Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Patrick St , Belturbet , Co. Cavan

for demolition of existing storage shed, erection of two storey split level residential building comprising 2no. 2 bed units, bin store, carparking, new site entrance, connection to public services and all ancillary site works

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660594 · 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: 227 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 7 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/2660594/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660594 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 17 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 × 5
post box · officer's house · officer's house
Recorded monument × 2
Historic town · R180295

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2626	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	296 m	for EXTENSION OF DURATION OF REF 20602 to 1)partially demolish and convert existing community centre (formerly Erne Ballroom / Palais and protected structure) to 2 no. one-bedroom apartments retaining the front façade of existing building, 2) erect 3 no. two-storey two-bedroom terraced houses, 3) erect 2 no. two-bedroom terraced bungalows (7 units in total) with connection to all public services and all associated site works. These works are to be carried out to protected structure CV44018 Erne Ballroom. Significant further information and revised plans have been submitted
2560751	Conditional	9 Jun 2026	1	361 m	for conversion of an existing outbuilding to a one-storey, one-bedroom dwelling. Works will include the removal of the existing flat roof and construction of a new pitched roof, upgrade of existing elevations, connection to public mains, and all associated works
2660129	Refused	15 May 2026	2	0 m	for demolition of existing storage shed, erection of 2no. two Storey detached dwellings, new site entrance, carparking, connection to public services and all ancillary site works
2560547	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	3	40 m	to demolish existing derelict commercial building & side/rear boundary walls and erect 2½ storey building consisting of 3 no. 2 Bed Units with associated Private External Spaces & Bin Store, connect to existing public services and all ancillary site works- SIGNFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2560308	Conditional	6 Aug 2025	0	9 m	for alterations to façade of Erne View Apartments, comprising change of stone finish to render to match existing
2560176	Conditional	6 Jun 2025	1	469 m	to retain attached garage, utility room, carport and loft space extension to existing bungalow and associated site works
2460417	Conditional	30 May 2025	0	94 m	to carry out the following development works to No. 32 Upper Bridge Street, Belturbet, Co. Cavan. (1) Carry out material alterations and Change of Use to existing mid-terrace two-storey buildings, to provide 4 no. new one-bedroom apartments. (2) Proposed works will also involve the demolition of a single-storey extension to the rear & reconstruction as a new two storey extension, minor alterations to elevations, internal fit-out works, provision of communal open space to the rear, together with all associated site development works including connections to public services SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED
2460342	Conditional	18 Sept 2024	1	449 m	to RETAIN cladding to existing piers on 2 no. entrances previously approved under planning ref. 99/254 together with Planning PERMISSION to construct detached domestic garage which will replace existing steel frame building together with carport and associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324751	—	open	27 Oct 2026	106 m
318032	—	Granted with conditions	10 Jul 2024	118 m
316868	—	Other	14 Aug 2023	475 m
316864	—	Other	14 Aug 2023	362 m
311531	—	Granted with conditions	24 Mar 2022	118 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

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 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.