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Meath County Council · SH314550

Baltrasna and Milltown, Ashbourne, County Meath

Approved in Nov 2023. No sign of building yet.

  1. 7 Sept 2022Received
  2. 1 Nov 2023Conditional
  3. 27 Nov 2028Approval runs out
Status
Appeal decided — granted
Decision
Conditional · 1 Nov 2023
Council
Meath County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Units
467
Site
20.28 ha

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What’s proposed

In plain English

Construction of 702 residential units and commercial facilities in Ashbourne

The applicant proposes to build 702 new homes, including houses, duplexes, and apartments, alongside childcare, retail, and medical facilities. This project involves demolishing three existing dwellings and creating new road access points.

  • Demolition of 3 existing dwellings and their outbuildings
  • Includes 2 childcare facilities, 4 retail units, and a GP practice
  • Provides 1 hectare for a future school site and playing pitch
  • New access roads from Cherry Lane and Hickey’s Lane
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

*STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, SUBMISSIONS DIRECTLY TO AN BORD PLEANALA*, on an overall site of c. 20.04 hectares, located in the townlands of Baltrasna and Milltown, Ashbourne, County Meath. The application site is located to the west / south-west of Dublin Road (R135), south-west of Cherry Lane, west of the existing dwellings at The Briars and Cherry Court, south of the existing dwellings at Alderbrook Heath, Alderbrook Downs & Alderbrook Rise, east / south-east of the existing dwellings at Tara Close & Tara Place, and north-west and south-west of Hickey’s Lane. The development will consist of the following: (1) Demolition of all existing structures on site, comprising 3 no. single storey dwellings and their associated outbuildings (total demolition area: c.659m²). (2) Construction of 702 no. residential dwellings comprised of: 420 no. 2 & 3 storey 2, 3, 4, & 5 bed detached, semi-detached & terraced houses, 38 no. 2 & 3 bed duplex units in 19 no. 3 storey buildings, and 244 no. 1, 2, & 3 bed apartments in 20 no. buildings ranging in height from 3 to 6 storeys. (3) The development also includes for the following non-residential uses: (i) 2 no. childcare facilities located in Blocks A and A1 (c. 289m² & c.384m² respectively), (ii) 4 no. retail units comprised of: 2 no. units in Block A (c.106m² & c.174m² respectively), 1 no. unit in Block A1 (c.191m²), & 1 no. unit in Block B1 (c.469m²), and (iii) 1 no. GP practice / medical use unit located in Block A1 (c.186m²). (4) The development provides for a basement level car park located under Block A1 (c. 4,095m2) and, 2 no. undercroft car parks located at the ground floor level of Block A (c. 466m2) and Block B1 (c. 1,466m2). (5) The development provides for an area of c.1 hectare reserved for a future school site and playing pitch at the western boundary of the site. (6) Vehicular access to the development will be via 2 no. access points as follows: (i) from Cherry Lane, located off Dublin Road (R135), in the north-east of the site and, (ii) from Hickey’s Lane, located off Dublin Road (R135), to the east of the site. The development includes for road upgrades / improvement works to both Cherry Lane and Hickey’s Lane and their junctions with Dublin Road (R135). A new east-west access road through the development site extending from Cherry Lane to the western boundary of the site and all associated site development works is proposed

Planning details

Reference
SH314550
Local authority
Meath County Council
Status
Appeal decided — granted · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received
7 Sept 2022
Decision due
1 Nov 2022 · decided 1 Nov 2023
Decision
Conditional on 1 Nov 2023
Site area
20.28 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Arnub Ltd council register

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Appeal

Appeal 314550-22 (status unknown), not yet matched.

Zoning

G1 — Open space with recreation

Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.

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

  • Recorded monument · 2
    Ringfort - rath; R188522

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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National Planning Application DatabaseCC BY 4.011 Sept 2026, 18:51open
Summary

SH314550 is a planning application to Meath County Council for *strategic housing development, submissions directly to an bord pleanala*, on an overall, received on 7 Sept 2022; permission was granted with conditions on 1 Nov 2023.