Observation pack · Meath County Council

Fleenstown Little , Ashbourne , Co. Meath

retention of rear extension to existing cottage; re-roofing of existing building; the construction of a two storey extension to the rear; relocation of existing waste water treatment system and all site works

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2661102 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1,996 m²
Received: 2 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 16:04
Decision due: —
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/2661102/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661102 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 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.
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

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

1 layer present but masked: flood_cfram — source licence forbids redistribution (CC-BY-NC-ND); shown as a boolean and a link only

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560954	Refused	10 Apr 2026	0	212 m	the development will consist of the construction of 3 no. enclosed padel courts ( within a structure c. 10m in height), 2 no. external padel courts (within a fence c. 4m in height), an office (c. 2.6m in height), 2 no. changing room structures (c. 2.6m in height), a play area, 10 no. car parking spaces (8 no. standard and 2 no. accessible parking spaces), landscaping, access arrangements, services, wastewater treatment system, and associated and ancillary development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2561359	Conditional	26 Mar 2026	71	218 m	The proposed development consists of 71 no. 2 storey houses, comprised of 3 no. 2 bed, 63 no. 3 bed and 5 no.4 bed, detached, semi-detached and terraced houses. Access to the proposed development will via the adjoining permitted residential development to the north (under Ref. 23/873) which has a permitted vehicular entrance off the Dublin Road. The proposed development also provides for all associated site development works, above & below ground, public open space, hard and soft landscaping & boundary treatments, surface car parking, bin & bicycle storage, ESB Sub-station & public lighting etc., all on an overall application site area of c.2.1 hectares.
2560603	Conditional	27 Feb 2026	2	312 m	the development will consist of the following: (1) to demolish a detached domestic garage on the site, (2) to construct a development of 2 no detached dwelling houses consisting of: House Type (A) one and a half storied, 3 bedrooms; House Type (B) one and a half storied, 3 bedrooms. (3) to instal 2 no proprietary wastewater treatment units and percolation areas to serve each house separately, (4) to construct a 2-meter high capped and plastered wall to the rear and side of the existing dwelling on the site, Eircode A84 HX56. (5) to use the existing entrance to the site with a new driveaway to the rear to serve the proposed dwellings, (6) to connect the new dwellings to the mains water supply along with all other ancillary site development works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application
2460684	Conditional	8 May 2025	63	100 m	the development will consist of the demolition of the existing residential dwelling and garden room on site (c. 524.94 sq.m) and the construction of 51 no. residential units as follows: I. 23 no. houses consisting of: 19 no. 2-storey houses, comprising 17 no. 3-bedroom semi-detached and 2 no. mid-terrace 2-bedroom units and 4 no. 2 and a half storey, semi-detached 4-bedroom houses; ii. 28 no. apartment units in 1 no. 4-storey and 3 no. 3-storey buildings comprising 4 no. 1-bedroom apartment units, 21 no. 2-bedroom apartment units and 3 no. 3-bedroom apartment units, all with private amenity space/balcony; iii. Provision of c.2,766 sq.m of Public Open Space, hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting & boundary treatment) and c.427 sq.m of Communal Open Space; iv. Vehicular access will be provided from the existing site entrance on the Ratoath Road (R125) to the south of the site and provision of a pedestrian access and footpath from the Dublin Road (R135) to the north of the site to tie in with existing footpath; v. Provision of 101 no. car parking spaces and 92 no. bicycle parking spaces and all internal roads and footpaths; vi. Surface water attenuation measures, connection to water supply, provision of foul drainage infrastructure to Irish Water specifications including provision of foul sewer along the Dublin Road for c.485m to tie into existing foul infrastructure manhole and all associated site development and landscaping works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
23965	Conditional	7 May 2024	0	142 m	a 30-meter lattice mobile and broadband tower with headframe carrying telecommunications equipment, together with associated equipment and cabinets enclosed within a 2.4m palisade fence compound with access track. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
23901	Conditional	7 Nov 2023	1	490 m	minor amendments and layout changes to house number 2. Granted planning permission under Planning Registry Reference 22/70 consisting of a detached, two storey, dwelling house, proprietary wastewater unit and polishing filter, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. The detached garage previously granted to be omitted
23873	Conditional	1 Nov 2023	40	348 m	the proposed development consists of 70 no. dwellings, comprised of 40 no. 2, 3 and 4 bed, 2 storey, terraced and semi-detached houses, and 30 no. 1, 2, and 3 bed apartments/duplex units, accommodated in 2 no. 3 storey blocks. Access to the proposed development will via a new vehicular entrance off the Dublin Road. The proposed development also provides for all associated site development works, above & below ground, public open space, including hard and soft landscaping & boundary treatments, car parking, bin & bicycle stores, public lighting etc., all on an overall application site area of c.1.9 hectares
23814	Conditional	11 Oct 2023	2	387 m	planning permission for a storey and a half detached, dwelling house with attached garage, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new entrance gate accessed via the road and entrance to Hickey's Lane granted under Planning Registry Reference 22/70, along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318496	—	Withdrawn	23 Aug 2024	348 m
319851	—	Invalid	4 Jun 2024	142 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.