Observation pack · Meath County Council

Unit 2 Site 30/31 , Duleek Business Park , Co. Meath

the development consists of (a) the retention of 129m2 existing office floor space and (b) all associated site works

Observations close 21 Sept 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 17 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2661035 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 350 m²
Received: 17 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: —
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/2661035/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661035 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 21 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 10 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
2660487	Conditional	19 Jun 2026	1	411 m	(1) Two storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling with attic conversion and dormer windows to the rear with ancillary site services and landscaping. (2) Retention of the garden gym/recreation room at 15 The Commons, Duleek, Co. Meath, A92 V9Y4.
2560606	Conditional	29 Sept 2025	0	27 m	the development will consist of an extension to the existing commercial premises at Site 34, this includes an extension to the site boundaries, a new warehouse building with ancillary office space, provision of a connection to the existing building at first floor level, together with perimeter security fencing/walls, car and bicycle parking areas, landscaping and all associated site development work.
2560226	Conditional	11 Jul 2025	1	309 m	the construction of a new family flat extension to the side of the existing house and a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area including all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2460998	Refused	21 Jan 2025	1	309 m	The development consists of the construction of a new family flat extension to the side of the existing house and a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area including all associated site works.
2460978	Conditional	20 Jan 2025	0	150 m	the development will consist of permission for a new 7,519sqm light industrial manufacturing unit including, production areas, offices and welfare facilities, site security fencing and boundary walls with railings, new vehicular entrances, parking areas and landscaping together with all associated site development works. The proposal also includes for an amendment to the previously approved road layout of the Business Park, granted under planning Ref. 991130
2460619	Conditional	4 Oct 2024	0	82 m	The development consists of the construction of a new workshop incorporating ancillary offices and staff facilities, solar PV panels, all hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, new car parking, external lighting, external signage, drainage connection and all associated site works.
2360360	Conditional	11 Dec 2023	0	14 m	The development will consist of permission for 4 No. Light Industrial units in a single building, new vehicular entrance, perimeter security fencing/gates, parking areas, landscaping and all associated site development works at Site 33. Together with amendments to the Site 34 site layout plan, approved under ref: LB190419
23458	Conditional	20 Jun 2023	0	80 m	The proposed development will consist of an uprate of the existing Gorman to Platin 110 kV Overhead line (OHL) (19.76 km long and comprising 109no. supporting structures between the existing Gorman substation in the townland of Causetown, Co. Meath and the existing Platin 110kV substation in the townland of Platin, Co. Meath). The proposed project is located within the townlands of Graigs, Ardmulchan, Dollardstown, Dunmoe, Carranstown, Platin, Haystown and Carnuff, Stackallan, Harmanstown, Causetown, Garballagh, Commons, Downestown, Gillinstown, Longford, Rathdrinagh, Painestown, Thurstianstown, Knockcommon, Drumman, Laugher, Newtown and Platin.The proposed uprate project will comprise: • the replacement ("restringing") of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor including installation of a new fibre communication connection; • the replacement of 42no. existing polesets - any replacement structures will be constructed at, or immediately adjacent to the existing structures they will replace, will be along the same alignment as existing, and will be of a similar height and appearance; • the replacement of steel members at 8no. steel angle masts; • replacement of hardware and fittings at all structure locations; • replacement and relocation of fibre communication structures; • all associated site development works; • Earthwire to be replaced between Angle Mast 94 and End Mast 108; • Tower painting at 10no. steel Angle/End masts; • foundation strengthening works at 4no. Angle Masts; • Anti-climbing guards to be installed at lno. location; • all associated works within the existing Gorman substation and Platin 110 kV substation to accommodate the uprated 110 kV overhead line including alterations to existing apparatus; • all associated temporary site development works to gain access to the existing structures including clearance of vegetation, disassembly and reassembly of gate posts/ piers and removal and reinstatement of existing fencing; and • other temporary associated and ancillary site development works required for the purpose of the uprate of the existing circuit, including construction compounds, silt traps, silt fences, stone tracks, ground protection mats, infrastructure crossing support systems and temporary watercourse crossings .....

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

17 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 21 Sept 2026
17 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.