Observation pack · Meath County Council
Corporationland 3rd Division Athboy Road , Trim , Co. Meath
the development will consist of the retention of domestic garage and garden room to rear of site. The development also consists of the construction of new extension to side and rear of dwelling and upgrade existing dwelling with external insulation and plaster finish and all associated works
Observations close 9 Oct 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 4 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2661110 · full record
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 2,091 m²
- Received
- 4 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 29 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/2661110/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661110at 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 9 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
| 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 |
| R2 Existing residential | A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential | ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | 3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027 |
| P5 Rural and agricultural | RA - Rural Area: Rural Area | ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied | 3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027 |
| R2 Existing residential | A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential | ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied | 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.
Sources: MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027, MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027, MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied, MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied · 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 |
| MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
| MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
| MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660386 | Conditional | 11 Aug 2026 | 0 | 133 m | Planning Permission sought by SRM Developments Ltd. to amalgamate units 1,2 & 3 of previously granted planning ref no: 23744 into one light industrial unit, alterations to floor plan and retain alterations to carparking layout and position of bin store as built from previously granted planning and all associated site works at Site 12, Eamonn Duggan Industrial Est, Athboy Road, Trim, Co Meath. |
| 2560478 | Conditional | 8 Apr 2026 | 0 | 103 m | change of use of existing Industrial Unit at Eamon Duggan Industrial Estate, Trim, Co. Meath, C15 KX02 from light industry (bakery) to light industry (metal) waste recycling and transfer facility for up to 20,000 tonnes per annum and enabling works, including provision of new weighbridge to side of building, plant and machinery to rear, alterations to site boundary treatment, hard and soft landscaping, vehicle parking, bicycle shelter and circulation routes on site, alterations to front and side elevations to include new entrance porch, new canopy, new fenestration and signage. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 2560882 | Conditional | 8 Apr 2026 | 82 | 246 m | The development will consist of: (A) The construction of 85 no. residential dwellings comprising: 73 no. houses (6 no. 2 bedroom dwellings, 64 no. 3 bedroom dwellings and 3 no. 4 bedroom houses [all 2 storey]) and 12 no. apartments/duplex apartments in 1 no. 3 storey building (comprising 6 no. ground floor 1-bedroom apartments and 6 no. 3-bedroom duplex units above - all apartments/duplex units to include terrace/private amenity space); (B) Vehicular/pedestrian access from the Athboy Road (R154) via internal roads within ‘The Belfry’ to include associated works, along with temporary construction access from the adjoining agricultural lands to the west from the Athboy Road; (C) The provision of 161 no. surface resident car parking spaces (including visitor/EV) as well as bicycle storage for apartments (24 no. in 2 no. single storey structures) and terraced houses in secure shelters to their front curtilage (totalling 90 no. spaces); internal road and shared surface networks including pedestrian paths; (D) Provision of c. 0.491 ha of public open space centrally within the site to integrate with the existing open space to the north (to include associated works) within the Belfry as well as the provision of an outdoor play area and landscaped planting; (E) Provision of foul and surface water drainage (attenuation areas) as well as bin stores; public lighting and all associated landscaping and boundary treatment works, site development and infrastructural works, ESB substations, and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and will be submitted to the planning authority with the application. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application |
| 2561015 | Conditional | 2 Apr 2026 | 0 | 244 m | the development will consist of change of use of existing warehouse storage area to extended pet cremation area from that previously granted permission under planning reference no. TA.110768 which includes the installation of a new eco pet cremator unit and storage area. The development also includes modifications to existing elevations together with all associated site works |
| 2560218 | Conditional | 14 Nov 2025 | 0 | 11 m | the development consists of construction of a new field entrance onto the public road at Corpotationland (3rd Division), Athboy Road, Trim, Co Meath |
| 2461066 | Conditional | 20 May 2025 | 0 | 421 m | planning permission for the following development: (1): construct a four bay workshop with canopy roof to side (phase 1), (2): construct a three bay workshop extension with canopy roof to side (phase 2), (3): construct single storey extension for use as offices, toilets, canteen, parts store and sales area (phase 3) (4): 5 year planning permission sought for portacabin office and toilets, (5): retain and upgrade existing entrance and construct new second entrance onto service road, (6): connect to public surface water, foul sewer and water mains, (7) provide onsite car and machinery parking areas, (8) all ancillary site development works on site |
| 2460523 | Conditional | 10 Dec 2024 | 1 | 268 m | the development will consist of a 316 Sq.M. industrial unit with 166 Sq.M. internal mezzanine (total floor area 482 Sq.M.), with a building parapet height of 7850mm over finished floor level. Company logo signage on the building (2250 x 1500mm) and free-standing entrance sign (1500 x 1500mm). Site works are to include perimeter boundary fence with vehicular and pedestrian entrance gates with security barrier, internal roadway with connection to existing adjacent unit, hardstand, carparking with EV charge points, sheltered cycle stands, footpaths, ground mounted Photovoltaic array, foul and surface water drainage with connections to public utilities along with all necessary and associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 24233 | Conditional | 19 Nov 2024 | 0 | 402 m | amendments to the development permitted under Ref: TA201886 (ABP-311002-21). The proposed amendments consist of an increase in height to a section of the single storey enclosed industrial unit from a height of 15.2m to 25.0m and all ancillary works. The area of floor to be increased in height is 513 sqm (30.7m x 16.7m) |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501286 | — | pending | 5 May 2026 | 103 m |
| 501279 | — | pending | 5 May 2026 | 246 m |
| 311002 | — | Granted with conditions | 28 Feb 2022 | 406 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
- 4 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 9 Oct 2026
- 4 Sept 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.