Observation pack · Meath County Council

Crossdrum Upper , Oldcastle , Co. Meath

I, Dermot Monaghan – Chairperson of Oldcastle GFC, intend to apply for permission for development at this site: Crossdrum Upper, Oldcastle Co. Meath. The development consists of a (1) proposed new all weather astro turf pitch and ball wall with associated perimeter fence and netting. (2) all ancillary and facilitating site works

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2661147 · 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: 1.68 ha
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
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/2661147/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661147 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	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

Recorded monument × 3
Ringfort - rath · Souterrain · R167214

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
24253	Conditional	12 Jul 2024	0 m	the development shall consist of provision of floodlighting columns and lighting units to existing playing surface and track area
212377	Conditional	22 Sept 2022	235 m	the development will consist of (1) the construction of a new single storey flat roof rear extension to the existing single storey dwelling. The rear extension also part projects to the side of he existing dwelling (2) alterations to the existing dwelling (3) decommission existing septic tank and install a new wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter and (4) all necessary ancillary site development works to facilitate this development. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this Application.
21360	Conditional	1 Feb 2022	73 m	(1) Two storey extension with single storey link connection to the side of existing club house (2) upgrading of existing wastewater system (3) and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
212049	Conditional	14 Dec 2021	415 m	retention planning permission for 6 No. existing silos and all associated works. The development has taken place within the curtilage of a protected structures

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.