Observation pack · Meath County Council

Balgeeth , Ardcath , Co. Meath

the development will consist of single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling, modifications to existing elevations and internal plan layout, new domestic entrance and driveway. The development also includes the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and polishing filter, pedestrian entrance off existing farm entrance together with all associated site works

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 26 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2661329 · 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: 1,644 m²
Received: 28 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 3 Nov 2026, 23:01
Decision due: 22 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/2661329/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661329 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 2 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

Radon risk area × 2
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 2
Sheela-na-gig · R172109

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2561027	Conditional	19 Jan 2026	1	285 m	the development will consist of a redesigned and repositioned two-storey dwelling and associated garage, a repositioned vehicular entrance, a redefined site boundary and slightly repositioned wastewater treatment system and percolation area from that approved under application 212017. All other aspects of the development to remain as previously approved
2460029	Conditional	7 Mar 2024	0	173 m	side extension to dwelling house and all associated site works
22954	Refused	9 Sept 2022	0	26 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PLANNING PERMISSION AA170669 (SA120330) - New dairy facility, cubical shed, calf shed, over ground slurry store, grain bin & silage slab. The proposed development will take place within the curtilage of a protected structure
212017	Conditional	25 Feb 2022	1	335 m	the development will consist of; 1 No. two storey, four bedroom dwelling and adjacent garage with new access and associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316078	—	Granted with conditions	2 Sept 2024	0 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

28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
28 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.