Observation pack · Meath County Council

Carrickleck , Kingscourt , Co. Meath

replacement of existing waste water treatment system and percolation area, reinstate the front boundary fence & entrance piers, and associated landscaping & site works

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 9 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2661088 · 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: 1,747 m²
Received: 29 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 23 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/2661088/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661088 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 5 Oct 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
2660271	Refused	31 Jul 2026	1	281 m	application for permission consists of the demolition of the existing semi derelict dwelling house and the construction of a new replacement dwelling house with associated siteworks. Permission for retention consist of: a) - Retention and Commissioning of a new waste water treatment system with raised soil polishing filter bed and associated siteworks and b) - retention of existing mobile home for use as a temporary dwelling for a period of 5 years. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2660177	Conditional	6 Jul 2026	1	0 m	construction of a single storey pool extension to the side, conversion of existing garage to single bedroom granny flat with link to bungalow, replacement of existing waste water treatment system and percolation area, reinstate the front boundary fence & entrance piers, and associated landscaping & site works
2560151	Conditional	12 May 2025	1	326 m	the development consists of 1. The Construction of a 3 Bed Bungalow Type Dwelling. 2. A Domestic Garage 3. New Private Entrance 4. A New BAF Sewage Treatment System with Percolation Area. 5. To Partly Remove the existing hedge to allow for sightlines for the new entrance and all ancillary site development works
2460024	Conditional	27 Feb 2024	0	158 m	the development will consist of the redevelopment of existing part dormer, part two-storey dwelling house comprising the raising of existing external walls to provide for a two-storey dwelling house throughout, provision of a new roof, internal alterations and elevational amendments together with all ancillary site development works
221167	Conditional	28 Oct 2022	0	220 m	planning permission sought to retain a single storey extension to side and rear of existing dwelling, change of use of domestic garage to living accommodation, internal and external alterations, and associated site works
211621	Conditional	28 Jan 2022	1	339 m	a single storey style dwelling, domestic garage, advanced waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance walls and piers and all ancillary site development 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

29 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
29 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.