Observation pack · Meath County Council

Clondoogan Summerhill , Co. Meath , Ireland

installation of a single-storey storage shed and associated landscape works within the site of a single-family dwelling

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 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: 2661141 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 134 m²
Site area: 1.44 ha
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 8 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/2661141/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661141 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 19 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	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
P5 Rural and agricultural	RA - Rural Area: Rural Area	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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2649	Conditional	24 Mar 2026	1	217 m	File Ref: TA202093 - the construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works
2560776	Refused	9 Mar 2026	0	139 m	Planning application for planning permission on previously approved site reg. ref. 21/1082 for the construction of a new 2 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works with change of applicant only from that previously approved under Reg. Ref. 21/1082 at Clondoogan, Summerhill, Co. Meath.
2460401	Refused	29 Jul 2024	0	347 m	The development consists of: (i) Permission to construct a detached domestic garage. (ii) Permission to construct a Shed for Storing Garden Equipment.
2360429	Conditional	16 Feb 2024	1	414 m	the development will consist of the addition of a two-storey extension to the rear and side of an existing detached residential dwelling, elevational changes, internal layout reconfiguration, new on-site wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site works.
2360075	Conditional	26 Jul 2023	1	385 m	This is a planning application for retention permission and for permission. (i) Retention permission for revised as constructed 2 storey replacement dwelling previously approved under Planning Register No. TA/803403 and permission to complete same, (ii) Retention permission for external and internal alterations to existing cottage and permission to repurpose same as home office and domestic store with bathroom facilities, (iii) Retention permission for detached log cabin dwelling with minor internal renovations and permission to use same as gym, garden equipment and potting, domestic store and bathroom facilities, (iv) Retention permission for front boundary walling and railings and permission to complete same. (v) Permission for new wastewater treatment system, percolation area, pumping station. new bored well, new vehicular access to replacement dwelling, off-street parking space for cottage and log cabin, landscaping and all associated site works
221554	Refused	2 Feb 2023	0	182 m	retention planning permission for an existing single storey family flat to the rear of an existing dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for (a) internal and external alterations to the existing structure being retained (b) the provision of a new single storey link connecting the existing family flat being retained with the existing dwelling and (c) the provision of a new septic tank and percolation area; and (D) all associated site works and landscaping
211082	Conditional	3 Feb 2022	1	182 m	the construction of a 2 storey detached dwelling including proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new entrance onto public road and all associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
21323	Conditional	23 Nov 2021	1	168 m	for an existing single storey family flat to the rear of an existing dwelling. Planning permission is also sought for the provision of a new single storey link to connect the existing family flat to be retained to the existing dwelling, all together with associated site works and landscaping. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
315943	—	Refused	7 Mar 2024	115 m
312228	—	Refused	17 May 2022	115 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

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 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.