Observation pack · Meath County Council
Veldonstown Brownstown , Navan , Co. Meath
The development being retained consists of (a) single storey porch to front of dwelling, (b) open leanto to side of existing dwelling, (c) free standing pergola with pitched roof in front garden. (d) domestic store shed to rear. The development also includes planning permission for 2 no. velux roof lights in front elevation of existing roof which will include modifications to the existing elevations together with all associated site works
Observations close 7 Dec 2026 25 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2661344 · full record
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Site area
- 90 m²
- Received
- 2 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 5 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/2661344/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661344at 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 7 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
- Radon risk area × 1About 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2561345 | Conditional | 12 Feb 2026 | 1 | 71 m | the development will consist of the replacement of the roof to the existing dormer dwelling with a new roof to form a storey and a half style dwelling, proposed single storey extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, along with alterations and renovations to the existing dwelling, decommissioning of the existing domestic septic tank system, and the installation of a replacement wastewater disposal system along with all associated site works and services |
| 2560593 | Conditional | 20 Oct 2025 | 74 | 140 m | The development will consist of revisions and alterations to the existing permitted residential scheme as granted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 22/451 & 24/60284. Permission is sought for amendments to the site layout and house types to provide for 74 no. residential dwellings in lieu of 64 no. of the granted dwellings as follows: 18 no. two storey 2 bedroom terraced dwellings, 22 no. two storey 3 bedroom semi-detached dwellings, 28 no. two storey 4 bedroom semi-detached dwellings and 6 no. 2 storey 4 bedroom detached dwellings, all with associated car parking. The road layout, infrastructure and public open spaces will remain unaltered as granted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 22/451 & 24/60284. The houses outside the application area will remain unaltered as granted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 22/451 & 24/60284. Permission is sought for the domestic boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site and engineering works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 247 | Conditional | 12 Sept 2024 | 315 m | (1) erection of a single storey storage unit (circa. 110m2), (2) new landscaping throughout the park, including extended walking path, planting, ball wall, multi-use court area with associated site works, (3) permission is sought for removal of condition No. 15 from parent permission (AA150591) to allow use of floodlighting until 10pm. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application | |
| 2460284 | Conditional | 5 Sept 2024 | 38 | 146 m | the proposed development is for a residential scheme of 38 no. two storey houses, and for permission for amendments to the permission granted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 22/451 to accommodate a temporary wastewater treatment plant, on an overall site of 3.83 ha at Veldonstown Road, Kentstown, County Meath. The proposed development comprises the construction of 38 no. residential dwellings comprising: 4 no. 2 Bedroom Houses, 30 no. 3 Bedroom Houses and 4 no. 4 Bedroom Houses; 0.64 ha of centrally located public open space; vehicular access from the Veldonstown Road (L10133); 80 no. car parking spaces; and all enabling and site development works, levels, landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting, water and utility services and connections, waste management and all ancillary development and works above and below ground. The proposed development also includes for amendments to the permission granted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 22/451 to accommodate a temporary wastewater treatment plant on the site of 3 no. permitted house units (Nos. 84, 85 and 86) to service the permitted and proposed development. The 3 no. permitted units under Reg. Ref. 22/451 will be constructed following decommissioning and removal of the proposed temporary wastewater treatment plant. The proposed development also includes for the amendment of site levels and finished floor levels permitted under Meath County Council Reg. Ref. 22/451 by up to a maximum of 2.05m to accommodate the servicing of the site by the temporary wastewater treatment plant. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
| 23198 | Refused | 6 Mar 2024 | 1 | 441 m | the construction of 4 no. houses consisting of 2 pair of 4 bed semi-detached houses in place of that previously granted planning permission for dormer residences under NA/802936. Significant Further Information/revised plans submitted on this application. |
| 2360296 | Conditional | 17 Nov 2023 | 127 m | EirGrid PLC, with the consent and approval of the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), intends to apply to Meath County Council for permission for works associated with the proposed uprate of the existing Louth – Woodland 220 kV overhead powerline (OHL) between the existing Louth 220 kV substation in the townland of Monavallet, County Louth and the existing Woodland 220 kV substation in the townland of Woodland, County Meath. The Louth – Woodland 220 kV OHL is approximately 61.5 km long and comprises 207 no. steel lattice tower structures. The existing circuit is located within the functional area of Louth County Council and Meath County Council. Approximately 38.5 km of the existing OHL circuit is located within the functional area of Meath County Council and approximately 23 km is within the functional area of Louth County Council. A separate planning application is being lodged with Louth County Council. The Proposed Development within the functional area of Meath County Council is located in the townlands of Cardrath, Broomfield, Balrenny, Higginstown (Slane Electoral Division), Coalpits, Mooretown (Slane Electoral Division), Cashel, Crewbane, Rossnaree, Fennor (Painestown Electoral Division), Newtown (Painestown Electoral Division), Rathdrinagh, Thurstianstown, Painestown (Painestown Electoral Division), Knockharley, Veldonstown, Kentstown, Danestown, Proudstown (Skreen Electoral Division), Macetown (Skreen Electoral Division), Painestown (Macetown Electoral Division), Frankstown, Riggins (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Reask (Kilbrew Electoral Division), Hallstown, Cabinhill, Flemingtown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Twentypark, Lagore Little, Brownstown (Ratoath Electoral Division), Bradystown, Curkeen, Commons (Ratoath Electoral Division), Gormanstown, Wilkinstown (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Powderlough, Raynestown, Derrockstown, Mill Land (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), Parsonstown, Rathregan, Portan (Dunshaughlin Electoral Division), and Woodland. Five (5) temporary construction compounds and associated access routes are located in the townlands of Knockmooney, Slane, Rath, Flemingstown and Tuiterath. The Proposed Development works within the functional area of County Meath will comprise: ? the replacement (“restringing”) of the existing overhead line circuit conductor with a new higher capacity conductor; ? the strengthening of up to 25 no. tower foundations; ? the replacement of hardware and fittings, such as insulators, insulator ha | |
| 23149 | Conditional | 12 Apr 2023 | 348 m | retention of the roof lights fitted to the front of my house | |
| 221203 | Conditional | 14 Feb 2023 | 316 m | erection of a single storey, modular, multi-functional community facility with associated site works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315695 | Granted with conditions | 30 Jan 2024 | 226 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
- 2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
- 2 Nov 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.