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Observation pack · Meath County Council

Main Street , Dunshaughlin , Co. Meath Eircodes A85 RC43 and A85 CD76

the proposed development will consist of (1) The demolition of two existing derelict cottages. (2)The construction of a 5-storey mixed-use building comprising residential and commercial accommodation. The proposed development will include 3 no. retail units at ground floor level; 28 no. apartments comprising 16 no. one-bedroom, 10 no. two-bedroom and 2 no. three-bedroom units; (3) The formation of 33 no. car parking spaces with vehicular access from Main Street. (4) Construct 2 no. pedestrian entrances; cycle parking for 60 no. bicycles; an ESB substation; bin storages and communal amenity space in the form of a roof gardens. (5) Connection to existing site services and all associated site works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 16 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2661101 · 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
2,769 m²
Site area
2,568 m²
Received
2 Sept 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due
27 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/2661101/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661101 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 7 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.
  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

  • NIAH-recorded building × 4
    house · Dunshaughlin National School · water pump
  • Radon risk area × 1
    About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
  • Recorded monument × 2
    Ringfort - rath · R171644

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660862Conditional3 Sept 20260367 mthe change of use of the two storey industrial, storage and office building to offices and self storage including a mezzanine third floor, signage, staircase extension and also revisions to car parking and site entrance
2660825Conditional26 Aug 20260336 mthe development will consist of a 2 storey office building (330sq.m) east of existing Block A, associated car parking and all related site development works
2660438Conditional31 Jul 20260455 mthe proposed amendments to the permitted development consist of the following: • Alterations to permitted ground floor level including the replacement of retail showroom unit (c. 125 sq.m) with 1 no. commercial unit for class 1 (shop) or class 2 (office/ professional services) and Class 11 (leisure/ gymnasium) with a total gross floor area c. 118 sq.m and alterations to the permitted stair core, lift, toilet and internal circulation areas; • Replacement of permitted office use from first to third floor level to provide a 5 no. 2-bed apartment units; • The replacement of permitted terraces at third and roof level with the provision of balconies for the apartments at first, second and third floor level on the north, east and northeast elevations; • Amendments to the façade and fenestration on all elevations; • The development includes associated boundary treatments, site lighting, signage, drainage works, SuDS features and all associated and ancillary site development works
2561073Conditional30 Jun 20260261 mfor the construction of a proposed 4-bedroom detached 2-storey house with single storey living spaces located to the rear with private garden in the form of an infill development to be located to the rear of the existing site with all associated drainage, services, boundary wall treatment, site works, landscaping and any ancillary works including infill of the existing site entrance with boundary wall to match the existing with hedging and proposed removal of low-level planting to the southwestern boundary of the site to provide for vehicular access with driveway and the provision of 4No. parking spaces. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2660269Conditional29 Apr 20260150 mthe proposed development will consist of the reformation of an existing kerb, the construction of a new boundary wall with steel fencing to form an entrance, and the installation of a sliding gate to enclose an area associated with Section 1. The development will maintain the existing right of way serving Section 2 and 3. Signage for JW Construction is also proposed to be installed on the fencing enclosing the newly defined area
2672Conditional8 Apr 2026141 mpermission for retention of a two-story, town house no. 8 Supple Park Shopping Centre, Off Main Street, Dunshughlin, Co. Meath. As built - previously granted under No. 96874
2663Conditional26 Mar 2026039 mpermission for retention of a two storey townhouse No. 7, Supple Park Shopping Centre, Off Main Street, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, as built. Permission previously granted under Planning Permission ref. No. 96/874
2560981Conditional7 Nov 20250326 mconstruction of a new single-storey extension to the rear and out the sides of the existing dwelling, alterations to the existing house and associated site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
501931pending18 Aug 2026445 m
322000Granted with conditions4 Jul 2025225 m
319501Granted with conditions27 Sept 2024253 m
317566Granted with conditions20 Oct 2023317 m
312297Granted with conditions28 Jun 2023265 m
312242pending16 Dec 2021265 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

  • 2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
  • 2 Sept 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.