Meath County Council grants permission for 99-home scheme at Moathill, Navan, Co. Meath

In context

It is one of 99 housing scheme applications Meath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,577 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 21 July 2026. 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.

File Ref: NA151301 & 21234 - MCC Planning ref. no. NA151301 (96 no. residential units with creche) and MCC Planning ref. 21/234 (Grant extension of duration - 96 no. redidential units with creche) - the site is bounded to the southeast by the N51 National Road, to the west by the former Navan to Kingscourt railway line and to the north by the rear gardens of 7 no. detached residential properties. The proposed development will consist of: 99 no. residential units comprising 32 no. duplex/apartments set out in 2 no. 2 storey over lower ground floor blocks: and 67 no. 2 storey detached and semi-detached houses. The duplex/apartments will consist of: 16 no. 2-bed 1 storey apartment units at lower ground floor level (c. 75.5 sqm each); and 16 no. 3-bed 2 storey duplex units at ground floor and first floor level (c. 104.5 sqm each). The houses will consist of: 12 no. Type A 2 storey 4-bed semi-detached houses (c. 133.9 sqm each); 35 no. Type B 2 storey 3 - bed semi-detached houses (c. 112.0 sqm each); 4 no. Type B1 2 storey 3-bed semi-detached houses (c. 114.5 sqm each); 6 no. Type C 2 storey 3-bed semi-detached houses (c.110.0 sqm each); 7 no. Type D 2 storey 4-bed semi-detached houses (c. 127.3 sqm each); 2 no. Type C1 2 storey 3-bed detached houses (c. 110.0 sqm each); and 1 no. Type D1 2 storey 4-bed detached house (c. 127.3 sqm). The development will also include: a 2 storey creche (c. 130.5 sqm) with associated play area (c.156 sqm) and 5 no. carparking spaces; 2 no. bin storage buildings (c. 18.7 sqm each) and adjoining covered bicycle shelters (c. 22.6 sqm each) providing 20 no. bicycle spaces each; 2 no. car parking spaces on the curtilage of each house and 60 no. communal parking spaces for the apartment/duplex units; 2 no. landscaped public open spaces (c. 1,730 sqm and 2,930 sqm); internal access roads; a footpath and cycleway along the N51 National Road; a new vehicular access from the N51 National Road and associated revised junction layout; all ancillary landscaping and boundary treatments; drainage arrangements; and associated site development works, all on a site of c. 3.53 ha