Observation pack · Meath County Council

Philpotstown , Garlow Cross Navan , Co. Meath

permission is sought for the retention of change of use of existing building containing a playroom and gym space (previously granted under planning reference AA161058) to Domestic 1 Bedroom Apartment with home office, connection to existing waste water treatment system and all associated site works

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661058 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 79 m²
Site area: 2,679 m²
Received: 23 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 17 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/2661058/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661058 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 28 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 20 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
2651	Conditional	20 Mar 2026	2	152 m	File Ref: AA201734 - the construction of part single storey, part two storey detached dwelling house, with detached single storey garage, new vehicular entrance gateway, new access road, new waste water treatment unit and percolation area, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works
22682	Conditional	30 Nov 2022	0	307 m	the erection of a 22 metre high, free standing monopole type telecommunications structure, to be painted green, carrying antennae and dishes and ancillary equipment, including lighting finial. To include associated ground equipment within a proposed 2.4m high palisade fenced compound, and all associated groundworks including access tack from existing farmyard. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
22661	Conditional	13 Sept 2022	1	179 m	retention of conversion of attic space to dwelling at first floor for use as home office, games room and storage with revised elevational treatment & to retain detached shed/garage for domestic use. Permission is also sought for revised site boundaries to previously approved Planning Permission Ref. No. NA40372
22515	Conditional	10 Jun 2022	1	498 m	the construction of a storey and a half style dwelling, septic tank, percolation area, connection to public water and all associated site works including domestic garage.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

23 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
23 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.