o Installation of instrumentation, monitoring equipment & controls in accordance with Uisce Eireann’s technical standards. o Potable water kiosk and pumps o General groundworks, site clearance, topsoil stripping, fencing, landscaping, ducting, pipework, manholes / chambers and drainage works including for filter |
| 2660389 | Conditional | 1 Sept 2026 | 0 | 431 m | for permission for development consisting of outfall and discharge infrastructure associated with the Mullagh Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP), located within the townland of Rosehill County Cavan and Seancarnan, Moynalty, Kells, County Meath. As part of the works, it is proposed to increase the treatment capacity of the Mullagh WwTP from 3,000 population equivalent (PE) to 3,400 PE to meet the 25 year design horizon. Upgrade works at the Mullagh WwTP shall consist of the following: • Inlet Works o Upgrade of the pipework within the existing forward feed pumping station • Primary Treatment, including: o Dual stream activated sludge aeration tank with auxiliary pipework & blowers • Secondary treatment, including; o Mechanical upgrade of the existing secondary settlement tank including replacement of the existing pipework, bridge, sludge collection equipment, etc. o Construction of new Secondary settlement tank • Discharge works, including: o Final effluent pumping station; o 1.365km effluent rising main along the Mullagh Road (R194) towards the Moynalty River including discharge manhole and headwall • Sludge treatment works, including: o Mechanical upgrade of the existing sludge holding tank including replacement of the existing pipework, etc. o Construction of a new sludge import facility including sludge import screen and sludge import pumping station o Scum pumping station o Return activated sludge (RAS) pumping station o Waste activated sludge (WAS) pumping station o Sludge drying reed beds o Mixed liquor returns pumping station • Chemical Treatment including bulk storage and chemical dosing equipment for the following chemicals: o Alkalinity (NaOH) o Ferric Sulphate • 1 No. MCC Control building including backup power generator and associated fuel storage tank • Decommissioning and demolishing works of the following: o Imhof tank and associated pipework o 2 No Trickling filter tanks and associated pipework etc.• Solar arrays including ground mounted structures and control equipment etc. • Ancillary site works, including: o Installation of instrumentation, monitoring equipment & controls in accordance with Uisce Eireann’s technical standards. o Potable water kiosk and pumps o General groundworks, site clearance, topsoil stripping, fencing, landscaping, ducting, pipework, manholes / chambers and drainage works including for filter |
| 2560226 | Conditional | 1 Jul 2025 | 0 | 289 m | to amend the design and location of previously approved clubhouse building (approved under planning ref. no. 23/60161) to a revised two storey clubhouse, form connection to public sewer and watermain, together with all associated site works |
| 2460484 | Conditional | 25 Feb 2025 | 0 | 0 m | to construct a new maintenance HGV workshop, install proprietary sewage treatment unit and percolation area, upgrade and alter existing entrance, together with all associated site works |
| 2460455 | Conditional | 8 Nov 2024 | 0 | 291 m | to (a) construct an extension to existing spectator stand to create a covered external exercise area/raised area for persons with disabilities (b) extend roof of existing clubrooms to form an external covered area (c) together with all associated site works |
| 2439 | Conditional | 5 Jul 2024 | 0 | 0 m | for EXTENSION OF DURATION of planning application ref 17/561 to construct (a) 20 no. 3 bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings and (b) 20 no. 4 bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings to form part of the 'Sliabh Rosann' housing development (previously approved under planning application ref no 06/1075), form connections to all public services together with all associated site works |
| 2460011 | Conditional | 5 Mar 2024 | 1 | 471 m | to demolish existing domestic shed and construct a single storey dwelling in yard to the rear of existing dwelling house, connect to public foul & surface water drains, together with all associated site works |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
- 6 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.