Planning Register
Observation pack · Meath County Council

High Road , Mornington , Co. Meath

the development will consist of the renovation and extension of the existing vernacular single-storey dwelling and outbuildings to form a single residential dwelling house, as well as the provision of a new wastewater treatment system, percolation area, upgrades to the existing access laneway, and all associated site works

Observations close 16 Sept 2026 4 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 12 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 6 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2661020 · full record
Authority
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
1,929 m²
Received
12 Aug 2026
We first saw it
11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due
6 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661020/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661020 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. Meath County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 16 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.
  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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560928Refused24 Oct 20250463 mthe development will consist of the change of use of part of the existing driving range to a wildlife rehabilitation and teaching hospital comprising of a one-and-half storey timber-clad, with red corrugated metal roof, veterinary hospital building within a new secure fenced compound. Associated facilities include single story, timber-clad units forming visitor facilities, a workshop and isolation facilities for the hospital; single storey caged compounds for birds and mammals including seal pools. Additional works include repair and extension of the existing access road to the site, general landscaping and access pathways, provision of soak away, proprietary wastewater pump station and connection to the mains wastewater plus associated ancillary site works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the proposed development, which details potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures
23348Conditional26 Jul 202338493 mThe proposed development will consist of: (1) Modifications to permitted unit type (F), (2) Change of house types including the provision of new unit types H (duplex block), I (2- bed 2-storey semidetached) & J (3-bed 2-storey detached) and omission of house types (C) and (E), (3) Repositioning of permitted unit no. 26 (type G), (4) Relocation of permitted pumping station, (5) Minor modifications to road and floor levels and associated site development and boundary treatment works. The changes proposed will result in a reduction to the overall number of units permitted under LB190812 from 66no. to 63no. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
212099Conditional17 May 20221453 mthe construction of a replacement, storey and a half, detached dwelling house, detached garage, new entrance gateway in lieu of the existing, demolition of the existing detached dwelling. All associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 12 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 16 Sept 2026
  • 12 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.