Planning Register
Observation pack · Meath County Council

Cakestown Glebe , Kells , Co. Meath

the proposed development consists of: 1. Change Of Use permission of the existing domestic garage to provide two separate, self-contained one-bedroom units; and 2. Decommissioning the existing septic tank and installing a new wastewater treatment system with percolation area, together with minor internal and external alterations to the garage and all associated site works and services

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
2661060 · full record
Authority
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
1
Floor area
84 m²
Site area
1,964 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661060/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661060 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560029Conditional28 Feb 2025047 mto construct a detached domestic garage and soakway, as amendments to previously approved application no. 2360325
2360325Conditional30 Nov 2023147 mTo construct a two storey dwelling and detached domestic garage, as amendments to previously approved application no. 21/302, treatment plant, percolation area, upgrade existing entrance and all associated site works.
2360073Conditional25 Jul 2023187 mApplication for planning permission to construct a storey and a half style dwelling house, domestic garage, new entrance and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works on site at Cakestown Glebe, Kells.
22217Refused1 Feb 2023184 ma storey and a half style dwelling house, domestic garage, upgrade existing entrance to adjoining dwelling house and to install a sewage treatment system and percolation areas together with all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
21877Conditional16 May 20221241 mRetention Permission for (A) the construction of extensions to the front, sides and the rear of the existing single storied dwelling house (B) the construction of a shed to the rear of the site for the storage of family owned machinery (not for commercial purposes) and also for domestic storage use ancillary to the applicants dwelling (C) all ancillary site 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

  • 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.