Observation pack · Meath County Council

Hawkinstown & Riverstown (ed Rathfeigh) , Garristown , Co. Meath

the development will consist of an amendement to the previously granted two storey dwelling house granted under Planning Registry Reference 24/407 the amendement will consist of a single storey orangery to the side of the house inlieu of the original proposed bay window

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 26201 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 2
Floor area: 385 m²
Site area: 8,542 m²
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 29 Oct 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/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/26201/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26201 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. Meath County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 9 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Meath 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
P5 Rural and agricultural	RA - Rural Area: Rural Area	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
P5 Rural and agricultural	RA - Rural Area: Rural Area	meath county development plan 2021 2027 as varied	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027

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: Meath County Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Meath County Council development plan zoning	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
24407	Conditional	8 May 2025	2	0 m	the construction of a two storey, detached, farm dwelling house, detached garage with plant room and storage, new vehicular entrance at the location of the existing field gate, hedgerows on either side to be cut back or set back as necessary, new internal access road, new wastewater treatment unit and percolation area along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
23120	Conditional	25 Oct 2023	0	160 m	the importation and insertion of c.56,997 tonnes of excavation spoil, over a three-five year period and not exceeding 25,000 tonnes in a single year. The excavation spoil comprises of natural inert materials of clay, soil, silt, sand, gravel and stone for infilling and recontouring purposes for agricultural improvement. On site equipment includes: - Site wheel wash; - Mobile portacabin welfare facilities; - Material inspection and quaratine area; There is no planned removal of hedge line vegetation on the perimeter of the site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
221648	Refused	15 Feb 2023	1	0 m	a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
22440	Refused	31 May 2022	1	0 m	a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works
211533	Conditional	24 Mar 2022	0	237 m	(1) Construction of an agricultural machinery storage shed, (2) Completion of all ancillary site works. The proposed development consists of works within the curtilage of a protected structure Ref. no. MH033-107 (NIAH Ref. 14403303)
211534	Conditional	22 Feb 2022	0	279 m	(1) Agricultural building to the centre of an existing farmyard complex incorporating cubicle accommodation, slatted areas, link and feed passages, straw and machinery storage areas, cattle handling area and meal storage area (2) Milking parlour building to eastern boundary of site incorporating dairy, parlour area, meal storage and slatted collection yard areas, (3) Walled silage pit, (4) Loose bedded / slatted shed to southern boundary of site, (5) Overground slurry storage tank and associated slatted underground reception tank together with permission to (a) construct a silage pit wall to existing silage pit base (b) Complete ancillary site works and associated site structures
212259	Conditional	1 Feb 2022	1	476 m	single storey side extension to existing house to accommodate ancillary accommodation, removal of side chimney & all ancillary site works
212018	Refused	9 Dec 2021	1	0 m	a two storey dwelling, domestic garage, vehicular entrance, waste water treatment system and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316078	—	Granted with conditions	2 Sept 2024	300 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

4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026
4 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.