Observation pack · Meath County Council

Gafney , Duleek , Co. Meath

the development will consist of the construction of a single-storey extension to the front, side and rear of the existing dwelling, incorporating internal alterations and modifications to the existing layout; the demolition of existing sheds and garage; the construction of a new detached domestic garage ancillary to the existing dwelling; the installation of a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; together with all associated site development and ancillary works

Observations close 30 Sept 2026 closes today

5 weeks from receipt (received 26 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 20 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661076 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,058 m²
Received: 26 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: 20 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/2661076/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661076 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 30 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
P5 Rural and agricultural	RA - Rural Area: Rural Area	ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 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
2561280	Conditional	27 Jan 2026	0	137 m	the development consists of the retention of an as-constructed rear extension, which differs from that granted under Planning Reference No. SA30361, together with the retention of existing outbuildings and domestic sheds ancillary to the main dwelling, and all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

26 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 30 Sept 2026
26 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 16:04. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.