Ashbourne Retail Park , Ashbourne , Co Meath

What’s proposed

the proposed development comprises of the following, provision of 1 no. restaurant with takeaway services and drive-through (c.248sq.m and unroofed service yard (c.44sq.m) including cold room of (c. 13.4 sq.m)), provision of 1 no. cafe with takeaway services and drive-through (c.127 sq.m) and unroofed service yard (c.21.4 sq.m), provision of outdoor seating associated with both the restaurant and cafe buildings, amendments to the surface car park resulting in a reduction of 50 no. of car parking spaces from 957 no. spaces to 907 no. spaces and revised layout of the car parking area to provide for new access and egress points to the proposed cafe and resturant, provision of new internal road layout to accommodate the proposed cafe and restaurant, relocation of existing wastewater pumping station and proposed new culvert drainage system. The development also includes hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian crossing points and associated traffic calming measures, bin stores, 11 no. cycle parking spaces and all other associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura impact statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application

AA201442 is a planning application to Meath County Council for the proposed development comprises of the following, provision of 1 no. restaurant with, received on 8 Oct 2020; permission was granted with conditions on 1 Dec 2020.

Planning details

Reference: AA201442
Local authority: Meath County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 8 Oct 2020
Observations close: 12 Nov 2020 (closed 2137 days ago)
Decision due: 2 Dec 2020 · decided 1 Dec 2020
Decision: Conditional on 1 Dec 2020
Proposed development: the proposed development comprises of the following, provision of 1 no. restaurant with takeaway services and drive-through (c.248sq.m and unroofed service yard (c.44sq.m) including cold room of (c. 13.4 sq.m)), provision of 1 no. cafe with takeaway services and drive-through (c.127 sq.m) and unroofed service yard (c.21.4 sq.m), provision of outdoor seating associated with both the restaurant and cafe buildings, amendments to the surface car park resulting in a reduction of 50 no. of car parking spaces from 957 no. spaces to 907 no. spaces and revised layout of the car parking area to provide for new access and egress points to the proposed cafe and resturant, provision of new internal road layout to accommodate the proposed cafe and restaurant, relocation of existing wastewater pumping station and proposed new culvert drainage system. The development also includes hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian crossing points and associated traffic calming measures, bin stores, 11 no. cycle parking spaces and all other associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura impact statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application
As published by the register.
Site area: 3,315 m² 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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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 149221). 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/AA201442/0.

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Ashbourne Retail Park , Ashbourne , Co Meath

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