Observation pack · Meath County Council

Towlaght , Clonard , Co. Meath

the development will consist of full planning permission for sites nos. 1, 2 & 3 previously granted outline permission under planning reference no. 22/1139 and subsequent planning permission reference no. 26/60232 comprising of 3 no. two storey dwellings with 3 no. detached domestic garages, proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter for each dwelling, new shared entrance onto L4018 for site nos. 1 and 2 with new entrance onto R148 for site no 3 together with all associated site works

Observations close 9 Nov 2026 17 days left

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

The application

Reference: 2661229 · 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: 522 m²
Site area: 6,179 m²
Received: 5 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 29 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/2661229/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661229 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 9 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
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
P5 Rural and agricultural	RA - Rural Area: Rural Area	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
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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660232	Conditional	16 Apr 2026	1	0 m	The development will consist of removal of condition no 4 pertaining to Planning Ref. No. 22/1139, schedule of conditions ( Schedule 2 ) relating to local need criteria / intrinsic links to the rural locality.
2460655	Conditional	24 Jul 2025	0	137 m	construct a single storey two-bedroom self-contained apartment, together with all associated siteworks (to be used in conjunction with the existing disability service operating on the site)
2460654	Conditional	24 Jul 2025	0	90 m	construct a single story two bedroom self contained apartment, together with all associated siteworks (to be used in conjunction with the existing disability service operating on the site)
2560067	Conditional	7 Jul 2025	0	325 m	the development consists of construction of a new farm entrance from public road, R148, at Mulphedder, Clonard, Co. Meath. The farm gate will be 4.2m wide and will have post and rail fencing on either side of the entrance
2460916	Conditional	19 Dec 2024	0	277 m	planning permission to retain my existing detached garage to include a playroom, w.c. and store room with all ancillary site works
2360266	Conditional	15 May 2024	0	278 m	the development will consist of the construction of a new community sports facilities building and associated site works. The new building will consist of a two-storey structure comprising changing rooms, showers, WCs, store-rooms, meeting-room, kitchen and sports hall. The new building was previously approved planning permission - Planning Ref. No. TA150399. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2360481	Conditional	16 Feb 2024	1	113 m	permission to retain & complete the existing dwelling house, as constructed on site, from that previously granted under planning permission, planning ref no. TA180820. The amendments for retention include the following: 1. The increase the height of the granted roof ridge for habitable rooms, by 730mm, from 6.6m to 7.33m. 2. Changes to the dormer style windows to storey & half style windows to the front (south). 3. Increase the first floor area from 45.1sq m to 79.1 sq m, by raising the roof and extending over the kitchen area to the rear (north). 4. New window to rear (north) elevation at first floor level. 5. Changes to the existing flat roof to a parapet roof, at the rear (north) 6. Removal of the existing chimney to the rear (north) of the dwelling and all associated site works at the above address. Permission is sought to complete all internal works to the build and all associated site works at the above address.
2360185	Conditional	18 Sept 2023	0	29 m	the development will consist of retention planning permission of constructed side single storey extension, rear single storey extension and ancillary site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
5 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.