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Meath County Council · 2697

Moygaddy, Co. Meath

Decision due 8 Dec.

  1. 31 Mar 2026Received
  2. 5 May 2026Observations closed
  3. 8 Dec 2026Decision due
Status
With the council, no decision yet
Decision
Due 8 Dec 2026
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Units
757
Site
64.10 ha

What’s proposed

In plain English

A large residential development of 757 homes in Moygaddy

The applicant proposes building 757 new homes ranging from 1 to 5 storeys high. The project also includes a retail unit, a creche, a community hall, and a playing pitch.

  • Includes 523 houses, 100 duplex units, and 134 apartments
  • Features a new road called the Maynooth Outer Orbital Route
  • Provides 1,055 car parking spaces and 1,222 cycle parking spaces
  • Site covers approximately 37.3 hectares
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

Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site at Moygaddy, County Meath. The application site, of c. 37.3ha, is located in the townland of Moygaddy, and is bounded by the River Rye to the south, agricultural lands to the west and north and north-east, and Carton Demesne to the east. The proposed development will consist of the construction of a residential development, which is identified under the Maynooth and Environs Joint Local Area Plan 2025-2031, ranging in height from 1- to 5-storeys to accommodate 757 no. residential dwellings (523 no. houses, 100 no. duplex units and 134 no. apartments), a retail unit, a creche, a community hall/scout den, a playing pitch, a wastewater pumping station, public open space, and the north-eastern Maynooth Outer Orbital Route (MOOR). The site will accommodate 1,055 total no. car parking spaces, 1,222 total no. cycle parking spaces, pedestrian/ cycle links, road connectivity enhancements, services and plant areas. Landscaping will include significant public open space provision and communal amenity areas. The proposed development consists of: 1. The construction of 757 no. new residential dwellings consisting of 523 no. houses, 100 no. duplex units and 134 no. apartment units set out follows: • 458 no. 2-storey houses (consisting of 231 no. 2-beds, and 227 no. 3-beds); • 51 no. 3-storey houses (consisting of 51 no. 4-beds); • 14 no. single-storey Later Living Units (consisting of 8 no. 1-beds, and 6 no. 2-beds); • 100 no. duplex units in 3-storey blocks (consisting of 32 no. 3-bed 2-storey duplex units over 32 no. 1-bed ground floor apartments, and 18 no. 2-bed 2-storey duplex units over 18 no. 1-bed ground floor apartments); and • 134 no. apartments across 3 no. blocks (consisting of 23 no. 1-bed studio units, 74 no. 1-bed units and 37 no. 2-bed units) with balconies on all elevations, green roofs and external communal amenity spaces. 2. Construction of 1 no. retail unit (c. 361sq.m) at ground floor level located within apartment Block B; 3. Provision of a creche (c. 702 sq.m), a community hall/scout den (c. 221 sq.m), and a playing pitch (130m x 80m) to the west of the site; 4. Construction of the north-eastern Maynooth Outer Orbital Route (MOOR) including: - a. Vehicular carriageways with turning lanes/painted medians; - b. 5 no. signalised junctions (including a junction with the existing Moyglare Road (L

Planning details

Reference
2697
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
With the council, no decision yet · register status “NEW APPLICATION”
Received
31 Mar 2026
Observations close
5 May 2026 (closed 184 days ago)
Decision due
8 Dec 2026
Decision
Not decided
Site area
64.10 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure

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Zoning

C3 — High technology

Zoned for office, research and development and high-technology manufacturing.

C5 — Commercial, enterprise and employment

Land zoned for business use. Expect offices, warehousing, industry or retail rather than housing; a residential application here is swimming against the plan.

G3 — High amenity

Protected high-amenity landscape. Development is resisted to preserve the character of the area.

P5 — Rural and agricultural

Land zoned to stay rural. New houses are restricted to demonstrated local need under the rural-housing policy of the development plan.

R1 — New residential

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.

R2 — Existing residential

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.

S5 — Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure

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

Protections nearby 250 m

  • Natural Heritage Area (incl. proposed) · 1
    Rye Water Valley/Carton
  • Special Area of Conservation · 1
    Rye Water Valley/Carton SAC
  • Recorded monument · 4
    Ritual site - holy well; Castle - tower house

Where this comes from

National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34.

Source: National Planning Application Database · fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
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National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.028 Oct 2026, 01:34open
Summary

2697 is a planning application to Meath County Council for permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - Permission for a Large-Scale, received on 31 Mar 2026; a decision is due by 8 Dec 2026.