Observation pack · Meath County Council

Nuttstown , Kilbride , Co. Meath

the development will consist of removal of existing extension and adjoining buildings, construction of new rear extension; alterations to existing house; new waste water treatment system and percolation area, new front boundary treatment including revised driveway access and all related site works

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661137 · 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: 200 m²
Site area: 2,378 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 5 Nov 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/2661137/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661137 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 16 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
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

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-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-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
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_nifm — 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
2561248	Refused	25 May 2026	0	0 m	the development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling house, a domestic garage, alteration to existing entrance from public road, wastewater treatment system and percolation area, and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2561031	Conditional	24 Feb 2026	1	153 m	the development will consist of a Single storey dwelling with a suitable wastewater treatment unit and associated site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application
2455	Refused	5 Apr 2024	2	0 m	the development will consist of an application to construct a bungalow dwelling house, a domestic garage, a combined entrance from the public road, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation 2021, connection to existing water supply, together with all works ancillary to the overall development
231091	Conditional	30 Jan 2024	0	473 m	permission to construct an agricultural shed for the purposes of storage of fodder/grain and machinery, adjacent to an existing shed currently under construction (AA201747) and to utilise the existing agricultural entrance granted under 22241, new concrete yard and permission for retention of agricultural access road and all associated site development works
221360	Refused	8 Dec 2022	2	11 m	previous planning reference AA/190436 and 21/1768. The development will consist of an application to construct a bungalow dwelling house, a domestic garage, a combined from the public, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation 2021, connection to existing water supply, together with all works ancillary to the overall development
212232	Conditional	27 Jan 2022	1	322 m	alterations to previously approved planning Reg. Ref. AA/190888 which relates to the relocation of the vehicular entrance from the public road and a change in house type with associated site works
211768	Refused	2 Nov 2021	1	14 m	the development will consist of an application to construct a bungalow dwelling house, a domestic garage, an entrance from the public road, a waste water treatment system and percolation area to the EPA recommendation 2021, connection to existing water supply, together with all works ancillary to the overall development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319422	Electricity Development Application	Granted with conditions	5 Feb 2025	0 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

11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
11 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.