Observation pack · Meath County Council

Priest Town , Kilbride , Co. Meath

10-year planning permission for development at this c. 0.392ha site at the existing Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), located in the townland of Priest Town, Kilbride, Co. Meath. The development will consist of the upgrade and extension of the existing Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station: 1. Alterations to the existing Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), comprising: a) Demolition of the existing odour control unit and a section of existing access road. b) Removal of existing site fencing and trees on the northern and eastern boundaries. c) Removal of existing lamp post, existing freestanding signage and existing disconnected electrical pole. d) Diversion of existing overhead ESB electricity cables to facilitate emergency storage tank installation. 2. Construction of new elements at the Kilbride Wastewater Pumping Station (WwPS), comprising: a) Construction of a new by-pass penstock screened inlet chamber adjacent to the existing wet well and associated interconnecting pipework. b) Construction of a new emergency storage tank and associated equipment including passive vent stack, facilities, vehicle and maintenance access, interconnecting pipework and manholes, and ducting to existing control room. c) Construction of a new vacuum pump kiosk with ducting to existing control room for emergency storage cleaning system. d) Construction of a new carbon filter odour control unit with vent stack for the existing wet well and dry well and a new fixed gas detection system. e) Construction of a new palisade site fencing on the northern and eastern boundaries. f) Installation of task lighting for new odour control unit, new vacuum pump kiosk and new emergency storage tank vehicle access area. g) Proposed hard and soft landscaping works to include screen planting and hedging. h) All associated ancillary works including site works and temporary working areas

Observations close 14 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661005 · 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: 3,934 m²
Received: 10 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 4 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/2661005/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661005 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 14 Sept 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

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
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

1 layer present but masked: flood_nifm — source licence forbids redistribution (CC-BY-NC-ND); shown as a boolean and a link only

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660583	Conditional	8 Jul 2026	1	371 m	The development consists of retention permission & completion of single storey detached domestic store, home office with toilet, & home gym with toilet to rear, in lieu of domestic garage. Previous planning permission ref. no. AA200515.
2561380	Conditional	18 Feb 2026	56	0 m	The development consists of the construction of 56 no. residential units, to include 52 no. houses and 4 no. apartments, creche facility, café, gym and a retail unit and all associated works on a site area of 3.4 ha. Block A includes the creche (245 sq m), café (Unit 1, 83 sq m) and 2 no. apartments in a 2 – 3 storey building and Block B includes the gym (Unit 2, 77 sq m), retail unit (Unit 3, 82 sq m) and 2 no. apartments in a 2 storey building. The 52 no. houses are 2 – 3 storey and consist of: 1 no. 3 bed detached house (Type E) 11 no. 3 bed terraced houses (Type C) 26 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (Type B / B1) 6 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses (Type D / D1 / D2) 8 no. 5 bed detached houses (Type A / A1) The 4 no. apartments with associated balconies consist of: 3 no. 2 bed apartments 1 no. 3 bed apartment Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from the Kilbride Road and Priestown Road. A new segregated pedestrian / cycle way along the eastern site boundary. Car parking, bicycle parking, internal roads, services infrastructure and refuse storage. Landscaping, a new Village Plaza, open spaces, play areas, boundary treatments and public lighting. All associated site works and services.
25262	Conditional	11 Feb 2026	1	374 m	AA200515 - constructing a two-storey type dwelling and a detached domestic garage, installing a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area, and to make a new entrance onto the road along with all ancillary site development works.
2560254	Conditional	15 Jul 2025	0	448 m	the construction of a two storey extension (c. 93.9m2) to the side of the existing two storey dormer detached dwelling involving the removal of the existing single storey conservatory along with the construction of a new single storey entrance porch, internal alterations, minor alterations to the eastern elevation and all other ancillary site development works
23240	Conditional	26 Apr 2023	0	51 m	retention & completion of open roof to existing yard to side, Off licence subsidiary to the main retail use (2.5sqm) and associated works
221637	Unconditional	10 Feb 2023	0	0 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION AA170905 - the development will consist of the construction of 19 no. 2 storey houses, comprising of 2 no. 2-bed semi-detached houses, 6 no. 3-bed detached houses, 4 no. 4-bed detached houses, 4 no. 4-bed semi-detached houses and 3 no. 5-bed detached houses, a new vehicular entrance from the L1007 road, public open space, landscaping, lighting, internal site access roads/verges/footpaths/cyclepaths, vehicular turning circle and access to adjoining agricultural lands/future development, individual and overall site boundary proposals, road/verge/footpath/cyclepath works fronting the application site to the L1007 road plus all associated site development and engineering works and services all on a site 1.41ha site
211309	Conditional	17 Jan 2022	1	357 m	the provision of a dwelling and garage with wastewater treatment system and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319422	Electricity Development Application	Granted with conditions	5 Feb 2025	106 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

10 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 14 Sept 2026
10 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.