Observation pack · Meath County Council

Paddingstown , Clonee , Co. Meath

The proposed development will consist of the demolition and clearance of the existing agri-retail building (c.651 sqm gross floor area) known as “Drummonds Country Store” to facilitate the construction of a new building along the western boundary that will accommodate a new agri-retail building incorporating ancillary offices and amenities at ground floor level as well as a first-floor mezzanine that accommodates additional ancillary office space and a meeting room (c.1,170 sqm gross floor area). The proposed building features a mono-pitch roof. Elevational signage to the south-east (front) and north-east (side) elevations is also proposed. The development also provides for a new single-storey stand-alone canteen (21sqm) to the north-east (rear) of the existing store building and the change of use of the existing weighbridge office (c.25sqm) to use as site storage. An additional 29no surface car parking spaces are also proposed on the site alongside the reconfiguration of the layout of the existing 30no car parking spaces (59no car parking spaces total). It is proposed to install a new static water tank, approximately 3.5 metres high, and also relocate 6no existing LPG tanks to the north-west (rear) of the new building. Access to the development will be via the existing permitted and established access to the site from the Kilbride Road (L1010). It is proposed replace the existing vehicular access gates with new vehicular access gates at the existing site entrance to match the existing boundary fence. All existing boundaries, including natural boundaries comprising mature trees and hedgerow along the western and northern boundaries are to be retained. The proposed development also provides for bicycle parking, external site lighting and EV charging points along with all associated landscaping and site development works.

Observations close 21 Oct 2026 28 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661153 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 1.98 ha
Received: 16 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 10 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/2661153/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661153 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 21 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660849	Conditional	1 Sept 2026	0 m	the development will consist of the following; Amendments to the extension of the existing dwelling, previously granted permission under permission reference number 2460903 which will include 2 storey extensions to existing single storey dwelling to front, side and rear and all associated site development works
2660290	Conditional	6 May 2026	216 m	the development consists of Permission for Retention of 2 X extensions to the side and rear of existing dwelling house with external alterations to all elevations and amended internal alterations and permission to construct a detached domestic garage to the side of the existing dwelling house and all associated site development works
2587	Conditional	27 Feb 2026	493 m	the proposed development consists of a logistics, warehouse and/or light industrial development comprising of 5 no. buildings with overall gross floor area of approximately 50,473 sq.m, as follows: • 3 no. Warehouse/ Logistics/ Light Industrial Units (units A04, A05 and A06), with a combined gross floor area of approximately 39,365 sq.m located to the north of the proposed central (east-west) access road. Each building has a gross floor area of 13,121.8 sq.m, comprising of 12,220 sq.m of Warehouse/ Logistics/ Light Industrial floorspace at ground floor level together with ancillary office floorspace (109 sq.m); ancillary canteen (42 sq.m); associated reception (33 sq.m) and associated staff welfare facilities; toilets; changing rooms; and plant and storage rooms at ground floor level. At first floor level provision is made for a further 163 sq.m ancillary office floorspace and canteen (173 sq.m) together with staff welfare facilities and toilets. The proposed buildings have a maximum building height of approximately 16.8m above ground level. Each of the three units will include 845 sq.m of solar panels fixed to a portion of the building roof. The buildings are set back from the northern edge of the access road to provide for landscaped forecourt parking areas to the front of each unit that are accessed of the proposed internal distributor road to provide ancillary car parking (47 no. spaces (including 2 no. disabled spaces) to serve Unit A04; 45 no. spaces (including 2 no. disabled spaces) to serve Unit A05; and 41 no. spaces (including 2 no. disabled spaces) to serve Unit A06), and set down areas to the front of each building, respectively, together with covered bicycle storerooms (each providing 6 no. spaces) and an ESB sub-station (21.1 sq.m) for each building. A separate service access road is provided off the central (east-west) access road leading to the rear of each building from where it will be serviced. Provision is made for HGV parking and loading facilities together with circulation space within the service yards that are enclosed / fenced with 1.8m high palisade fencing, with an automatically opening gate to provide access. …….
2560743	Conditional	13 Feb 2026	473 m	the development will consist of: 1. Modifications to the existing dwelling, including the construction of a new single-storey extension to the side and rear of the house; 2. Removal of the existing rear block-built garden shed and relocation of the existing steel-framed garden shed to the rear of the site; 3. Along with all associated and ancillary site development works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application
25152	Conditional	6 Oct 2025	293 m	the development will consist of 2 no. new external backlit signs at high level to be mounted on the West and South elevation of the existing warehouse building. An additional 2 no. directional signs at ground level to be installed to indicate vehicular routes
2560048	Conditional	24 Jun 2025	118 m	the development consists of permission to construct an infill extension between existing dwelling house and garage, permission to construct 2 x new windows to replace 2 x garage doors, retention of change of use of garage to residential, retention of 1.8m high boundary wall to side and rear of site, retention of relocated entrance, retention of garden shed and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2460903	Conditional	13 Mar 2025	0 m	the development consists of and will consist of the following; Retention Permission: 1. Retention of a flat roofed extension to rear of existing house. 2. Retention of changes to windows on front & rear elevations. Planning Permission: 1. Planning for proposed extensions to front & side of existing dwelling to include living accommodation on first floor level section of house. 2. Planning for proposed new roof over section of existing dwelling. 3. Planning for installation of roof windows and dormer window to front and rear of dwelling. 4. Planning for upgrading and installation of new effluent treatment system and percolation area. 5. All associated site development works
2460559	Conditional	8 Nov 2024	0 m	the development will consist of (i) an extension of 680 square metres to an existing grain store (ii) an aeration system incorporating two external ground mounted fans which will be acoustically enclosed (iii) extension to the existing concrete yard area (iv) all associated site development works, landscaping and boundary treatments. The existing grain store to be extended currently extends to 2,300 square metres and the proposed extension building will be similar in height and finishes to the existing grain store at this site. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321132	—	Invalid	24 Oct 2024	11 m
319478	—	Withdrawn	27 Sept 2024	0 m
314232	Railway Order Application	Other	18 Jul 2024	448 m
314515	—	Refused	2 Nov 2023	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

16 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 21 Oct 2026
16 Sept 2026 Decision

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