Meath County Council grants permission for 240-home scheme at Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath

In context

It is one of 99 housing scheme applications Meath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 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 4 March 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.

Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development consisting of modifications to the previously granted Strategic Housing Development permitted under (ABP-305196-19) (Planning Ref. No. SH305196). The proposed modifications are to the granted 52 no. Apartment units (in 2 no. 4 & 5 storey Block 1 & Block 2 apartment buildings with 30 no.under-croft basement parking spaces per block ) that consisted of 8 no. 1- Bed, 40 no. 2- Bed & 4 no. 3-bed Apartment units in total. Proposed modifications include an additional floor to the 2. No. apartment blocks and will now increase the no. of units to 64 no. Apartment units ( in 2 no. 5 & 6 storey BLOCK 1 & BLOCK 2 apartment buildings with 25.no under-croft basement parking spaces per block and 7. no surface parking spaces per block ) now consisting of 10 no. 1- Bed, 50 no. 2- Bed & 4 no. 3-bed Apartment units. NO changes proposed to houses and duplex apartment blocks granted under (ABP-305196-19) (Planning Ref. No. SH305196) & (ABP-318557-23-19) (Planning Ref. No. 23882) Minor modifications to the Communal Open space to accommodate the proposed Bin & bike storage for the apartment blocks. The overall proposed units in the development have now increased from 228 to 240 units in total. All other associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site development and service infrastructure works