Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Ernehill , Corporation Lands Belturbet , Co. Cavan

for a single storey, domestic extension, to include conversion and extension of existing living room into bedroom with ensuite to same, connection to existing onsite services and all associated works

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 19 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660588 · 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: 12 m²
Site area: 613 m²
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 3 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/2660588/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660588 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 13 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
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 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
Erne Hill Lodge

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660305	Conditional	23 Jul 2026	0	316 m	to extend existing farm complex which consists of the following (a) demolition of existing dairy outbuilding (b) construct new detached 5 bay agricultural shed incorporating milking parlour, dairy/plant room, race with crush, slatted sections, underground tanks and external agitation points (c) provide concrete aprons and associated site works
2560694	Conditional	12 May 2026	1	20 m	for demolition of an existing garage attached to existing semi-detached dwelling and construct a fully serviced two storey semi- detached dwelling. Alterations to the existing entranceway, connection to existing services and all associated works - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2660112	Refused	6 May 2026	2	207 m	for construction of 2 no. two storey dwellings with detached domestic garages, connection to existing services, realignment of entrance and access avenue from the Public Road and all associated siteworks
2560460	Conditional	1 Oct 2025	1	204 m	for 1) RETENTION permission of foundations and footings. 2) Planning PERMISSION for erection of single storey extension to dwelling. 3) All associated site works and landscaping
2460167	Conditional	24 Oct 2024	1	355 m	for the conversion of an existing single storey outbuilding into two-storey residential usage to provide additional accommodation and to install proprietary wastewater sewerage treatment system and percolation area together with associated siteworks, all within the curtilage of the existing dwellinghouse which is a Protected Structure
2360168	Conditional	1 Nov 2023	0	487 m	for the erection of single storey toilet block with connection to public services and all ancillary site works
22477	Conditional	25 Jan 2023	1	250 m	to construct single storey kitchen and en-suite extensions to existing cottage, connect to existing services and associated site works at Corporation Lands, Belturbet for Pat Moran
21561	Conditional	15 Jun 2022	14	146 m	to erect 14 no. dormer type dwellings (14 no. 3 bed semi-detached dwellings) with service road, connection to public mains, public lighting, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated & ancillary works. Significant further information/revised plans including a Natura Impact statement has been submitted.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501516	—	Granted	15 Sept 2026	20 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

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
9 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.