Observation pack · Meath County Council

Kilskeer , Kells , Co. Meath

the development will consist of the following: 1) to construct new extensions to the side and rear of an existing single storied dwelling, 2) to demolish an existing rear extension, a detached domestic garage and store, 3) to carry out internal alterations to the existing dwelling to include new window opes to the gable, and new window fenestration to the front elevation, 4) to construct a detached domestic garage, 5) to close up and decommission an existing septic tank and soak pit and to install a new waste water treatment system and percolation area, 6) all ancillary site works

Observations close 13 Nov 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661248 · 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: 189 m²
Site area: 2,164 m²
Received: 9 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 3 Nov 2026, 23:01
Decision due: 3 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/2661248/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661248 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 13 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

Recorded monument × 1
Cross - Wayside cross

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660124	Conditional	27 Mar 2026	0	0 m	The development will consist of the following works; (a) construct an all-weather training pitch (25m x 50m). (b) erect 2.4m high perimeter wire fence with additional 3.6m high netting installed above wire fencing at either end, (6.0m high in total). (c) erect 4no. 15m high lighting columns with floodlighting to illuminate the training pitch, together with all associated site works.
269	Refused	3 Mar 2026	0	0 m	File Ref: 21556 - First floor extension
2560270	Conditional	12 May 2025	1	440 m	the development consists of permission for a change of house type from that previously granted under planning reference KA 20/1292 to a 2-no. bedroom dormer type dwelling. All other aspects of the proposed development are to remain as previously approved
22498	Conditional	7 Jun 2022	1	407 m	retention for (1) amendments and alterations to elevations and floor plans of existing two storey type house (2) amendments and alterations to elevations and floor plans of existing domestic garage (3) revised site boundary and site layout plan, all previously granted under reference no KA801671 and permission is sought to retain pump house/domestic storage and to complete all ancillary site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
9 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 3 Nov 2026, 23:01. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.