Observation pack · Meath County Council

Kilberry , Navan , Co. Meath

The development consists of retention permission of single storey domestic extensions to the side and rear of existing dwelling along with the retention of an infill front porch and attached single storey sheds to the rear of the existing dwelling. Permission is sought for the decommissioning of the existing septic tank and the upgrade to a proposed new septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works

Observations close 8 Dec 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661354 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 2,105 m²
Received: 3 Nov 2026
Decision due: 6 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/2661354/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661354 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 8 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2661145	Conditional	4 Nov 2026		412 m	The development it is proposed to retain consists of amendments to extension approved under planning ref. NA/70034 constructed to the rear of the existing dwelling house and natural stone-clad extension constructed to front of the existing dwelling house.
2561133	Conditional	15 Dec 2025		433 m	the development will consist of revisions to previously granted planning permission Ref; 211654 to include an additional single storey porch extension to the side of the existing dwelling along with all associated site works
2540	Conditional	27 Aug 2025	1	329 m	the construction of 9 no. dwellings, proprietary waste water treatment systems and percolation areas also Planning Permission for the provision of roads, footpaths and ancillary services to facilitate the development
221616	Refused	9 Feb 2023	1	395 m	the construction of 8 no. houses consisting of bungalows and storey and a half residences, proprietary waste water treatment systems and percolation areas inclusive of service road and ancillary services
221608	Refused	8 Feb 2023	1	477 m	the construction of two no. bungalows, proprietary waste water treatmenet systems and percolation areas inclusive of service road, public lighting and ancillary services
22887	Conditional	22 Aug 2022		261 m	the development will consist of (1) Construction of machinery storage shed to southern boundary of site, (2) Completion of all ancillary site works and associated structures together with retention of (a) boundary wall to western boundary of site, (b) revised site layout from that previously granted under planning reference KA190301
211654	Conditional	26 Jan 2022	1	452 m	renovations and alterations to the existing dwelling, the demolition of the existing front porch, the construction of a two storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, the upgrading of existing entrance gate, piers and front boundary walls, revisions to the site layout plan and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323727		Granted with conditions	3 Feb 2026	329 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

3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 Dec 2026
3 Nov 2026 Decision

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