Observation pack · Meath County Council

The café building forming part of the Lidl development at , Main Street Dunboyne , County Meath

the erection of a retractable wall-mounted awning with signage; provision of an ancillary, screened, external seating area with tables and chairs and windbreaks including operator signage (pursuant to Condition 8 of An Coimisiún Pleanála reference PL17.315651 and PA Ref: 221509). The works are at the front/side of the southern facing elevations of the building. All associated works to the café building to complete the development

Observations close 9 Oct 2026 window closed

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 five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2661114 · 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: 959 m²
Received: 4 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
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/2661114/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661114 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 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
M2 Major town centre	B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre: Commercial Town or Village Centre	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
M2 Major town centre	B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre: Commercial Town or Village Centre	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.

Source: Meath County Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Meath County Council development plan zoning	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 5
Dunboyne Cottage · W. Brady · Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R149761
OPW flood extent nearby floodinfo.ie
Shown as a flag only — the OPW licence does not allow us to redistribute the extent.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661013	Conditional	2 Oct 2026	0	430 m	the development consists of permission for retention of change of use of attic to storage area and retention of 2 x Velux windows to the rear and permission to demolish existing garage and to construct a single storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling house and all associated site development works. This application if granted will supercede and result in the rescinding of planning reference no. 211504
2660548	Conditional	13 Aug 2026	0	262 m	RED III - The erection and installation of (i) a new single storey detached flat roofed biomass boiler unit with an attached fuel store and flue in accordance with the Renewable Energy Directive III (RED III) Development; (ii) with all associated siteworks, services and landscaping to facilitate the proposed development.
2660715	Conditional	6 Aug 2026	0	368 m	the development will consist of modifications to the development permitted under Reg. Ref. 23/580 with the approved name of ‘Rooske Gardens’. It is proposed to change the location of the permitted below ground surface water attenuation tank from its permitted location north of the permitted units to an area within the permitted central courtyard. The proposed development also includes landscaping and all associated ancillary and site development works to include modification to the layout of pipes, conduits and associated works. No changes are proposed to the permitted buildings. All on a total site area of approx. 1.19ha. The proposed development is located within the curtilage of a protected structure (Dunboyne Castle)
2660642	Conditional	22 Jul 2026	0	405 m	the construction of a single storey porch to the front of the existing dwelling
2660513	Conditional	26 Jun 2026	0	142 m	A CHANGE OF USE FROM RETAIL UNIT TO CHILDCARE FACILITY TO ALLOW FOR AND INCLUDING A GROUND FLOOR EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING CHILDCARE FACILITY.
2660275	Conditional	9 Jun 2026	0	178 m	the conversion of the existing single storey detached garage to the side of the existing main property to a one bedroom dwelling along with single storey extension to the rear, new front porch, the provision of private open space, a new vehicular entrance involving the dishing of the existing kerb and all other ancillary site development works
2660033	Conditional	22 May 2026	2	380 m	the development will consist of (1) the construction of (2No.) semi-detached double-storey 4-bedroom houses, each with a gross floor areas of 131sqm, (2) off-Street parking for 2No. cars per house, (3) provision for new vehicular and pedestrian access from Summerill Road, (4) the construction of new perimeter walls and landscaping along with all ancillary associated construction/drainage/engineering & site services
2660281	Conditional	30 Apr 2026	6	381 m	Proposed Change Of House Design On Site No.’s 3 & 4 Of A Residential Development Recently Granted Full Planning Permission Under Planning Reference Number 2560481 Whereby It Is Now Proposed To Construct 2 No. Three Bedroom Two Storey Semi-Detached Type Dwelling Houses In The Same Location As The Previously Permitted 2 No. Two Bedroom Two Storey Semi-Detached Type Dwelling Houses And All Associated Site Development Works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322427	—	Granted with conditions	3 Sept 2025	253 m
323209	—	Invalid	1 Aug 2025	380 m
319949	—	Granted with conditions	21 Mar 2025	234 m
314938	—	Granted with conditions	7 Jun 2024	407 m
315651	—	Granted with conditions	30 May 2024	0 m
315191	—	Granted with conditions	11 Dec 2023	184 m
314305	—	Granted with conditions	7 Nov 2023	414 m
311643	—	Refused	5 Apr 2022	407 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 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.