Meath County Council grants permission for 90-home scheme at Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath

In context

It is one of 98 housing scheme applications Meath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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 5 June 2025. 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.

proposed housing development on a site of c. 3.766 hectares, bounded by the Ratoath Relief Road (to the east) and Broadmeadow Vale housing estate (to the west and southwest), set within the framework of a proposed masterplan on the overall lands (which provides for an existing childcare facility ‘Ratoath Childcare’) in the townland of Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath. The development will consist of: 90 residential units comprising of 7 No. 1 bedroom units, 24 No. 2 bedroom units, 44 No. 3 bedroom units & 15 No. 4 bedroom units to be provided in a mix of unit types as follows: 36 No. semi-detached houses (2-2.5 storey), 5 No. detached houses (2-2.5 storey), 19 No. terraced houses (2-2.5 storey), 8 No. duplex units with 8 No. apartment units below (in 2 No. 3 storey duplex blocks), 7 No. duplex units with 7 No. apartment units below (in 7 No. 3 storey corner buildings). Primary vehicular/ bicycle/ pedestrian access to be from the Ratoath Outer Relief Road which will involve minor amendments to the Ratoath Outer Relief Road in the form of carriageway widening, ghost island and turning lane together with the provision of a vehicular access road with segregated shared surface for pedestrians & cyclists from the Ratoath Outer Relief Road to the proposed housing development. Provision of bicycle/pedestrian connections (only) into ‘The Avenue’, ‘The Thicket’, ‘The Gardens’ & ‘The Park’ at Broadmeadow Vale together with vehicular access into ‘The Gardens’ & all other associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site development & services infrastructure works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application