Observation pack · Meath County Council

Proudstown , Tara , Co. Meath.

construction of a two storey residence, domestic garage, new entrance, proprietary waste water treatment system, machinery storage shed with hay and straw storage area and all ancillary site development works

Observations close 2 Nov 2026 31 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661202 · 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: 269 m²
Site area: 3,241 m²
Received: 28 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 22 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/2661202/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661202 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 2 Nov 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

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

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660105	Refused	24 Mar 2026	0	291 m	the development will consist of the use of this land for equestrian purposes, including the retention of an equine development comprising two stable buildings which, along with rugged animals outside, which have a capacity to accommodate up to 22 horses, along with a sand arena, horse walker, external lighting, the demolition of a detached building which is used as an farm office (and former unapproved dwelling), the retention of existing hardstanding and its use as a parking area, the closure of an existing entrance and associated driveway and the opening of a new vehicular access, which would be served by a new internal driveway, as well as a connection to the mains water system. The application also includes the retention of a third existing stable building and its conversion into a farmhouse containing a single floor level and providing two bedrooms, a combined kitchen / living area and ancillary corridor, utility and wardrobe accommodation, the installation of a secondary wastewater treatment facility with polishing filter, the provision of equine waste storage facilities, prior to transfer off-site by an approved waste contractor and all associated site works
2460897	Refused	17 Dec 2024	1	291 m	The development will consist of the retention of an equestrian development comprising three stable buildings, with a capacity to accommodate 18 horses (as well as rugged animals kept outside), sand arena, horse walker, external lighting, a detached building which was formerly used as an unapproved dwelling but which is now to be retained and used as a farm office, along with existing hardstanding for a parking area, an internal driveway, a revised entrance including an altered timber fence along the front boundary of the site and a connection to the mains water system. The application includes a new two-storey, detached farmhouse containing four bedrooms, a combined kitchen dining area and children’s den as well as ancillary storage, bathroom, utility and garage areas, the installation of a secondary wastewater treatment facility with polishing filter, the provision of equine waste facilities and all associated site works’
2431	Conditional	21 Mar 2024	1	263 m	a new single storey rear extension and reconfiguration of the internal layout of the existing dwelling and all associated siteworks
221017	Refused	27 Sept 2022	1	377 m	proposed construction of a bungalow type dwelling house, detached garage, boundary fence/wall, suitable onsite sewerage treatment system with percolation area & ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501179	—	Refused	21 Aug 2026	291 m
321724	—	Refused	21 May 2025	291 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

28 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 2 Nov 2026
28 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.