Colp West , Drogheda , Co. Meath
Data updated 12 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
212412 is a planning application for permission at Colp West , Drogheda , Co. Meath, received by Meath County Council on 23 Dec 2021 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: a residential development comprising 95 no. residential units, a childcare facility and associated outdoor play area, road infrastructure, all associated open space, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure, services and all other associated development on a site of c. 6.138 hectares. The 95 no. residential units proposed consist of 49 no. houses (comprising 31 no. 3 bedroom units, and 18 no. 4 bedroom units), 6 no. duplex apartments (all 3 bedroom) and 40 no. apartments (7 no. 1 bedroom units, 30 no. 2 bedroom units, and 3 no. 3 bedroom units) in 1 no. apartment building and above the proposed childcare facility. The proposed childcare facility with a GFA of 532 sq. m is located within a two storey building with apartments above. The proposed houses are 2 to 3 storeys in height and the duplex/apartment blocks are 3 to 4 storeys in height (with the apartment building including a 5 storey corner element). The development includes road infrastructure comprising of a link street (including changes to the previously permitted road infrastructure under Reg. Ref.: LB/180620), junction arrangements, pedestrian crossings and a road to the east to facilitate a connection to the existing school on Mill Road (Gaelscoil and Bhradain Feasa). The road infrastructure also includes proposed cycle lanes/paths, footpaths, grass verges. The development includes associated site and infrastructural works including all associated road infrastructure, foul and surface / storm water drainage (including upgrading of water services on Mill Road), surface water management including attenuation and storage features, a pumping station, watermains and utilities, 177 no. car parking spaces, 159 no. cycle parking spaces, public open space including a linear park, bin and bike stores, landscaping consisting of new tree planting, hedges, berms and grass planting, boundary treatments, public lighting, ESB substation, and all associated site and infrastructural works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application. The lands are primarily located to the north of Colpe Road and to the west of Mill Road and Gaelscoil an Bhradain Feasa and are bordered to the south west by the Dublin-Belfast railway line. The site also takes in a section of Mill Road to northeast of the main application site. The lands are within the townlands of Colp West, Stameen, and Mornington. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application. The council granted permission on 22 Jul 2022, with conditions. The five-week observation window closed on 7 Feb 2022. The register records an appeal (ABP-314352-22). The scheme is for 65 units. Within 500 m there are 9 other decided applications in the last five years.
Proposal
a residential development comprising 95 no. residential units, a childcare facility and associated outdoor play area, road infrastructure, all associated open space, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure, services and all other associated development on a site of c. 6.138 hectares. The 95 no. residential units proposed consist of 49 no. houses (comprising 31 no. 3 bedroom units, and 18 no. 4 bedroom units), 6 no. duplex apartments (all 3 bedroom) and 40 no. apartments (7 no. 1 bedroom units, 30 no. 2 bedroom units, and 3 no. 3 bedroom units) in 1 no. apartment building and above the proposed childcare facility. The proposed childcare facility with a GFA of 532 sq. m is located within a two storey building with apartments above. The proposed houses are 2 to 3 storeys in height and the duplex/apartment blocks are 3 to 4 storeys in height (with the apartment building including a 5 storey corner element). The development includes road infrastructure comprising of a link street (including changes to the previously permitted road infrastructure under Reg. Ref.: LB/180620), junction arrangements, pedestrian crossings and a road to the east to facilitate a connection to the existing school on Mill Road (Gaelscoil and Bhradain Feasa). The road infrastructure also includes proposed cycle lanes/paths, footpaths, grass verges. The development includes associated site and infrastructural works including all associated road infrastructure, foul and surface / storm water drainage (including upgrading of water services on Mill Road), surface water management including attenuation and storage features, a pumping station, watermains and utilities, 177 no. car parking spaces, 159 no. cycle parking spaces, public open space including a linear park, bin and bike stores, landscaping consisting of new tree planting, hedges, berms and grass planting, boundary treatments, public lighting, ESB substation, and all associated site and infrastructural works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application. The lands are primarily located to the north of Colpe Road and to the west of Mill Road and Gaelscoil an Bhradain Feasa and are bordered to the south west by the Dublin-Belfast railway line. The site also takes in a section of Mill Road to northeast of the main application site. The lands are within the townlands of Colp West, Stameen, and Mornington. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
- Status
- APPEALED
- Decision
- Conditional on 22 Jul 2022
- Units
- 65
- Floor area
- 1.00 ha
- Site (from polygon)
- 8.28 ha
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 23 Dec 2021New applicationObservation window closed 7 Feb 2022
- 24 Feb 2022Further information requested
- 24 May 2022Further information received
- 22 Jul 2022DecisionAppeal window closed 19 Aug 2022
- 15 Aug 2022Appeal lodged

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Appeal
The register records appeal ABP-314352-22 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.
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Zoning at the site
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Designations within 250 m
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Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 138184). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/212412/0.
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