Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Carrickmacross Road , Cabra & Corgarry , Kingscourt Co. Cavan.

to erect 2no. silos to side of existing manufacturing facility and associated site works

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 6 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: 2660583 · 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: 246 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/2660583/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660583 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
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
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

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	Distance	Description
2660289	Conditional	21 Jul 2026	17 m	for a 10-year planning permission for works to upgrade the Kingscourt Wastewater Treatment Plant (WwTP) in the townland of Corgarry, and construction of an outfall pipeline in the public road corridor and in private lands in the townlands of Corgarry, Cabra, Cormey and Mullantra, all in the Electoral Division of Kingscourt in County Cavan. The proposed development consists of the following works: (1) Demolition of existing Inlet Works and replacement with new Inlet Works including a Dual Function Overflow Chamber, Flume, Screens, and Grit and Grease removal units; (2) Decommissioning of the existing Storm Water Tank and the Storm Water Overflow (SWO) outfall at the WwTP; (3) New Dual Function Overflow outfall pipe connection from the new WwTP Inlet Works to the single outfall to the Cabra Stream (Glyde_010); (4) 1 no. new underground Storm Water Holding Tank and associated SWO outfall pipe connection via a single outfall to the Cabra Stream (Glyde_010), adjacent to the WwTP; (5) 1 no. new underground drainage attenuation tank; (6) Outfall Pumping Station and new Primary Discharge Outfall pipe from the WwTP (ca. 3km) to the River Lagan (Glyde_020); (7) Chemical storage tanks and dosing equipment for alkalinity boosting phosphorus removal and sludge treatment; (8) 1 no. Sludge Dewatering building, 1 no. Welfare building and 1 no. of Motor Control Centre (MCC) kiosk; (9) An odour control unit consists of High-Density Polyethylene carbon filter units and associated above ground ductwork; (10) A new Electricity Supply Board substation; (11) Demolition of the existing tanks and structures not used in the future design, i.e., inlet works, primary settling tank, trickling filters, rotating biological contactor, hummus/settlement tank, storm tanks, sludge mixing tank, sludge holding tank, return pump sump, admin building, and reed beds area; (12) Extension of internal access road and provision of a turning head; (13) Demolition of the existing access bridge over the watercourse at the north boundary, and construction of a new access road and bridge; (14) Open tank process units, including below and above ground pump and drainage chambers, effluent pumping station with a surge vessel, biological reactors, clarifiers, and sludge treatment units; (15) Ancillary works: a) Access platforms; b) Provision of a back-up generator with a built-in diesel tank to be used in an emergency/power cut; c) Provision of paved/peb
2660014	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	0 m	to construct a new First Aid Building with connection to all existing services and all associated site works
2560392	Conditional	13 Jan 2026	397 m	to (a) retain 4 no. existing precast concrete production unit (b) block up existing car park entrance and form new main entrance from public road, new internal service road, enlarged car park & truck parking area, extend existing hard standing yard area, install new sewage treatment unit and percolation area together with all associated site works- SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2560253	Conditional	9 Dec 2025	312 m	to construct a new Fuel Storage Building, to retain an existing Training Building, connection to all existing services and all associated siteworks
2560578	Conditional	19 Nov 2025	0 m	for a change of use of existing building to a Recovery Centre, designated areas on site for storage of recycled waste materials, a single storey standalone Contractor Permit building, retain existing Shredder Room extension to rear of existing building, 3 No. of existing silos and associated works at Carrickmacross Road, Cabra & Corgarry, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. A revised IE Licence P0065-03 application has been submitted to the EPA to include waste recovery activities under 11.1 of the First Schedule of the EPA Act 1992 as amended
2560527	Conditional	20 Oct 2025	152 m	for Change of use of the Goods Storage Sheds at to café/restaurant with outdoor seating area, signage and all ancillary works. Kingscourt Railway Station Building is a protected structure (RPS no. CV0144)
2560090	Conditional	1 May 2025	243 m	to construct a new storage building, concrete yard area, connection to all existing services and all associated siteworks to rear of existing facility
2460375	Conditional	28 Nov 2024	181 m	to construct a new process building to contain a new pentane recovery system, concrete yard area, connection to all existing services and all associated siteworks to rear of existing facility at Carrickmacross Road, Cabra & Corgarry, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. The pentane recovery system will be included in a review application of the site’s existing Industrial Emissions (IE) licence P0065-01

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313254	—	Invalid	7 Apr 2022	154 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.