Observation pack · Meath County Council

Curraghwalls , Stamullen , Co. Meath

(1) Construction of an agricultural storage shed to incorporate bulk grain, straw and machinery storage areas, (2) Form new site entrance onto the public road to comprise of entrance piers, fencing and lay-by area together with access laneway to farmyard and (3) Completion of all ancillary site works and associated structures to include site drainage and surface water attenuation measures

Observations close 14 Dec 2026 29 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2661375 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Site area: 2.36 ha
Received: 9 Nov 2026
Decision due: 12 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/2661375/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661375 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 14 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 × 3
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels · About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2461050	Conditional	23 Jul 2025	0 m	the proposed development will consist of the refurbishment of the existing single storey cottage and the construction of a new single storey rear attached extension (c. 278.5 sq.m GFA), construction of a new detached single storey double bay garage (c. 100 sq.m GFA), provision of surface car-parking spaces and all related ancillary landscaping, services and site development works to facilitate the development. It is proposed to install a proprietary waste water treatment system and tertiary filter system complete with a constructed integration filter bed and all associated groundworks. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2360437	Conditional	22 Mar 2024	448 m	a) demolish existing detatched domestic garage, b) construct a single storey one-bedroom self-contained apartment, with domestic store to rear c) install proprietary sewage treatment system and percolation area, d) together with all associated siteworks (to be used in conjunction with the existing disability service operating on the site)

What has happened on this file

9 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 14 Dec 2026
9 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.