Observation pack · Meath County Council

Station Road , Dunboyne , Co Meath

change of use of an existing residential apartment to use of offices

Observations close 19 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 26215 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 753 m²
Received: 15 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 9 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/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/26215/0.
Write your observation.Quote 26215 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 19 Nov 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
M2 Major town centre	B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre: Commercial Town or Village Centre	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
M2 Major town centre	B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre: Commercial Town or Village Centre	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

NIAH-recorded building × 2
Dunboyne Cottage · Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R149761
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2661114	Conditional	29 Oct 2026	97 m	the erection of a retractable wall-mounted awning with signage; provision of an ancillary, screened, external seating area with tables and chairs and windbreaks including operator signage (pursuant to Condition 8 of An Coimisiún Pleanála reference PL17.315651 and PA Ref: 221509). The works are at the front/side of the southern facing elevations of the building. All associated works to the café building to complete the development
2660984	Conditional	22 Oct 2026	268 m	Permission for a change of use from a 1st floor office with ground floor entrance to a specialist medical clinic performing hair transplant surgery and non surgical aesthetic procedures and all associated site development works.
2660548	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	151 m	RED III - The erection and installation of (i) a new single storey detached flat roofed biomass boiler unit with an attached fuel store and flue in accordance with the Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) Development; (ii) with all associated siteworks, services and landscaping to facilitate the proposed development.
2660715	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	324 m	the development will consist of modifications to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 23/580 with the approved name of ‘Rooske Gardens’. It is proposed to change the location of the permitted below ground surface water attenuation tank from its permitted location north of the permitted units to an area within the permitted central courtyard. The proposed development also includes landscaping and all associated ancillary and site development works to include modification to the layout of pipes, conduits and associated works. No changes are proposed to the permitted buildings. All on a total site area of approx. 1.19ha. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure (Dunboyne Castle)
2660289	Conditional	6 Jul 2026	472 m	the development will consist of: (1) Construction of a part two-storey and part single-storey extension with canopy to the rear of the existing dwelling; (2) Construction of a detached garden room in the rear garden; (3) Construction of a covered terrace area in the rear garden; (4) All associated site works, drainage, and ancillary works
2660557	Conditional	3 Jul 2026	459 m	the construction of a first floor extension (c. 25.8msq.) to the side of the existing two storey detached dwelling along with all other associated ancillary site development works
2660513	Conditional	26 Jun 2026	276 m	A CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL UNIT TO CHILDCARE FACILITY TO ALLOW FOR AND INCLUDING A GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING CHILDCARE FACILITY.
2660275	Conditional	9 Jun 2026	311 m	the conversion of the existing single storey detached garage to the side of the existing main property to a one bedroom dwelling along with single storey extension to the rear, new front porch, the provision of private open space, a new vehicular entrance involving the dishing of the existing kerb and all other ancillary site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322427	—	Granted with conditions	3 Sept 2025	386 m
322483	—	Withdrawn	22 Aug 2025	483 m
319949	—	Granted with conditions	21 Mar 2025	107 m
314232	Railway Order Application	Other	18 Jul 2024	480 m
315651	—	Granted with conditions	30 May 2024	35 m
315191	—	Granted with conditions	11 Dec 2023	290 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

15 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 19 Nov 2026
15 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.