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Meath County Council · 2560928

Coast Road , Mornington , Co. Meath

  1. 2 Sept 2025Received
  2. 24 Oct 2025Refused
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Status
Under appeal
Decision
Refused · 24 Oct 2025
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Site
1.54 ha

What’s proposed

the development will consist of the change of use of part of the existing driving range to a wildlife rehabilitation and teaching hospital comprising of a one-and-half storey timber-clad, with red corrugated metal roof, veterinary hospital building within a new secure fenced compound. Associated facilities include single story, timber-clad units forming visitor facilities, a workshop and isolation facilities for the hospital; single storey caged compounds for birds and mammals including seal pools. Additional works include repair and extension of the existing access road to the site, general landscaping and access pathways, provision of soak away, proprietary wastewater pump station and connection to the mains wastewater plus associated ancillary site works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the proposed development, which details potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures

2560928 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the development will consist of the change of use of part of the existing driving range, received on 2 Sept 2025; permission was refused on 24 Oct 2025.

Planning details

Reference
2560928
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
Under appeal · register status “APPEALED
Received
2 Sept 2025
Observations close
7 Oct 2025 (closed 342 days ago)
Decision due
27 Oct 2025 · decided 24 Oct 2025
Decision
Refused on 24 Oct 2025
Proposed development
the development will consist of the change of use of part of the existing driving range to a wildlife rehabilitation and teaching hospital comprising of a one-and-half storey timber-clad, with red corrugated metal roof, veterinary hospital building within a new secure fenced compound. Associated facilities include single story, timber-clad units forming visitor facilities, a workshop and isolation facilities for the hospital; single storey caged compounds for birds and mammals including seal pools. Additional works include repair and extension of the existing access road to the site, general landscaping and access pathways, provision of soak away, proprietary wastewater pump station and connection to the mains wastewater plus associated ancillary site works. The application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) for the proposed development, which details potential environmental impacts and mitigation measures
As published by the register.
Site area
1.54 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

The register records appeal PL-500317-MH-25 (status unknown) but we have not matched the ACP case yet.

Commencement

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    Zoning at the site

    No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.

    Designations within 250 m

    No OPW flood extent nearby.

    No other designation nearby.

    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 146269). 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/2560928/0.

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