Observation pack · Meath County Council

Greenanstown , Stamullen , Co. Meath

A dwelling, detached ancillary outbuilding, waste water treatment system, vehicular entrance & all associated site works

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661192 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 393 m²
Site area: 5,630 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 18 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/2661192/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661192 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 29 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	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
P5 Rural and agricultural	RA - Rural Area: Rural Area	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

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 2
Stone circle · R172171

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561109	Conditional	9 Dec 2025	1	5 m	the development will consists of; (1) Retention permission sought for the additional floor area and eaves level at the existing house, previously approved under Meath County Council ref. no. 2193. (2) Permission for alterations comprising a reduction in the roof height, the removal of both front bay windows, and the stepping back of the rear patio roof overhang. (3) Demolition of the existing garage structure and the construction of new garage further back at the rear of the existing house, to include all associated site works
2460773	Refused	6 Nov 2024	1	5 m	Retention of additional ground floor area, retention of higher ridge and eaves level and retention of revised garage from that granted under planning Reg. Ref. 2193. Retention of lowered main roof ridge level from that shown in Reg. Ref. 22797. Permission for the demolition of canopy structure to rear and for demolition of the two projecting bays at front elevation with associated site works.
2460364	Refused	5 Jul 2024	0	5 m	retention of additional ground floor area, retention of higher ridge and eaves level, retention of the hipped roof feature & revised garage from that granted under planning Reg. Ref. 2193. Retention of lowered main roof ridge level from that shown in Reg. Ref. 22797
2360495	Refused	20 Feb 2024	0	368 m	retention for minor addition to ground floor area to rear, increased ridge height and partial amendment to fenestration from that granted under planning Reg. Ref. AA/201523
23484	Conditional	27 Jul 2023	1	376 m	to erect a combined garage-shed. The development will consist of a prefabricated steel building for the purpose of acting as a combined garage and shed for outside storage
221325	Conditional	6 Jul 2023	1	281 m	retention on the reverse slope of cottage 1 no. balcony and 2 no. dormers & on the reverse slope of the double garage 2 no. dormers, in addition, 1 no. 4 stall stable block. Significant Further Information / Revised plans submitted on this application.
2369	Conditional	21 Mar 2023	0	376 m	a detached building with floor space for the purposes of non-commercial art project work, study and storage
221148	Refused	24 Oct 2022	1	0 m	a single storey dwelling, waste water treatment system, vehicular entrance & all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
317849	—	Granted with conditions	30 Apr 2024	376 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 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.