Observation pack · Meath County Council

Castle Street and Killegland Street , Killegland Townland , Ashbourne Co. Meath

the construction of 68 no. ”Age Friendly” (Independent living for over 55’s) residential units to include: Block A – 4 storey apartment block consisting of a total of 35 units comprising 17No 1 bedroom units , 18No 2 bedroom units, ESB Switch room, plant room , laundry room , storage room, secure bicycle storage and communal bin store. Block B – 5 Storey apartment block consisting of a total of 33 units comprising 13No 1 bedroom units, 20No 2 bedroom units, Communal day room , kitchen, management office, storage room, plant room , secure bicycle storage, communal bin store, community care room , GP on-site consultation room and for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling house and all associated site works to include for permission for alterations to existing roadside boundary and associated footpath to accommodate the subject development

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: 2661041 · 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: 4,158 m²
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/2661041/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661041 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

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 8
Castle - tower house · Bawn · Ford
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

2 layers present but masked: flood_cfram, 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
2660791	Conditional	18 Aug 2026	0	443 m	planning permission for attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow access to attic conversion as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front , Gable window to side with associated ancillary works
2660065	Conditional	20 Jul 2026	0	226 m	the development will consist of change of use from retail unit to restaurant, comprising of indoor seating with licensed bar and outdoor seating area with retractable awning
2560405	Conditional	30 Mar 2026	1	189 m	The development will consist of: •The change of use of 1508sqm of carpark on Levels 2.5 and 3.5 (rooftop) of the multistorey car park to a new two storey primary health care centre; To include demolition of the existing car park roof over level 3.5, removal of internal staircases (all levels) and part removal of floors to levels 2.5 and 3.5 of the multistorey carpark to provide for new courtyard at level 1 with two storey void overhead; Partial demolition and provision of new windows (3no. at level 1, 1no. at level 2.5 and 1no. at level 3.5) and new 3 storey rendered panel to correspond with 2no. new lift shafts on north gable wall; Removal of existing guardrails and widening of existing openings at level 2.5 (car park) on front elevation to Killegland Street; • Construction of new two storey 1325sqm primary health care centre at levels 2.5 and 3.5 (including a single storey extension / additional floor at level 3.5 and new pedestrian access from carpark level 3.5) to include consulting rooms, offices, ancillary accommodation / toilets and rooftop plant and associated protective / screen fencing; • Construction of new 53sqm two storey extension to the side north gable elevation at ground and first floor levels to provide new entrance and fire escape at ground floor and including circulation / stairs; To include signage over entrance door and within windows at levels 1 and 2.5 all facing towards Killegland Street; • Change of use and subdivision of 705sqm of existing commercial mezzanine floor at Level 1 to commercial office use (non-medical), and 505sqm to leisure/ recreation uses, all with ancillary accommodation / toilets, and new internal fire escape staircases and circulation links; • Alterations to existing road and footpath layouts at the 2no. one way adjacent road exits from the multistorey carparks along the north elevation; alterations to existing waste storage to rear to accommodate new secured medical waste area and all necessary site, internal and drainage alterations. • Allocation of 70no. existing carparking spaces for primary healthcare consultation rooms/leisure recreation uses on levels 3.5 and 4, plus allocation of 28no. existing carparking spaces for the proposed office use on levels 1/1.5 in the existing attached multistorey carpark.
2660056	Conditional	9 Mar 2026	0	271 m	planning permission for the construction of a one and a half storey extension to the Front, side and rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works
2611	Conditional	9 Mar 2026	0	272 m	the development consists of the retention of rear and side extensions, internal alterations and stairs to attic store room, the addition of two roof windows at the rear, and all associated works
2560170	Refused	24 Oct 2025	0	0 m	the construction of 68 no. ”Age Friendly” (Independent living for over 55’s) residential units to include: Block A – 4 Storey apartment block consisting of a total of 35 units comprising 16 No. 1-bedroom units, 19 No. 2-bedroom units, ESB Switch room, plant room, laundry room, storage room and communal bin store. Block B – 5 Storey apartment block consisting of a total of 33 units comprising 9 No. 1-bedroom units, 20 No. 2-bedroom units, 4 No. studio-units, communal day room, kitchen, management office, storage room, plant room, secure bicycle room, communal bin store, community care room, GP consultation room and for the demolition of existing two storey dwelling house and all associated site works to include for permission for alterations to existing roadside boundary and associated footpath to accommodate the subject development. Signifiant further information/revised plans submitted on this application.
2560811	Conditional	19 Sept 2025	0	363 m	the development will consist of the installation of sustainable energy compounds to host 1 no. LPG tank and 6 no. modular heat pumps, and all associated site development works
2560487	Conditional	22 Aug 2025	1	459 m	Attic conversion for storage use including raised gable to the side and three rooflights to the front roof slope. Two-storey side extension incorporating conversion of existing garage to a playroom at ground floor level with a new front-facing windows. Single-storey flat-roof extension to the rear.

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

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