Observation pack · Meath County Council

Macetown , Navan , Co. Meath

the development will consist of the construction of (1) a storey & half extension to the south side of existing dwelling, (2) a storey & half extension to the north side of existing dwelling including a garage on the ground floor & storage on first floor,(3) and a new O’Reilly Oakstown Treatment System and all associated site works and landscaping

Observations close 18 Sept 2026 6 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661027 · 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: 2,606 m²
Received: 14 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 8 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/2661027/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661027 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 18 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
231123	Conditional	9 Feb 2024	1	488 m	change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no. 21/1924 being, revised two storey house & revised position of detached domestic garage. All other development and all associated site works will remain as previously granted
231122	Conditional	9 Feb 2024	1	491 m	change of house type from that previously granted under planning ref. no. 21/1923 being, revised two storey house & revised position of detached domestic garage. All other development and all associated site works will remain as per previously granted
231022	Refused	15 Dec 2023	0	339 m	the development will consist of 1) the retention of a part-built storage shed to the rear of the site, 3 No. shipping containers and new site entrance off the public road, 2) the permission to complete existing part-built storage shed to the rear of the site and all associated site works and landscaping
23969	Conditional	4 Dec 2023	0	406 m	the development seeking retention permission consists of the construction and extension of an in-line garage to habitable space as well as the construction of a single storey pitched roof extension constructed to the rear of the converted garage and attached to same. The development permission for development consists of replacing the garage flatroof with a pitched roof
211924	Conditional	24 Nov 2021	2	488 m	two storey dormer type house, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, existing agricultural entrance & roadway to be used as domestic vehicular entrance onto public road & all ancillary site works
211923	Conditional	24 Nov 2021	2	491 m	two storey dormer type house, detached domestic garage, proprietary effluent treatment system, soil polishing filter area, existing agricultural entrance & roadway to be used as domestic vehicular onto public road & all ancillary site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

14 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 18 Sept 2026
14 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.