82-home scheme proposed at Bettystown, 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.

the construction of 82 no. residential units comprising 10 no. 2-bed semi-detached houses (Types D1 and D2), 40 no. 3-bed terraced houses (Types B1, B2, B3 and B4), 13 no. 3-bed terraced houses (Types C1, C2, C3 and C4) and 19 no. 4-bed terraced houses (Types A1, A2, A3 and A4). The proposed development will also include vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist access, internal roads and footpaths, car and bicycle parking, public and private open space, landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, surface water and foul drainage infrastructure, utility services and all associated site development and infrastructural works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies the planning application.