Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Chapel Lane , Cootehill , Co. Cavan

for the change of use of former shoe factory/warehouse to a public gymnasium, provision of external signage to building facades together with all ancillary site development works

Observations close 11 Nov 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660577 · full record
Authority: Cavan County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 532 m²
Received: 7 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 1 Dec 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/2660577/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660577 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 11 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
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 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 × 2
St Michael's Hall · Dinkins Coffee Shop

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660330	Conditional	23 Sept 2026	1	240 m	(1) to convert attached domestic garage to habitable accommodation, (2) to construct new extensions at first floor level to the side; and at ground floor level to the rear, (3) together with all associated ancillary works
2560658	Conditional	10 Jul 2026	1	418 m	for 1. Redevelopment of existing semi-detached two-storey dwelling house to include revisions to elevations; 2. Construction of a two-storey extension to the rear of the dwelling house; 3. Change of use of existing attached domestic garage to residential accommodation to be used as an integral part of the existing dwelling house and 4. Replacement of existing section of flat roof to existing dwelling house with a pitched roof with all ancillary site development works
2660082	Conditional	21 Apr 2026	0	202 m	to reinstate previously demolished buildings to rear yard of commercial premises as ancillary storage use with a new disabled accessible WC
2660056	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	0	7 m	for alterations to previously approved planning permission, Planning Ref 23/60278 at St Michael's Hall, Chapel Lane, Munnilly, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Alterations include; i) Internal layout changes to proposed extension; ii) Interior alterations and renovations to the existing hall stage & balcony; iii) Alterations to the façade composition and materiality of the proposed extensions; iv) Minor alterations to the site layout. St. Michael’s Hall is listed as a protected structure as per Appendix 19 (RPS No. CV0680) of the Cavan County Development plan (2022-2028)
2560331	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	2	292 m	to erect 2 no. storey and a half detached houses and garages. Connect to mains services including water, storm and sewage and all associated site works
2560263	Conditional	22 Jan 2026	0	264 m	to demolish existing two storey building along with existing turnstiles and male toilets and replace with 2 no. buildings to consist of 1) 2 no. dressing rooms, Toilets, Gym. 2) shop and turnstile and connection to public mains and all ancillary site works
2560518	Conditional	23 Oct 2025	1	200 m	for (1) Demolition of the existing single storey mono pitched roof shed structure attached to the rear of the existing house (2) Remove pitched roof over existing rear projection, increase height of external walls of rear projection with new pitched roof over (3) Two storey rear extension to existing rear projection (4) Internal alterations to the existing house and all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development
2560375	Conditional	27 Aug 2025	0	82 m	for alterations to previously approved planning permission, Planning Ref 24/60185 at Drumlin House, Cooney’s Row, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Alterations include; i) an increase in the floor area of the proposed building, ii) associated internal layout changes, iii) incorporation of sensory terrace to first floor flat roof and iv) alterations to the façade composition and materiality of the proposed elevations

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322198	—	Granted with conditions	28 Jul 2025	227 m
320707	—	Other	26 May 2025	270 m
317120	—	Granted with conditions	26 Feb 2024	218 m
312878	—	Granted with conditions	15 Nov 2023	100 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

7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 Nov 2026
7 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.