Bennetstown, Pace, Dunboyne Co. Meath
Approved in Apr 2025. No sign of building yet.
- 19 Apr 2023Received
- 7 Jun 2024Conditional
- 29 Apr 2025Final approval
- 28 Apr 2035Approval runs out
- Status
- Approved
- Decision
- Conditional · 7 Jun 2024
- Council
- Meath County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 5.11 ha
What’s proposed
The development will consist of: i. Construction of 3 no. office buildings with a cumulative gross floor area (GFA) of 13,729 sq.m ranging in height from 3 to 4- storeys and shall comprise the following: a. Building 1 (3,597 sq.m GFA) 3-storeys in height (12.35 metres to top of parapet), with a set back louvred screen 2m above parapet level. b. Building 2 (5,336 sq.m GFA) 4-storeys in height (16.125 metres to top of parapet), with a set back louvred screen 2m above parapet level. c. Building 3 (4,796 sq.m GFA) 4-storeys in height (16.125 metres to top of parapet), with a set back louvred screen 2m above parapet level. ii. Roof mounted solar PV panels (c. 180 sq.m combined area); iii. Provision of a 4-arm signalised junction replacing the existing Pace roundabout to include a new northern arm with segregated cycleway and footpath; iv. Access to the development is proposed from the new northern arm, with 6m wide internal access roads to serve the development; v. Upgrade works to the R157 and M3 Parkway access road to facilitate junction improvements; vi. A total of 275 surface car parking spaces including 14 disabled access bays and 55 electric car charging points; vii. 280 bicycle parking spaces in 3 secure cycle storage areas adjacent to the buildings; viii. Site signage is to be erected, all spot-lit and back-lit illuminated, including 2 no. type 1 entrance signs (6.15m x 2.4m) and 3 no. type 2 building signs (1.35m x 2.4m); ix. 3 standalone electricity substations; x. Foul sewer connection to existing public system including pumping station on site with rising mains along Kennedy Road and Navan Road; xi. Watermain connection to the north east of site at Pace for connection to Irish Water Infrastructure; xii. Permission is also sought for associated landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, plant, waste storage and all ancillary site and development works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. Signficant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
Planning details
- Reference
- 23424
- Local authority
- Meath County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 19 Apr 2023
- Decision due
- 9 Jun 2024 · decided 7 Jun 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 7 Jun 2024
- Site area
- 5.11 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Nearby 3 · 500 m · 12 months
- AppealedBennetstown (townland) to the south of the M3 Parkway park and ride and rail station , Dunboyne North , Co. Meath
- Awaiting decisionThe townlands of Hilltown Jarretstown Walterstown Moor of Meath Rathleek , Cappaghcreen Milestown Oranstown Castlefarm Dunboyne and Bennetstown.
- Appeal decidedPrincipally located in Bennetstown (townland) to the west of the R157 and North of Kennedy Road and also extending into Pace and Dunboyne (townlands) , Dunboyne North , Co. Meath
- GrantedBennetstown and Dunboyne (townlands) , Dunboyne North , Co. Meath
- Commencedprincipally located in Bennetstown (townland) to the west of the R157 and also extending into Pace & Dunboyne (townlands) , Dunboyne North , Co. Meath
- CommencedPrincipally located in Bennetstown (townland) to the south of the M3 Parkway park and ride and rail station and also extending into Pace & Dunboyne (townlands) , Dunboyne North , Co. Meath
- WithdrawnPrincipally located in Bennetstown (townland) to the south of the M3 Parkway park and ride and rail station and also extending into Pace & Dunboyne (townlands) , Dunboyne North , Co. Meath
- Grantedsouth-west of the M3 Parkway , and south-east of the Dunboyne Bypass (R157) , located in the Townland of Bennetstown and the balance (1.92ha) located in the Townlands of Pace Bennetstown and Dunboyne including the Dunboyne Bypass (R157) and M3 Par
Homes nearby
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- For saleBennetstown, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 XE73
- For sale8 The Crescent, Plunkett Hall, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 VY06
- For sale6 Summer Court, Summerhill Road, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 EH60
- For saleSummer Court, Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- For sale9 The Grove, Sadleir Hall, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 HY47
Zoning
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Zoned for office, research and development and high-technology manufacturing.
Zoned for low-density warehousing and light industry.
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
A high-density mixed-use employment corridor tied to a rail or metro line. Expect the tallest buildings in the area here.
Land tied to a national or strategic asset (airport, port, rail corridor). Uses are controlled by that asset's own plan.
Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.
Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving with them.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Protections nearby 250 m
Flood area nearby (OPW maps). floodinfo.ie ↗
- EPA-licensed facility · 1
- Recorded monument · 13
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
23424 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the development will consist of: i. Construction of 3 no. office buildings with a, received on 19 Apr 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 7 Jun 2024.