Observation pack · Meath County Council

Newcastle , Moynalty , Kells County Meath

the development will consist of an application to construct extensions to the existing dwelling being a porch to the front elevation (east facing) bathroom extensions to the rear (west facing) and a carport at the front of the site (east facing) together with all other ancillary works

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 23 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: 2661330 · 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: 2,558 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/2661330/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661330 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2460252	Refused	3 Sept 2024	82 m	the proposed development will consist of; Construct a machinery storage shed in existing yard together with all associated site works.
22161	Conditional	20 Dec 2022	329 m	an amendment to Condition 10 of MCC Ref. KA/180450 which currently limits the operating hours of an existing warehousing and light industrial unit to 07.00 - 19.00 Monday to Saturday, excluding bank holidays. Planning permission is sought to amend these hours as follows: The hours of operation of the light industrial and warehousing activities within the unit shall be on a 24 hour basis, starting 07.00 on Monday and finishing 19.00 on Saturday. Deliveries and collections from the unit shall be restricted to 07.00 to 19.00 Monday to Saturday. No operations are permitted outside of these hours or on Sundays or Bank Holidays. No internal or external amendments are proposed to the subject warehousing and light industrial unit. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
22508	Conditional	7 Jun 2022	110 m	to retain existing slatted effluent tank and for permission to construct a new shed over the slatted tank to include a cattle holding area, a slatted are and concrete feed passage together with all associated site development works on site off Cul-De-Sac

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
313822	—	Refused	12 Sept 2023	103 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.