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Meath County Council · 21554

Tearman House (Formerly La Verna), Flemington Road, Gormanston Co Meath

Approved in Dec 2021. Built and signed off.

  1. 25 Mar 2021Received
  2. 28 Oct 2021Conditional
  3. 16 Dec 2021Final approval
  4. 20 Jan 2022Building started
  5. 29 Nov 2024Signed off
Status
Building started
Decision
Conditional · 28 Oct 2021
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
2.76 ha

What’s proposed

In plain English

Residential care facility development at Tearman House

The applicant wants to build a residential care facility for 37 people. This involves extending the existing house and adding new single-storey buildings.

  • Includes two new single-storey blocks and two short-term treatment units
  • Asks to keep the removal of garden walls already carried out
  • Involves work to a wall within the grounds of a protected structure
  • Includes a new widened vehicular entrance and improved pedestrian access
Written by AI from the council’s description

An AI model rewrote the council’s description below in everyday words on 9 Oct 2026. It was told to use only that text, and every number it wrote was checked against it. It says nothing about whether the application will be approved. The council’s wording and planning file are the record.

The council’s description

the development consists of reconstruction, extension and landscaping works to Tearman House and immediate grounds to accommodate a residential care facility with ancillary facilities and amenities for up to 37 no. people in total. Construction will consist of internal alterations and extension to the existing Tearman House for the treatment and accommodation of 17 no. residents including ancillary treatment and staff facilities, construction of 2 no. single storey blocks for the treatment and accommodation of a further 10 no. people in each block (20 no. overall for these 2 new blocks) with ancillary treatment and staff facilities within each building, to the north of Tearman House and construction of 2 no. single storey single person short term treatment units to the west of the site for use by those within the 37 no. maximum to be accommodated on site. In addition permission is sought for the retention of removal of garden walls which have been deconstructed for health and safety purposes. The proposal includes on site waste water treatment, parking, recreation facilities and amenities, landscaping, as well as the partial removal and rebuilding of external wall within the curtilage of Protected Structure Gormanstown College (RPS MH028-104), creation of new widened vehicular access with improved access and enhanced pedestrian access and all associated works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Planning details

Reference
21554
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
25 Mar 2021
Decision due
31 Oct 2021 · decided 28 Oct 2021
Decision
Conditional on 28 Oct 2021
Site area
2.76 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

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Building started

  • 20 Jan 2022 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0085236MH

Zoning

S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.

Protections nearby 250 m

Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗

  • NIAH-recorded building · 4
    Gormanston College; Gormanston House
  • Recorded monument · 5
    Church; House - fortified house

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51.

Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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Summary

21554 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the development consists of reconstruction, extension and landscaping works to Tearman, received on 25 Mar 2021; permission was granted with conditions on 28 Oct 2021.