If you or your architect wants to speak to a planner before making a planning application you can request a pre-planning consultation.
How to Request a Pre-Planning Consultation
To request a pre-planning consultation, send the following documentation to us:
- Pre – planning consultation request (form provided below)
- Site location map as per OSI scaled 1:2500, with site outlined in red
- Your legal interest in the site. If you are not the owner a letter of consent from the owner of the lands is required
- Local Needs Form (provided below) is required if the pre-planning application is for a one-off rural dwelling All documentation must be emailed to planning@meathcoco.ie or submitted to our Planning Department, Buvinda House, Navan before a discussion can be arranged.
Pre-Planning consultations are generally held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in the month by telephone or online via MS Teams. A tailored, level-based approach is used with larger or more complex developments which may require a meeting at the Planning Offices.
A record in writing of consultations that relate to a proposed development is kept by the Planning Authority. This record will become part of a pre-planning file and will be incorporated into the full planning file, if an application is subsequently made.
An applicant proposing a development which:
(a) consists of or includes either or both residential development of more than 10 housing units or non-residential development of more than 1,000 square metres gross floor space or
(b) consists of or includes the development of student accommodation that includes 200 or more bed spaces,must seek a pre planning consultation with the Planning Authority.
Any advice given is based solely on information supplied during the pre-planning consultation. In accordance with Section 247(3) of the Planning and Development Act 2000-2023, the carrying out of pre planning consultations shall not prejudice the performance by a planning authority of any other of its functions under the Planning and Development Act 2000-2023, or any regulations made under the Act and cannot be relied upon in the formal planning process or in legal proceedings.