Observation pack · Meath County Council

Killaskillen , Kinnegad , Co. Meath

The development will consist of deepening of the southern area of the existing limestone quarry area (as permitted by Meath Co. Council under planning permission ref. TA900603) by two extractive benches from 70mOD to 40mOD over a planning application area of c. 34.1 hectares. The proposed development will not result in any increase to the annual output of the existing limestone quarry or to the production capacity of the existing cement plant. The proposed development will be served by the existing on-site haul road from the existing vehicular access point on the L8021 road. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application. The application site form spart of EPAIndustrial Emissions (IE) Licence Ref. P0487-07 for Breedon Cement IrelandLtd

Observations close 4 Dec 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661340 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 33.94 ha
Received: 30 Oct 2026
Decision due: 2 Jan 2027

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/2661340/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661340 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 4 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

Recorded monument × 1
Hearth

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2561103	Conditional	5 Dec 2025	0 m	EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply for permission for works to uprate the existing Rinawade – Dunfirth Tee – Kinnegad 110kV overhead line (OHL). Within County Meath, the proposed development will take place within the following townlands: JARRETSTOWN, WALTERSTOWN, MOOR OF MEATH, RATHLEEK, GRANGE, BOGGANSTOWN, CAPPAGHCREEN, BROWNSTOWN, SALESTOWN, AFFOLLUS, KILGRAIGUE, HARRISTOWN, PORTERSTOWN, KILCLONE, KIMMINS, BARROCKSTOWN, BALLYMAGILLIN, MULHUSSEY, FERRESTOWN, RODANSTOWN, BATTERSTOWN, DOLANSTOWN, CALGATH, BALFEAGHAN, KILGLIN, FERRANS, CASTLEJORDAN, GORTNAHORNA, KILLASKILLEN, CLONGALL, KNOCKERSALLY OR COLEHILL. The Rinawade - Dunfirth Tee - Kinnegad 110 kV OHL circuit runs through County Meath, County Kildare and County Offaly. It is 54 km in length and travels from Kinnegad 110 kV substation in Killaskillen (County Meath) and traverses southeast where a short loop into Dunfirth 110 kV substation in Dunfirth (County Kildare) exists. The line then continues southeast where it terminates at Rinawade 110kV substation in Rinawade Lower (County Kildare). The OHL has a total of 249no. supporting structures. Within the functional area of Meath County Council, there is 23.16 km of the existing OHL circuit, with 107 no. structures. Within the functional area of Kildare County Council there is 30.66 km, with 140 no. structures, and within the functional area of Offaly County Council there is 0.42 km, with 2 no. structures. Separate planning applications will be lodged with Kildare County Council and Offaly County Council. The proposed development within Co. Meath will comprise: • the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing OHL circuit conductor wires with a new higher capacity conductor between structure numbers 1 - 37, 185 - 214, and 218 - 223; • the replacement of angle mast in-situ at 1no. location, with a new angle mast; • the strengthening of tower foundations at 3no. locations; • the strengthening of towers (i.e., member replacement) at 5no. locations; • the painting of towers at 7no. locations; • shear block remedial works of towers at 1no. locations; • the replacement of polesets at 38no. locations, with similar structures. There will be no change in height at 12no. poleset replacements. There will be height increases between 0.1m and 2.0m at 26no. poleset replacements. • the replumbing of polesets at 11no. locations; • the replacement of insulating and ancillary hardware at
2460907	Conditional	18 Dec 2024	342 m	retention permission is sought to retain the existing extension to the rear northwest elevation (40.3 sqm). It consists of a kitchen/ dining area, bathroom and all associated site work at this site
2360186	Conditional	19 Sept 2023	187 m	the development will consist of; (1) Construction of a proposed overground cast in situ firewater retention tank, with a maximum height above ground level of 4 m, a tank floor area of 750 m an approximate volume of 3,000 m3, and (2) all ancillary site development works
2360152	Conditional	1 Sept 2023	87 m	the development will consist of; (1) Construction of a proposed portal frame shed to accommodate storage of bagged cement, with a gross floor area (GFA) of approximately 1,200 sq. m., and with a maximum height above ground level of 10.64 metres; (2) Construction of 4 no. proposed cement storage silos, with each silo measuring approximately 7.17 metres diameter and a maximum height above ground level of approximately 27.82 metres, and (3) all ancillary site development works
221184	Conditional	1 Nov 2022	261 m	the development will consist of the deepening of the north-western portion of the existing limestone quarry extraction area (as permitted by Meath County Council Planning Register Ref: TA900603) by four extractive benches to 10m OD, over an area of c. 4.13 hectares. The proposed development will not result in any increase to the annual output of the existing limestone quarry or to the production capacity of the existing cement plant. The proposed development will be served by the existing on-site haul road from the existing vehicular access point on the L8021. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of this planning application. The application site forms part of EPA Industrial Emissions (IE) Licence Ref: P0487-07 for Breedon Cement Ireland Ltd.

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319254	pending	11 Mar 2024	238 m
319010	Granted	26 Feb 2024	238 m
315215	Refused	15 Dec 2022	238 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

30 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 4 Dec 2026
30 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.