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Observation pack · Cavan County Council

Killyfinla , Ballyjamesduff Road , Co. Cavan

for (a) the construction of a proposed new single storey storage shed (72.25 sqm) finished in olive green metal cladding, and (b) all associated site works

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
2660632 · full record
Authority
Cavan County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
9,774 m²
Received
29 Oct 2026
We first saw it
3 Nov 2026, 23:01
Decision due
23 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/CavanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660632/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660632 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 3 Dec 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn 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 202811 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 202811 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Cavan County Council development plan zoning—4 Oct 2026, 23:04open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560033Conditional12 Jun 20250451 mfor the removal of prefabricated structures and replaced with an extension to existing crèche. The proposed extension consists of toilets and 4 no rooms for creche facilities, all services connected to existing services together with all associated site works
2560113Conditional12 May 202518191 mto complete houses 15 – 30 (16 No.) which consists of 8 No. Two Storey 3 Bed semi-detached dwellings & 8 No. Two Storey 2 Bed Semi-detached dwellings & Planning Permission also sought to retain and complete houses 31 & 32 which consist of 2 No. Two Storey 4 Bed Semi-detached dwellings currently at finished ground floor level. Works to include completion of service road, public footpath, street lighting & all associated walls and site services. (Planning permissions 18/279, 19/450 & 21/443 relates)
2560069Conditional9 Apr 2025179 mto A) Retain alterations to front elevation of existing dwelling B) Retain single storey extension to the side of dwelling and all associated works
2460591Conditional28 Feb 20250420 mfor two storey extension to northwest of school building with 2 No. mainstream classrooms (including 2 No. ensuites per classroom) (160sqm), 1 No. SET room(15.65sqm), 1 No. office(10.70sqm), 1 No. storage(7.66sqm) , 1 No. Wheelchair Accessible WC (6.44 sqm) and ancillary services; new secondary entrance to the north-facing rear area of site; landscaping, drainage and all ancillary works
23145Conditional20 Jul 20231117 mto convert and extend existing domestic garage to granny flat and all associated alterations to elevations and plans and all associated works
21443Conditional25 Nov 20211190 mto install temporary on-site wastewater treatment unit to connect to existing foul sewer treatement and all associated works (previous approved reg:- 19/450 relates to this site)

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026
  • 29 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Cavan County Council before relying on it.