Observation pack · Meath County Council

Bellinter House Hotel , Bellinter Navan , Co. Meath

The development been retained consists of: (a) Revised overflow car park /service yard area layout. (b) Construction of a glass structure to the end of existing 2 bedroom detached unit (Old School House Building) (c) The timber cladding to 2 no. shipping containers used as laundry area. (d) Cladding of existing building ( St. Paul’s ) also known as Boyne Suite and the construction of 3 no balconies to the rear of the building. (e) Construction of uPVC Orangery to the rear of the existing function room. (f) Construction of glass structures to both the front and rear of the Spa Tea Rooms. (g) Free Standing Sauna and Hot Tub with decked area to the rear of the spa building. (h) Recessed hot tub complete with screen fence and rail in rear garden of spa building. (i) 3 no. Relaxation Pods in rear garden of spa building. (j) Renovations to existing swimming pool which include its reduction in size and construction of a balcony area to include an ice tub together with 2 no. free standing sauna units. (k) Detached Carriage Suite Pod with balcony area and hot tub adjacent to entrance road. (l) Detached boat bar and lounge with side balcony / entrance. The development also includes retention and completion of (m) Detached unit known as “The Railway Station “ comprising 4 no. en suite bedrooms with connections to existing services on site together with all associated site works

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 16 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661168 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 4.81 ha
Received: 18 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 12 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/2661168/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661168 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 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.
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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Bellinter House

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

No decided applications within 500 m in the last 5 years.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.