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UNIT 3 TRIM RETAIL PARK , NAVAN ROAD KILTOOM , TRIM CO MEATH

PERMISSION FOR THE CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF GROUND FLOOR UNIT (EXISTING HAIR SALON) TO PIZZA TAKE AWAY RESTAURANT WITH ASSOCIATED SIGNAGE, PERMISSION TO AMEND EXISTING DOUBLE FRONT DOOR WITH 2 No SINGLE DOORS TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE DEVELOPMENT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference
2661167 · 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
86 m²
Received
18 Sept 2026
We first saw it
30 Sept 2026, 23:22
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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661167/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661167 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 23 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
C2.1
Economic development and employment
E2 - General Enterprise and Employment: General Enterprise and EmploymentME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-20273 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
C2.1
Economic development and employment
E2 - General Enterprise and Employment: General Enterprise and EmploymentME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied3 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied—4 Oct 2026, 23:04open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2671Conditional8 Apr 20260393 mdevelopment consists of retention of a single storey domestic garage
2561097Conditional5 Dec 20250493 mdemolition of existing storage single storey store (13M²), construction of new single storey building with steel structure(111M²), clad in insulated panels to house a new stone cutting saw, associated water treatment system and ancillary services
25122Conditional25 Aug 2025093 mthe development will consist of the erection of a 21m monopole structure on concrete to support 12no. telecommunications antennae together with the installation of 4no. 0.6m dish, Remote Radio Units and associated fencing, cabling, compound area, ground based equipment cabinets and all associated site works
24383Conditional7 Aug 20250124 ma 10 year planning permission for development of a Solar PV Panel Array consisting of up to 10,000 no. Solar PV Panels (c.27,010m2) on ground mounted steel frames on a c. 6.76 hectare site, ESB Substation, Power Inverter Units, Underground Cable Ducts, Perimeter Security Fence, CCTV Masts, Solar Lighting and all associated works. Significant further information/revised Plans submitted on this application
2460921Conditional6 Aug 2025057 mthe development will consist proposed building for use as hardware / d.i.y store / garden centre. The development also includes the following (a) Bin store area. (b) Bicycle shelter, staff and customer parking to rear. (c) Pallet storage racks. (d) Outdoor mini-garden centre ancillary to main building, (e) 2.4m high Paladine fence to rear, (f) Signage. (g) P.v. solar panels on south facing roof. (h) Underground surface water attenuation tank, connection to all main services and all associated site work. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on the application.
24385Conditional14 Nov 20242180 mthe construction of a private 2-storey dwelling and domestic garage with connection to all existing services together with all ancillary site development works
231035Conditional8 Jan 20241343 mthe construction of a storey and a half detached house along with all associated, services, service connections, landscape and site development works
221332Refused11 Jul 20231363 mtwo, two bedroom, two storey and a half semi-detached houses along with all associated, services, service connections, landscape and site development works . Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
320446—Other18 Sept 2024204 m
312724—Granted with conditions7 Dec 2023492 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

  • 18 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 23 Oct 2026
  • 18 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.