Observation pack · Meath County Council

Tobertynan , Rathmolyon , Co. Meath

Permission is being sought change of use of Old School House from Residential use (previously granted under planning reference 26/60604) to self-catering tourist accommodation. Gross floor area of works(112sqm.)

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: 2661374 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 3,078 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/2661374/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661374 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 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
2660604	Conditional	1 Oct 2026	1	0 m	Permission is being sought change of use of Old School House from Educational to Residential use. Gross floor area of works(112sqm.) Works will include minor internal alterations to the rear elevation and provision of 2 bedrooms and bathroom at first floor level, and all associated site works
2560997	Conditional	10 Nov 2025	1	0 m	permission is being sought to install new wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works
2560348	Conditional	27 May 2025		41 m	1. Planning Permission to build a one storey extension to the side and rear of the existing 1.5 storey detached house, 2. Retention Permission for a mobile home 3. decommission existing septic tank and percolation area and replace with an effluent treatment system and polishing filter and all associated siteworks
221169	Conditional	7 Dec 2022	2	38 m	a two storey type dwelling, detached domestic garage, septic tank and percolation area, new site entrance and all associated site works

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.