Observation pack · Meath County Council
Ballyhack , Ashbourne , Co Meath
The development will consist of permission to relocate the entrance gateway to the detached dwelling house, granted planning permission under planning registry reference 24 370. Existing entrance to the stable yard to remain unchanged as a separate entrance. Re-alinement & setting back of the existing hedgerow on either side as previously granted. Along with all landscape and site development works
Observations close 14 Dec 2026 30 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 26226 · full record
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Site area
- 7,729 m²
- Received
- 9 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 12 Jan 2027
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/26226/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26226at 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 14 Dec 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 within 100 m
- Radon risk area × 1About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660505 | Refused | 25 Jun 2026 | 451 m | CONSTRUCTION OF NEW COMMERCIAL STORE | |
| 2660024 | Conditional | 17 Feb 2026 | 190 m | the development consists of retention permission for additional first floor space to agricultural building being 20.1 m2 (previously open to ground floor), & permission for proposed internal & external changes to floor plans & elevations, being canteen/camera room to be repositioned to first floor, with shower room & tackroom/secure store, & windows to first floor & door to stairwell at ground floor. Ground floor will be as per planning permission ref. no. 22/1382, apart from agricultural barn/store to be extended into previous canteen/camera room area. Previous planning permission ref. no. 22/1382. | |
| 2560126 | Conditional | 25 Nov 2025 | 1 | 176 m | the development will consist of the following: 1. Construction of a new detached, 2-storey dwelling. 2. Construction of a new 1.5-storey garage & carport. 3. Existing agricultural entrance to be relocated and construction of proposed new vehicular entrance gates and piers. 4. New proprietary wastewater treatment system & percolation area. 5. All associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 2560128 | Conditional | 21 May 2025 | 1 | 1 m | the development consists of permission to construct a single storey dwelling house, detached garage, new wastewater treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 2560090 | Conditional | 1 May 2025 | 1 | 451 m | the development will consist of permission for the installation of a new waste water treatment system with polishing filter and the retention permission of cross docking bay & a relocated store as granted under planning ref.24/60165 |
| 24370 | Conditional | 23 Jan 2025 | 1 | 0 m | the development will consist of the construction of a two storey detached dwelling house, with a single storey annexe to the side containing utility & garage. The house is to be accessed via the existing vehicular entrance gateway, gateway to be modified to provide dual entrances, re-alinement & setting back of the existing hedgerow and stone wall on either side, new access road, new proprietary wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 2460165 | Conditional | 25 Apr 2024 | 451 m | Construction of store for storage of escalator components | |
| 23357 | Conditional | 31 Jan 2024 | 352 m | permission is sought for new single storey extension to the north facade (76sq.m) to consist of new entrance/reception area, minor ground floor internal reconfiguration, minor first floor internal reconfiguration, additional roof lights, replacement of existing treatment system for new to comply with EPA 2021 and all associated site works. A protected structure 'Kilbrew House' lies within the applicants site boundary (ref. NO. mh-039-102). Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
What has happened on this file
- 9 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 14 Dec 2026
- 9 Nov 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.