Meath County Council grants permission for 211-home scheme at Grangend Common, Ratoath Road (R125), 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 14 April 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.

The proposed Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) will consist of amendments to the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permitted on site under Ref. ABP-307244-20 for 211 no. residential units (112 no. two storey houses and 99 no. apartments in 6 no. blocks), creche and associated works. This amendment application seeks to omit permitted apartment Blocks D and E (comprising 36 no. units) and replace with 15 no. 3 bed houses, resulting in a revised residential development of 190 units in total. Omission of permitted access road from the permitted Distributor Road to the east and associated amendments to residential car parking and provision of additional open spaces. All other site works including boundary treatments, landscaping and site services to facilitate development. The remainder of the development to be carried out in accordance with the parent permission Ref. ABP-307244-20