Observation pack · Meath County Council

Murray's View , Donore , Drogheda Co. Meath

the development will consist of: Alterations to previously approved dwelling house, granted under planning permission register reference number 23/60314, and all associated site development works

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661259 · 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: 232 m²
Site area: 845 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 7 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/2661259/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661259 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 17 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
R2 Existing residential	A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential	meath county development plan 2021 2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
R2 Existing residential	A1 - Existing Residential: Existing Residential	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

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
2660313	Conditional	11 May 2026	0	382 m	the development consists of the change of use from domestic dwelling to a short stay holiday home, including a new connection to the existing foul draining network and all associated site works
2561034	Conditional	22 Apr 2026	0	445 m	the development will consist of the following: 1) Erection of a single-storey domestic garage and 2) all associated and ancillary site works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application
2614	Unconditional	24 Feb 2026	1	58 m	File Ref: 22274 & 2460673 - the development will consist of 1) Alterations and addition to previously approved dwelling house, 2) Revised site boundaries from that previously granted under planning permission register reference number 22/274 and all associated site development works
2460673	Conditional	15 Oct 2024	1	58 m	the development will consist of 1) Alterations and addition to previously approved dwelling house, 2) Revised site boundaries from that previously granted under planning permission register reference number 22/274 and all associated site development works
2360314	Conditional	23 Nov 2023	1	0 m	The development will consist of 1) Construction of 1no. single-storey detached dwelling house. 2) 1no. single-storey detached domestic garage. 3) Formation of new site entrance to service proposed dwelling house, and all associated site development works.
2360285	Conditional	10 Nov 2023	1	8 m	The development will consist of a) Construction of 1no. single storey detached dwelling house to the side garden of existing dwelling house, b) formation of new site entrance to service proposed dwelling house, and all associated site development works.
2360196	Conditional	22 Sept 2023	1	27 m	the development will consist of the construction, within the side garden of an existing house, of 1 no. 2-storey, 4-bedroom detached dwelling with in-curtilage car parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, utilisation of existing vehicular access to Staleen Road to form a shared access serving the existing and proposed dwelling along with all associated site development, drainage and engineering works necessary to facilitate the proposed development
23395	Conditional	6 Jun 2023	1	206 m	retention permission for the conversion of a detached domestic outhouse to residential accommodation and retention and completion of the construction of a shed and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
318610	—	Granted with conditions	21 Jun 2024	8 m
317420	—	Granted with conditions	25 Oct 2023	207 m
317019	—	Other	30 Aug 2023	246 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

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.