Meath County Council grants permission for 62-home scheme at Jamestown, Ratoath, 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 3 November 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.

the proposed modifications relate to 6No. blocks (duplexes) and will consist of the following: Modifications to Blocks 1 & 5 plans to have 4No. 1 and 2 bed apartments on ground floor and 4No. 3-bed duplexes on the first & second floors of each block. (16 units), Modifications to Blocks 2, 3 & 4 plans to have 6No. 1 and 2 bed apartments on ground floor and 6No. 3-bed duplexes on the first & second floors of each block. (36 units), Modifications to Blocks 6 plans to have 4No. 1 and 2 bed apartments and 2No. duplexes on the ground floor and 4No. duplexes on the first & second floors of each block. (10 units). The density and number of units of the proposed modifications remain the same as the previously granted application. The modified 62No. residential units will comprise 21No. one­ bed units, 9No. two-bed units, and 32No. three-bed (Duplex) units. All other associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site development and service infrastructure works