Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Main St , Mullagh , Co. Cavan

for 1. construction of a part single storey extension/part storey & half (98.8sqm) to the rear (south) of the existing dwelling, which will contain a living area, dining area, kitchen, entrance hall and bedroom, 2. internal alterations to the existing dwelling, to incorporate a granny flat on the ground floor, 3. Demolition (totalling 78.2sqm) of the existing kitchen and storage area to the rear of the existing dwelling & the existing domestic shed in the garden and all associated site works

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 21 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660580 · 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: 99 m²
Site area: 1,438 m²
Received: 8 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 2 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/2660580/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660580 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 12 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
S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Public Community: Provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure.	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
S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure	Public Community: Provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure.	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 × 1
house
Recorded monument × 1
R173191

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660450	Conditional	7 Oct 2026	0	292 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
2560757	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	1	320 m	the development will consist of the construction of a front boundary wall with piers and railings and all ancillary site works
2660006	Conditional	9 Mar 2026	1	274 m	for the change of use of an existing vacant doctor’s surgery to a residential dwelling, internal alterations and all ancillary site development works
2544	Conditional	26 Nov 2025	1	441 m	to construct a single storey extension to the rear and to the side of the existing dwelling house together with all ancillary works
2560224	Conditional	6 Nov 2025	13	222 m	to (a) remove existing substructures for 2 no. detached and 4 no. semi-detached dwelling’s that are currently constructed to ground floor level (originally approved under planning application reference no.’s 05/583 & 16/450) (b) construct 8 no. two story semi-detached 3 bedroom dwellings, 1 no. two storey detached 3 bedroom dwelling, 2 no. dormer style semi-detached 3 bedroom dwellings, 2 no single storey semi-detached 1 bedroom apartments, (c) to form part of the existing housing development known as ‘Dun Mullach’, form connections to all public services, together with all associated site works- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2560403	Conditional	10 Sept 2025	1	326 m	to (a) construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling (b) together with all associated site works
2460646	Conditional	19 Aug 2025	58	348 m	to construct 58 no. dwellings comprising of the following: (A) 14 no. 3 bed dormer bungalow dwellings, (B) 1 no. 3 bedroom single storey dwelling (C) 26 no. 3 bed two storey semi-detached dwellings (D) 16 no. 4 bed two storey semi-detached dwellings (E) 1 no. 4 bed two storey detached dwelling (F) form connections to all public services, form new entrance onto public road, together with all associated site works. SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.
2560226	Conditional	1 Jul 2025	0	292 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

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323660	—	Refused	26 Jan 2026	348 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

8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
8 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.