Observation pack · Meath County Council

Meath Hill , Drumconrath , Co. Meath

the development will consist of The construction of a steel framed unit for the purposes of a Gym along with all ancillary site works

Observations close 22 Sept 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661036 · 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: 3.38 ha
Received: 18 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 12 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/2661036/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661036 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 22 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
2560548	Conditional	21 Nov 2025	1	354 m	Dwelling house , waste water treatment system and percolation area , new vehicular entrance to public road and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2360293	Conditional	22 Apr 2024	1	329 m	The development will consist of: 1) Construction of a single storey extension and alterations to an existing single storey detached dwelling house: 2) Close existing vehicular entrance: 3) Formation of new site entrance and driveway to service existing dwelling house, 4) Decommissioning of existing septic tank and installation of new waste water treatment system and all associated site development works.
2360403	Conditional	27 Feb 2024	1	287 m	dwelling house, detached domestic garage, waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
212178	Conditional	17 Jan 2022	0	0 m	the development will consist of 1. The construction of 12 no. 6m high walkway lighting columns around the perimeter of the pitch and 2 no. 15m high lighting columns in car-park 2. Removal of perimeter wall around pitch and construction of spectator fencing 3. Construction of retaining wall with spectator fencing to south and west embankment 4. 2 no. shelters 5. 3m wide walking track with drainage and all ancillary site works
211609	Conditional	15 Dec 2021	1	428 m	a new two-storey dwelling with single storey living area to the south, associated detached double garage, opening of a new vehicular entrance to site and wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all associated 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

18 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 22 Sept 2026
18 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.