Bective House & Demesne, Balgill and Bective, Navan
Approved in 2021. No sign of building yet.
- 26 Feb 2021Received
- 9 Sept 2021Conditional
- 14 Oct 2021Final approval
- 13 Oct 2026Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 9 Sept 2021
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 78 m²
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the proposed development includes re-instatement and change of use of the derelict Bective House (Protected Structure) and ancillary structures, demolition of two extensions to the rear and the addition of new extensions to the rear, to form a hotel with 104 bedrooms. The development also includes reinstatement of the derelict South Lodge gate lodge (part of the Protected Structure) and upgrading of the south access driveway and a road bridge (Protected Structure) over the Clady River. Existing farming and equine industry activities will remain in situ in the overall land holding of 71.39 ha. The development includes: reinstatement and change of use to hotel accommodation of Bective House including ancillary court yard structures (currently in partly ruinous condition) - related alterations to interior, additional access to hotel via courtyard, demolition of two number two storey (total 238.6m2) extensions to rear (two storey flat roof extension within courtyard and two storey early Twentieth Century extension to rear of main block), construct new glazed link block, in lieu of demolished early Twentieth Century extension, connecting to concourse of proposed new three storey hotel buildings to the rear (North East), containing bedrooms, restaurant, kitchen, back of house services, spa, gymnasium and swimming pool over part basement ( 2 number), bedroom block in landscaped inner walled garden, one storey multi-functional centre, with one storey ancillary accommodation containing bedrooms over, in landscaped outer walled garden, replacement single storey, mono-pitched roofed greenhouse in outer walled garden, new single storey orangery/café in inner walled garden, ancillary three storey hotel services block and service yard, with new service road access to rear of proposed hotel complex, electricity switch room and transformer room, standby generator, new foul water pumping station together with a new wastewater treatment system on-site to serve hotel development, discharging via underground rising main to sand polishing filter and percolation area, a bored well (existing), water supply with new water treatment and underground water storage facilities, including for firefighting, re-instatement (including of roof) and change of use of the South Lodge to office/gate lodge, including demolition of ancillary non original additions (6.6m2) and ancillary parking etc. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this application
Planning details
- Reference
- 21395
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 26 Feb 2021
- Observations close
- 2 Apr 2021 (closed 2015 days ago)
- Decision due
- 28 Sept 2021 · decided 9 Sept 2021
- Decision
- Conditional on 9 Sept 2021
- Proposed development
- the proposed development includes re-instatement and change of use of the derelict Bective House (Protected Structure) and ancillary structures, demolition of two extensions to the rear and the addition of new extensions to the rear, to form a hotel with 104 bedrooms. The development also includes reinstatement of the derelict South Lodge gate lodge (part of the Protected Structure) and upgrading of the south access driveway and a road bridge (Protected Structure) over the Clady River. Existing farming and equine industry activities will remain in situ in the overall land holding of 71.39 ha. The development includes: reinstatement and change of use to hotel accommodation of Bective House including ancillary court yard structures (currently in partly ruinous condition) - related alterations to interior, additional access to hotel via courtyard, demolition of two number two storey (total 238.6m2) extensions to rear (two storey flat roof extension within courtyard and two storey early Twentieth Century extension to rear of main block), construct new glazed link block, in lieu of demolished early Twentieth Century extension, connecting to concourse of proposed new three storey hotel buildings to the rear (North East), containing bedrooms, restaurant, kitchen, back of house services, spa, gymnasium and swimming pool over part basement ( 2 number), bedroom block in landscaped inner walled garden, one storey multi-functional centre, with one storey ancillary accommodation containing bedrooms over, in landscaped outer walled garden, replacement single storey, mono-pitched roofed greenhouse in outer walled garden, new single storey orangery/café in inner walled garden, ancillary three storey hotel services block and service yard, with new service road access to rear of proposed hotel complex, electricity switch room and transformer room, standby generator, new foul water pumping station together with a new wastewater treatment system on-site to serve hotel development, discharging via underground rising main to sand polishing filter and percolation area, a bored well (existing), water supply with new water treatment and underground water storage facilities, including for firefighting, re-instatement (including of roof) and change of use of the South Lodge to office/gate lodge, including demolition of ancillary non original additions (6.6m2) and ancillary parking etc. Significant Further information/Revised plans submitted on this applicationAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 78 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 3 · 500 m · 5 years
Homes nearby
- For saleWoods Cottage, Bective, Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- WithdrawnLot 1 - Tribley Lodge On Approx. 3.11 Acres, Bective, Kilmessan, Co. Meath, C15 Y016
- WithdrawnLot 3 - The Entire - Tribley Lodge On Approx. 3.36 Acres, Bective, Kilmessan, Co. Meath, C15 Y016
- Withdrawn4, Lot 2 - Woods Cottage, Bective, Kilmessan, Co. Meath
Zoning
Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.
Protections nearby 250 m
No mapped flood area nearby.
- Recorded monument · 7
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary
21395 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the proposed development includes re-instatement and change of use of the derelict, received on 26 Feb 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 9 Sept 2021.