Observation pack · Meath County Council

Steppingstone , Harristown Kilcloon , Co. Meath

Continued use of existing School with ancillary Christian Cultural and Community Centre use & associated internal alterations. (Previous Planning Ref: Nos. 24/60827 and 26/60669)

Observations close 27 Nov 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661308 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 532 m²
Received: 23 Oct 2026
Decision due: 17 Dec 2026

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/2661308/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661308 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 27 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 within 100 m

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
2660175	Conditional	29 Sept 2026		132 m	the development consists of the retention of a recently upgraded agricultural entrance, animal holding pen/ crush and all associated site works. Significant Further Information/Revised plans submitted on this application.
2660669	Refused	28 Jul 2026		0 m	change of use from School to Church for religious services & School , minor internal and external alterations and all associated works. (Previous Planning ref no. 24/60827)
2660342	Conditional	20 May 2026	1	347 m	the development will consist of a new two storey dwelling and garden shed, connection to all mains services & all associated site works
2561102	Conditional	3 Dec 2025		190 m	the development will consist of demolitions, single storey extensions to the side and rear of the dwelling including an attached domestic garage, internal alterations and the addition of dormer windows to the first floor, along with all associated site development works
2560503	Conditional	9 Jul 2025	1	339 m	the construction of (A) a new two-storey dwelling; (B) associated detached garden shed; (C) a new connection to existing mains services; and (D) all associated site development works
2578	Conditional	24 Jun 2025	1	251 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION REF NO: RA190810 - 1. Construction of a single storey community centre incorporating an assembly hall, changing facilities, meeting rooms, youth room, entrance area, toilets, car-parking and all ancillary site development works. 2. Outline Permission for the construction of 13 single dwellings. 3. Construction of internal access road and associated services.
2560172	Conditional	16 Apr 2025	1	258 m	the construction of a new two storey dwelling, connection to all mains services and all associated site works
2460827	Conditional	4 Apr 2025		20 m	construction of a new entrance serve the site off the L2214. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

What has happened on this file

23 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 27 Nov 2026
23 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.