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Observation pack · Meath County Council

Kingstown And Carnuff Great , Navan , Co. Meath

the development will consist of construction of a single storey dwelling and to install a proprietary sewage treatment system. To decommission existing adjoining house septic tank and to replace with a proprietary sewage treatment system and to form new entrance from Public Road with associated site works.

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 26 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2661195 · full record
Authority
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
1
Floor area
150 m²
Site area
5,635 m²
Received
25 Sept 2026
We first saw it
29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due
19 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661195/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661195 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 30 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
P5
Rural and agricultural
RA - Rural Area: Rural AreaME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-20273 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 ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660085Conditional13 Mar 20261305 mthe development will consist of construction of a two storey style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a proprietary sewage treatment system and form new entrance from public road
2560071Conditional13 Mar 20251489 mthe development will consist of construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a septic tank with percolation area and form new entrance from public road
24348Conditional10 Oct 20240311 mretention of revised site boundary and revised location of waste water treatment system. The revised site boundary and waste treatment system is as constructed on site and is a revision to that previously granted under planning reference (AA190559)
24262Refused6 Aug 20240477 mpermission for retention of existing garage, ancillary to the existing dwelling, consisting of home gym, home office, playroom with ground floor and attic storage and all associated site development works
23784Conditional28 Sept 20230301 mretention permission for existing sunroom to side of existing dwelling with internal modifications and associated site works
211397Conditional27 Jul 20221308 ma proposed bungalow, waste water treatment system and percolation area, connection to existing mains water supply, entrance onto public roadway and all ancillaries. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
211398Conditional27 Jul 20221135 ma proposed storey and a half style dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and percolation area, connection to existing mains water supply, entrance onto public roadway and all ancillaries. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
22313Conditional4 May 20221257 mdevelopment will consist of construction of a storey and a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a Proprietary Sewage Treatment System and form new entrance to public road

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
312781—Refused30 Nov 2023392 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

  • 25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
  • 25 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.