Meath County Council grants permission for 914-home scheme at Lands to the north, Co. Meath

In context

It is one of 104 housing scheme applications Meath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 19 September 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Meath County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

LARGE SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT : Rockture 1 Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development consisting of modifications to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permitted under ABP Ref.: 303433-19, as amended by ABP Ref. 307946-20, and Meath County Council Reg. Ref.: 22/1594, which is currently under construction, on lands to the north of the R147 / Dublin Road, Dunshaughlin, County Meath. The proposed development relates to modifications to 232 no. permitted residential units (including 83 no. houses, 66 no. duplex units, and 83 apartments), and the permitted neighbourhood centre, located in the northern and eastern part of the site, and will consist of: Omission of 83 no. 1, 2, and 3 storey houses (3 no. 2 bed houses, 72 no. 3 bed houses, and 8 no. 4 bed houses), and provision of 117 no. 1, 2, and 3 storey houses (7 no. 2 bed houses, 100 no. 3 bed houses, and 10 no. 4 bed houses); Omission of 5 no. 3 - 4 storey duplex apartment blocks, comprising 66 no. duplex units (28 no. 2 bed units, 33 no. 3 bed units, and 5 no. 4 bed units) and 20 no. apartments (20 no. 2 bed units), and 63 no. apartments in the 2 - 5 storey mixed use Block C (21 no. 1 bed units, 36 no. 2 bed units, and 6 no. 3 bed units), and provision of 64 no. apartments (28 no. 1 bed units, and 36 no. 2 bed units) in 2 no. 4 storey blocks (Block C1 and Block C2), including private and communal open space. The proposed modifications will result in an overall decrease in residential units within the permitted development, as amended, by 51 no. units to 863 no. units (540 no. houses, 120 no. duplex units, and 203 no. apartments) from 914 no. units. Omission of the permitted neighbourhood centre facilities in the 2 - 5 storey mixed use Block C, including the 2 no. retail units with a gross floor area (GFA) of 1,000 sq.m and 190 sq.m, the community facility with a GFA of 180 sq. m, the primary healthcare / gym unit with a GFA of 1,040 sq.m, the café / restaurant unit with a GFA of 370 sq.m, and the childcare facility with a GFA of 1,282 sq.m, and provision of revised neighbourhood centre facilities to include a 1 - 3 storey standalone retail / medical centre with a GFA of 1,355 sq.m, a 2 storey standalone community hub with a GFA of 630 sq.m, within the eastern part of the SHD site, and a standalone 2 storey childcare