Observation pack · Meath County Council

Longwood , Co. Meath , Co. Meath

the development will consist of the conversion of existing yard into leisure area containing saunas, hot-tub, plunge pools, showers, changing areas, w.c. and all ancillary site works

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 6 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: 2661171 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 463 m²
Received: 18 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
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/2661171/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661171 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
M2 Major town centre	B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre: Commercial Town or Village Centre	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
M2 Major town centre	B1 - Commercial Town or Village Centre: Commercial Town or Village Centre	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

NIAH-recorded building × 5
Longwood Garda Síochána Station · P.J. Dargan · P.J. Dargan

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2660153	Conditional	8 Jun 2026	12 m	the development will consist of works to St. Fintina’s, a protected two-storey house (Ref. MH047-209 / NIAH 14331010) including works within its curtilage. The proposed development consists of the demolition of (A) a single-storey extension to an existing commercial building, (B) a two-storey outbuilding, and (C) associated garden walls; all to facilitate (D) the refurbishment and extension of St. Fintina’s, and (E) all associated site works
2660060	Conditional	10 Mar 2026	224 m	the development consists of the construction of single storey extensions to the rear and side of existing dwelling, including the retention of domestic shed at the rear of the site and all site works associated with the proposed development
25158	Conditional	10 Oct 2025	261 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION 212073 - an amendment to a previously approved planning application under Reg. Ref. No. TA190892. This will include a reduction in house numbers from 36 down to 35 and the development will now contain 6 no. 4 bed semi-detached and 1 no. 4 bed detached unit, 16 no. 3 bed semi-detached units, 8 no. 2 bed mid-terrace and 4 no. 4 bed end-terrace units, to revise site boundaries and site layout and any ancillary site works. It is also proposed to install a wastewater treatment system to be located on sites 1-6 as a temporary measure for the primary treatment of waste generated by the development
25128	Conditional	29 Aug 2025	261 m	EXTENSTION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION 212073 - The development will consist of an amendment to a previously approved planning application under Reg. Ref. No. TA190892. This will include a reduction in house numbers from 36 down to 35 and the development will now contain 6 no. 4 bed semi-detached and 1 no. 4 bed detached unit, 16 no. 3 bed semi-detached units, 8 no. 2 bed mid-terrace and 4 no. bed end-terrace units, to revise site boundaries and site layout and any ancillary site works. It is also proposed to install a wastewater treatment system to be located on sites 1-6 as a temporary measure for the primary treatment of waste generated by the development
2545	Conditional	25 Aug 2025	20 m	change of use from retail use to retail use with ancillary off Licence use, New signage to shop front and all site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application.
2460854	Conditional	17 Apr 2025	29 m	the development will consist of permission for a material change of use to convert unit 3 from a retail unit to a residential 3 bedroom dwelling house, a material change of use to convert unit 5 from a retail unit to a residential 1 bedroom ground floor apartment and all associated site works on this site
2460312	Conditional	6 Dec 2024	239 m	permission to increase our capacity by 17 children, accordingly to 2016 childcare regulation floor space requirements by child/age. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2460412	Conditional	29 Nov 2024	138 m	the development will consist of permission for a new 4 bedroom storey and a half type extension to the rear of the existing dwelling house and all associated site works on this site.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312332	—	Invalid	23 Dec 2021	239 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 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.