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Observation pack · Meath County Council

Kellystown , Slane , Co. Meath

Outline Permission for a development to consist of a single dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area on green field site including all associated site works

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 21 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2661207 · full record
Authority
Meath County Council
Type
OUTLINE PERMISSION
Status
PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
1
Floor area
220 m²
Site area
3,650 m²
Received
29 Sept 2026
We first saw it
7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due
23 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/2661207/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2661207 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 3 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.
  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
P5
Rural and agricultural
RA - Rural Area: Rural AreaME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied3 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open
MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied—4 Oct 2026, 23:04open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
25107Conditional14 Oct 2025030 mthe development will consist of rebuilding of the existing cottage and a new single storey extension to the rear including widening of existing entrance, new waste water treatment system, landscaping and all ancillary works
2523Conditional1 Aug 20250383 mthe development will consist of the construction of new farm roadways (Internal roadways to Department of Agriculture spec S199) including gateways and all ancillary works
2511Conditional4 Jul 20250387 mthe erection of a new field entrance gate from the public road along with the reorganisation of existing recessed entrance to dwelling and farmyard, incorporating 3 no. separate entrances to farmyard, dwelling house and thirdly to adjacent agricultural paddock along with larger bellmouth area and all ancillary works
2460006Conditional22 Feb 20240140 mthe proposed development will consist of the replacement of existing packaged wastewater treatment system and soil polishing filter serving the existing dwelling house, to a new packaged wastewater treatment plant and raised Tertiary sand polishing filter and all associated site works
2360375Conditional18 Dec 20231228 mthe development will consist of a redesigned single storey dwelling and garage from that approved under application LB191338 along with a repositioned vehicular entrance to site and a repositioned wastewater treatment system and polishing filter. All other aspects of the development to remain as previously approved
211438Conditional14 Feb 20221121 mthe conversion of an existing house to agricultural use and the construction of a replacement storey and half house, waste water treatment unit and percolation area and new entrance onto the public road. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
  • 29 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.