Observation pack · Meath County Council
Clynch , Wilkinstown , Co. Meath
The development will consist of retention permission of new proprietary effluent treatment system & soil polishing filter area, & all ancillary site works
Observations close 11 Dec 2026 27 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2661366 · full record
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Site area
- 3,420 m²
- Received
- 6 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 9 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/2661366/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2661366at 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 11 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26130 | Refused | 4 Aug 2026 | 203 m | the development will consist of: (i) the construction of a new domestic wastewater treatment system, comprising a packaged Secondary Treatment Unit (BAF, certifified to EN 12566 Part 3, minmum 3.4 m2 primary capacity, 6 PE) and an associated soil polishing filter area of 60 m2 (six cells of 5 m x 2 m at 700 mm depth), to serve an existing dwelling on the site ( currently derelict and to be refurbished by the applicant); (ii) the disconnection of the existing foul drainage pipe between the said existing dwelling and the existing dwelling and the existing on-site septic tank serving the adjoining existing at this address (the existing on-site septic tank to be retained, unchanged, in service to the said adjoing existing dwelling, also in the ownship of the applicant); and (iii) all associated site development and ancillary works | |
| 2560844 | Conditional | 30 Sept 2025 | 1 | 402 m | the development will consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, wastewater treatment system with polishing filter, new entrance and all ancillary site works |
| 2461135 | Conditional | 20 Feb 2025 | 1 | 444 m | the proposed development will consist of a change of house type from the two-storey dwelling house previously approved under planning permission reference 23/60300 to a part two-storey, part single-storey dwelling house at Wilkinstown, Navan, County Meath. |
| 2360300 | Conditional | 13 Nov 2023 | 1 | 449 m | the proposed development will consist of the construction of a two-storey dwelling house, detached domestic garage, proprietary wastewater treatment system, new entry to public road and associated site works |
| 23700 | Conditional | 31 Aug 2023 | 147 m | the conversion of an existing shed to be converted into a dinning area and the construction of a story and a half extension to the side and rear of the existing dwelling, with a proposed secondary treatment system and soil polishing filter, and all associated site works and lanscaping | |
| 212255 | Conditional | 31 Jan 2022 | 1 | 232 m | retention & commissioning of a new Kingspan Klargester pumped biodisc sewage treatment plant with raised soil polishing filter bed which replaces original septic tank and soakaway along with any associated site works |
| 211618 | Conditional | 6 Jan 2022 | 1 | 54 m | a single storey dwelling, domestic garage, septic tank with percolation area, new domestic entrance and all ancillary site works. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application |
What has happened on this file
- 6 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 11 Dec 2026
- 6 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.