Meath County Council grants permission for 130-home scheme at 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 4 December 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.

Amendments to the ‘Large-Scale Residential Development’ (LRD) permitted at a site under Reg. Ref. 24/60487 / ABP Ref. 321753-25. The LRD site has a total area of 5.48 hectares and is principally located at. The total site contains a permitted residential and creche development site with an area of 3.66 hectares (bisected by a proposed realigned Ballybin Road) and a permitted infrastructural development site with an area of 1.82 hectares (principally for road and related works, water services and open space amalgamation). The site is generally bound by: Fox Lodge Woods and Fox Lodge Manor to the west and north; existing agricultural lands and residential development to the north and east; existing Ballybin Road and Moulden Bridge to the east; and Main Street/R125 and Jamestown Road/L1016 to the south. The site also incorporates parts of: the existing Ballybin Road (north and west of Moulden Bridge), Main Street/R125, Jamestown Road/L1016 and green open space in Fox Lodge Manor. The proposed amendments are limited to a 0.37-hectare portion of the LRD site, located between the permitted realigned Ballybin Road (west and north), greenway (i.e. existing Ballybin Road, east) and Main Street/R125 (south). Development description: The proposed development principally consists of amendments to the design of 2 No. permitted houses (specifically types X1 and X2). The permitted part-1-/part-2-storey (with habitable attic), 5-bedroom X1 house (225.4 sq m) is to be amended as a part-1-/part-2-storey, 4-bedroom house (278 sq m). The permitted part-1-/part-2-storey (with habitable attic), 4-bedroom X2 house (225.4 sq m) is to be amended as a part-1-/part-2-storey, 5-bedroom house (278 sq m). The amendments involve changes to the houses’ external and internal designs and layouts. Other proposed amendments include: associated changes to the site layout and landscaping to accommodate the above house changes; changes to the permitted boundary treatments enclosing and between the 2 No. houses; alterations to the permitted vehicular entrances serving the 2 No. houses; and all other associated site and development works above and below ground to facilitate the amendments. (Note: details below for floor areas, unit types, car parking, etc. relate to the proposed units subject to this amendment.)