Observation pack · Meath County Council

Painestown , Castletown , Navan Co. Meath

The development will consist of changing a portion of existing flat roof to pitched roof, revising height of rear existing flat roof by raising walls at rear to consistent height, revised windows and doors, and all associated site works

Observations close 1 Dec 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 27 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2661321 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Site area: 972 m²
Received: 27 Oct 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/2661321/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661321 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 1 Dec 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

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Saint Patrick's Catholic Church

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561309	Conditional	27 Jan 2026	1	37 m	the development will consist of the demolition of existing dwelling, construction of a replacement single storey dwelling with detached domestic outhouse, Provision of new domestic entrance with connection to all on site services including all associated site works.
2561138	Conditional	3 Dec 2025	1	251 m	the development for Retention consists of a detached domestic garage with ancillary storage area, and all ancillary site works
2560976	Conditional	3 Dec 2025	1	0 m	the development consists of the construction of a two storey dwelling, new domestic entrance, connection to existing public services, including all associated site works
2560828	Conditional	14 Nov 2025		397 m	the works will comprise a new designated bus set-down area and a new staff car park of 17nr. spaces and 2nr. accessible spaces to the front of the school grounds (West). All associated site work, demolition and excavations included. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
25169	Conditional	23 Oct 2025	2	379 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION KA200672 - Construction of a storey & a half style dwelling with detached domestic garage, install a Septic tank & Percolation area and form new entrance from public road
2560240	Conditional	10 Oct 2025	1	0 m	the development will consist of the retention of 1. Single storey extensions to front, side and rear of dwelling. 2. Domestic shed to rear and all ancillary site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2560758	Conditional	9 Sept 2025		381 m	retention permission for change of house type and retention of revised site layout from that previously granted under 99/174 development and permission to upgrade existing septic and percolation area with new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works
2460520	Refused	16 Jan 2025		0 m	The development will consist of the retention of 1.Single storey extensions to front, side and rear of dwelling 2.Domestic shed to rear and all ancillary site works

What has happened on this file

27 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 1 Dec 2026
27 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.