Observation pack · Meath County Council

Oristown , Kells , Co. Meath.

Retention of a development used for emergency residential accommodation/refuge for families comprising 1) change of use of detached storey and a half dwellinghouse (known as “Forest View”) to 2 No. one bedroom apartments and retention of single storey extension to rear of same 2) change of use of detached single storey dwellinghouse (Known as “The Mews”) to 2 No. one bedroom apartments 3) change of use of detached agricultural building (known as “Chestnut Lodge”) to one bedroom apartment, management office, communal room and service room at ground floor level and 2 No. one bedroom apartments at first floor level, 4) change of use of detached two storey dwellinghouse (known as “Lerrigh House”) to 2 No. two bedroom apartments, 5) detached single storey one bedroom apartment (known as “Little Oak”), 6) detached single storey two bedroom apartment (known as “Fairy Fort”), 7) detached single storey communal building (known as “Rainbow Room”), 8) 2 No. detached single storey communal laundry/bike storage buildings, 9) communal polytunnel, 10) detached 4 bedroom Dormer style building (known as “Orchard View”), 11) 2 No. waste water treatment systems & percolation areas serving the development and all associated site development works

Observations close 28 Sept 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661062 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.03 ha
Received: 24 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 18 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/2661062/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661062 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460469	Conditional	27 Sept 2024	0	378 m	to construct 1 No. poultry house together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works (including upgraded site entrance and storm water attenuation) associated with the above development at
24186	Conditional	20 Jun 2024	0	407 m	(1) retention permission for 2 existing single storey sheds adjoining (South) existing garage, (2) retention permission for change of use of garage to home office/playroom, (3) retention permission for existing agricultural shed comprising 4 stables and large storage area 80 meters to rear (South) of existing house
2460019	Conditional	1 May 2024	1	327 m	the construction of a two storey dwelling with detached domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, entrance to public road and all associated site works. Please note this application if granted will supersede that previously granted under KA/200001.
2360394	Conditional	8 Jan 2024	1	456 m	planning application for permission on previously approved site reg. ref. KA/201662 for the construction of a single storey detached dwelling including waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of house type and site layout plan from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. KA/201662
23270	Conditional	5 May 2023	1	407 m	(1) proposed single storey extension to the rear (South) elevation of existing dwelling and all associated works (2) retention permission for existing single storey boiler house to front (North) elevation of existing dwelling (3) retention permission for existing single storey extension to rear (South) elevation of existing dwelling (4) retention permission for existing pitched roof as replacement of flat roof over existing single storey annex to side (West) elevation
211767	Refused	2 Nov 2021	1	70 m	Is e ata I gceist san fhorbairt na an togail de theach scoite stor amhain & garaiste baile, beartaithe le pacaiste coras coiriu fuiolluisce agus scagaire snasuchain agus sli nua isteach ar bother poibli le gach oibreacha laithreain agus tirdhreachu comhlachaithe

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

24 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 28 Sept 2026
24 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.