97-home scheme proposed at Navan, Co. Meath

In context

It is one of 99 housing scheme applications Meath County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Meath County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Alterations to a previously granted planning permission register reference number 23/625 (the proposed residential development will consist of the construction of 97 no. dwellings, comprising 53 no. houses (47 x 3 bed and 6 x 4 bed houses) and 44 no. Duplex units (22 x 2 bed and 22 x 3 bed units). The formation of two new road junctions onto Commons Road (to the west) of which the southern junction will extend eastwards along the Southern site boundary to deliver a c. 210m long western section (first phase) of LDR2(a) link road that will ultimately connect to Trim Road to the west. The northern junction will be formed by an internal distributor road that will extend southwards to form a junction onto the proposed LDR2(a) link road. Associated road infrastructure works include the delivery of access roads, pedestrian footpaths and cycle tracks, green verges and street lighting. Other associated infrastructure works include foul and surface water drainage, water supply, attenuation areas, temporary foul pumping station; ESB sub-station; bin stores; bicycle stores and a landscaped public open space (4,800 sq.m); boundary walls and fences, site landscaping; 163 no. car parking spaces and 154 no. bicycle parking spaces together with all other associated site development works); the alterations to include the following: • Amendments to the as granted site layout to include for revised boundary treatments and landscaping works to the Creche building; • Revisions to the number of children to be accommodated in the pre-school / childcare facility to be increased from the as granted 82 to 106 in any session; • Variation of the as granted operational hours from 08:30 – 17:30 from Monday to Friday to 07:00 – 18:30 Monday to Friday; with all associated site development works