Observation pack · Meath County Council

Pottlebane , Carnaross , Co. Meath

the development will consist of permission to construct a two-storey side extension and single storey front extension with alterations to existing dwelling with WWTP, percolation area and all associated site works

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 22 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661240 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 6,104 m²
Received: 8 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 2 Dec 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/2661240/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661240 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 12 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	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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
221507	Conditional	16 Jan 2023	1	145 m	development will consist of the following (1) To construct a part single, part two storied type dwelling house and a detached domestic garage (2) To close up an existing entrance to the site and to modify and existing entrance to form a combined entrance to serve the proposed development and also an adjacent site and development which is the subject of a seperate planning application (3) To install a proprietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) and all ancillary site development works
221506	Conditional	16 Jan 2023	1	187 m	development will consist of the following (1) To construct a part single storied, part one and a half storied type dwelling house (2) To convert an existing derelict vernacular type dwelling on the site for use as a home office, gym and domestic garage. This will include additional door opes and revision to an exisitng one (3) To close up 2 no. existing entrances to the site and to modify an existing entrance to form a combined entrance to serve the proposed development and also an adjacent site and development which is the subject of a seperate planning application (4) To install a properietary waste water treatment unit and percolation area (5) and all ancillary site development works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
8 Oct 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.