Observation pack · Meath County Council

'Copper Beech' Dublin Road , Painestown Drogheda , Co. Meath

the development will consist of the following: 1. Proposed single storey extension and pergola to rear (north-east) of existing dwelling. 2. Internal alterations to existing dwelling. 3. Alterations to fenestrations of rear elevation along with demolition of existing bay window to north-east elevation of existing dwelling. 4. Proposed alterations to existing north-east elevation including revision to window opes & new bay window. 5. All associated site works

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 9 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: 2661273 · 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: 1,016 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
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/2661273/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661273 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
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
2561323	Refused	6 Feb 2026	1	486 m	The development consists of the following: 1. Retention of additional floor area to single story garden room as per previously granted planning reference no. 2460068, 2. Retention of variation to rear elevation at roof level as per previously granted planning reference no. 2460068, 3. Proposed new boundary treatments and landscape plan, 4. All associated site works
2560647	Conditional	4 Feb 2026	0	461 m	the development will consist of the following: 1. Retention of variation to granted permission (Ref. no: 22632) of extension to garden room. 2. Retention and completion of outdoor kitchen room and patio to rear of existing dwelling. 3. All associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2560792	Conditional	24 Oct 2025	0	313 m	The development consists of the following: 1. Alterations to side elevation of existing single-storey detached garden building along with minor internal alterations. 2. All associated site works.
2460855	Conditional	4 Dec 2024	0	67 m	the development will consist of the construction of a single storey detached double garage and all associated siteworks
2460068	Conditional	26 Mar 2024	0	486 m	the development will consist of the following: 1. Retention of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling. 2. Retention of stone cladding to front elevation of existing dwelling. 3. Proposed new single storey extension to side of existing dwelling. 4. Proposed new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling. 5. Proposed new single storey garden building to rear garden. 6. Proposed attic room with new dormer windows to rear of existing dwelling. 7. Internal alterations to existing dwelling. 8. All associated site works
2360151	Conditional	16 Nov 2023	1	67 m	The development consists of: 1. Retention of alterations to previously approved garage layout (Planning ref no. 21/1949) including the construction of new carport 2. Retention of alterations to previously approved roof form, fenestration and elevations (Planning ref no. 21/1949) 3. Retention and completion of proposed outbuilding consisting of sauna, steam room, spa and outdoor kitchen 4. Retention and completion of new porch 5. Retention and completion of works to west (front) boundary including the removal of existing leylandii hedge, alterations to existing wing walls and piers and the construction of new front boundary wall and fence 6. Retention and completion of alterations to previously approved landscape plan (Planning ref no. 21/1949) 7. All associated sitework. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2360291	Conditional	14 Nov 2023	1	313 m	The development consists of the following: 1. Retention of existing porch to front (south) of existing dwelling. 2. Retention & completion of existing single storey detached garden building and for the proposed use as a home office and gym. 3. Construction of proposed sunroom to side (west) of existing dwelling. 4. All associated site works.
2360071	Conditional	28 Aug 2023	1	160 m	The development consists of the construction of a new dwelling house, and a new waste water treatment plant and percolation area including all associated site works and new site entrance

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312725	—	Granted with conditions	9 Jun 2023	464 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 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.