Observation pack · Meath County Council

Glebe Manor Jamestown , Ratoath , Co. Meath

Amendments to provide for change of house types and minor reconfiguration of housing development previously granted under planning permission Pl. Ref: 24/60676 on permitted house sites 59-70 inclusive (re-numbered as house sites 62-73 inclusive due to previous amendment permission under Ref: 26/60470). The proposed change of house types is as follows: • 12 No. 2/2.5 storey terraced 3 & 4-bedroom houses (proposed house types K & L) in lieu of permitted 12 No. 2 storey terraced 2 & 3-bedroom houses (approved house types D & E). The proposed changes will result in minor modifications to the positioning of houses, car parking spaces, landscaping services and associated site development works. The permitted site access and internal estate roads will remain unchanged from that previously approved under planning permission Pl. Ref. 24/60676

Observations close 14 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661012 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 1,646 m²
Site area: 2,334 m²
Received: 10 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 4 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661012/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661012 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Meath County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 14 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Meath County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660470	Conditional	16 Jun 2026	40	0 m	the proposed development will consist of: Amendments to provide for change of house types and minor reconfiguration of housing development previously granted under planning permission Pl. Ref: 24/60676 on permitted house sites 4-16 inclusive, 18-23 inclusive, 30-36 inclusive and 42-52 inclusive that includes for three additional units (40 units in total included as part of this application) bringing the total number units to 93 within the overall permitted development. The proposed change of house types is as follows: • 13 No. 2.5 storey detached & semi-detached 5-bedroom houses (proposed house Types J & J1) on sites 4-16 inclusive, in lieu of permitted 13 No. 2.5 storey detached & semi-detached 4-bedroom houses (approved house types C & C1). • 7 No. 2/2.5 storey terraced 3 & 4-bedroom houses (proposed house types K & L) on sites 18-23 inclusive, in lieu of permitted 6 No. 2.5 storey semi-detached 4-bedroom houses (approved house type A). • 7 No. 2/2.5 storey terraced 3 & 4-bedroom houses (proposed house types K & L) on sites 30-36 inclusive, in lieu of permitted 7 No. 2 storey terraced 2 & 3-bedroom houses (approved house types D & E). • 13 No. 2/2.5 storey terraced 3 & 4-bedroom houses (proposed house types K & L) on sites 42-52 inclusive, in lieu of permitted 11 No. 2.5 storey detached & semi-detached 4-bedroom houses (approved house types C & C1). The proposed changes will result in minor modifications to the positioning of houses, car parking spaces, landscaping services and associated site development works. The permitted site access and internal estate roads will remain unchanged from that previously approved under planning permission Pl. Ref. 24/60676
2660045	Conditional	4 Mar 2026	240	148 m	Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development - planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development consisting of modifications to the previously granted Strategic Housing Development permitted under (ABP-305196-19) (Planning Ref. No. SH305196). The proposed modifications are to the granted 52 no. Apartment units (in 2 no. 4 & 5 storey Block 1 & Block 2 apartment buildings with 30 no.under-croft basement parking spaces per block ) that consisted of 8 no. 1- Bed, 40 no. 2- Bed & 4 no. 3-bed Apartment units in total. Proposed modifications include an additional floor to the 2. No. apartment blocks and will now increase the no. of units to 64 no. Apartment units ( in 2 no. 5 & 6 storey BLOCK 1 & BLOCK 2 apartment buildings with 25.no under-croft basement parking spaces per block and 7. no surface parking spaces per block ) now consisting of 10 no. 1- Bed, 50 no. 2- Bed & 4 no. 3-bed Apartment units. NO changes proposed to houses and duplex apartment blocks granted under (ABP-305196-19) (Planning Ref. No. SH305196) & (ABP-318557-23-19) (Planning Ref. No. 23882) Minor modifications to the Communal Open space to accommodate the proposed Bin & bike storage for the apartment blocks. The overall proposed units in the development have now increased from 228 to 240 units in total. All other associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site development and service infrastructure works
2561104	Conditional	4 Dec 2025	130	357 m	Amendments to the ‘Large-Scale Residential Development’ (LRD) permitted at a site under Reg. Ref. 24/60487 / ABP Ref. 321753-25. The LRD site has a total area of 5.48 hectares and is principally located at. The total site contains a permitted residential and creche development site with an area of 3.66 hectares (bisected by a proposed realigned Ballybin Road) and a permitted infrastructural development site with an area of 1.82 hectares (principally for road and related works, water services and open space amalgamation). The site is generally bound by: Fox Lodge Woods and Fox Lodge Manor to the west and north; existing agricultural lands and residential development to the north and east; existing Ballybin Road and Moulden Bridge to the east; and Main Street/R125 and Jamestown Road/L1016 to the south. The site also incorporates parts of: the existing Ballybin Road (north and west of Moulden Bridge), Main Street/R125, Jamestown Road/L1016 and green open space in Fox Lodge Manor. The proposed amendments are limited to a 0.37-hectare portion of the LRD site, located between the permitted realigned Ballybin Road (west and north), greenway (i.e. existing Ballybin Road, east) and Main Street/R125 (south). Development description: The proposed development principally consists of amendments to the design of 2 No. permitted houses (specifically types X1 and X2). The permitted part-1-/part-2-storey (with habitable attic), 5-bedroom X1 house (225.4 sq m) is to be amended as a part-1-/part-2-storey, 4-bedroom house (278 sq m). The permitted part-1-/part-2-storey (with habitable attic), 4-bedroom X2 house (225.4 sq m) is to be amended as a part-1-/part-2-storey, 5-bedroom house (278 sq m). The amendments involve changes to the houses’ external and internal designs and layouts. Other proposed amendments include: associated changes to the site layout and landscaping to accommodate the above house changes; changes to the permitted boundary treatments enclosing and between the 2 No. houses; alterations to the permitted vehicular entrances serving the 2 No. houses; and all other associated site and development works above and below ground to facilitate the amendments. (Note: details below for floor areas, unit types, car parking, etc. relate to the proposed units subject to this amendment.)
2560637	Conditional	14 Aug 2025	364	379 m	We, Beo Properties Limited, intend to apply to Meath County Council for a 7-year planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site (12.58 ha) located on the southern edge of the settlement of Ratoath in County Meath, within the townlands of Commons and Jamestown. The subject site is generally bound to the north by Glascarn Lane, the rear of houses at Glascarn Lane, further existing residential dwellings and a permitted strategic housing development (SHD) scheme (Reg Ref: TA17/305196); to the east by the permitted SHD scheme (Reg Ref: TA17/305196); to the south by existing agricultural fields and by Glascarn Lane; and to the west by Fairyhouse Road (R155), the rear of houses on Fairyhouse Road, Cairn Court and Carraig na Gabhna, and existing agricultural fields. …....
2460676	Conditional	5 Jun 2025	61	0 m	proposed housing development on a site of c. 3.766 hectares, bounded by the Ratoath Relief Road (to the east) and Broadmeadow Vale housing estate (to the west and southwest), set within the framework of a proposed masterplan on the overall lands (which provides for an existing childcare facility ‘Ratoath Childcare’) in the townland of Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath. The development will consist of: 90 residential units comprising of 7 No. 1 bedroom units, 24 No. 2 bedroom units, 44 No. 3 bedroom units & 15 No. 4 bedroom units to be provided in a mix of unit types as follows: 36 No. semi-detached houses (2-2.5 storey), 5 No. detached houses (2-2.5 storey), 19 No. terraced houses (2-2.5 storey), 8 No. duplex units with 8 No. apartment units below (in 2 No. 3 storey duplex blocks), 7 No. duplex units with 7 No. apartment units below (in 7 No. 3 storey corner buildings). Primary vehicular/ bicycle/ pedestrian access to be from the Ratoath Outer Relief Road which will involve minor amendments to the Ratoath Outer Relief Road in the form of carriageway widening, ghost island and turning lane together with the provision of a vehicular access road with segregated shared surface for pedestrians & cyclists from the Ratoath Outer Relief Road to the proposed housing development. Provision of bicycle/pedestrian connections (only) into ‘The Avenue’, ‘The Thicket’, ‘The Gardens’ & ‘The Park’ at Broadmeadow Vale together with vehicular access into ‘The Gardens’ & all other associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site development & services infrastructure works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2461100	Conditional	17 Feb 2025	48	148 m	Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development: planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development consisting of modifications to the previously granted Strategic Housing Development permitted under (ABP-305196-19) (Planning Ref. No. SH305196).The proposed modifications are to the granted 52 no. Apartment units (in 2 no. 4 & 5 storey Block 1 & Block 2 apartment buildings with under-croft basement parking)consisted of 4 no. 1- Bed, 20 no. 2- Bed & 2 no. 3 bed Apartment units.Proposed modifications to the 2 no. apartment blocks will now consist of 48 no.apartment units (in 2 no. 3 storey duplex & 5 storey apartment block with surface car parking and elimination of the under-croft basement parking) consisting of 22 no. 1-Bed, 20 no. 2- Bed & 6 no. 3-Bed Apartment units.Modifications to Communal Open space, provision of roof terrace, Bin & Bike storage,and all other associated landscaping, boundary treatments, site development, and service infrastructure works at Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath. All drawings and related documents can be viewed online at www.wellfieldlrd2.ie
2460017	Conditional	20 Dec 2024	0	484 m	Construction of a road with footpath, bicycle lane, lighting, and, all associated site works, to access and service the lands zoned E2 – General Enterprise and Employment.
2460487	Conditional	18 Dec 2024	130	357 m	‘Large-Scale Residential Development’ (LRD) at a site with a total area of 5.48 hectares principally located at Main Street/R125 and Ballybin Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath. The total site contains a proposed residential development site with an area of 3.66 hectares (bisected by a proposed realigned Ballybin Road) and a proposed infrastructural development site with an area of 1.82 hectares (principally for road and related works, water services and open space amalgamation). The site is generally bound by: Fox Lodge Woods and Fox Lodge Manor to the west and north; existing agricultural lands and residential development to the north and east; existing Ballybin Road and Moulden Bridge to the east; and Main Street/R125 and Jamestown Road/L1016 to the south. The site also incorporates parts of: the existing Ballybin Road (north and west of Moulden Bridge), Main Street/R125, Jamestown Road/L1016 and green open space in Fox Lodge Manor. The proposed development principally consists of the demolition of 2 No. dwellings (594 square metres gross floor area combined) and 1 No. agricultural shed (988.7 square metres gross floor area) and the construction of 141 No. residential dwellings with a gross floor area of 12,428 square metres in buildings of 2 No. and 3 No. storeys. The dwellings include 117 No. houses (57 No. 2-bed, 52 No. 3-bed, 7 No. 4-bed and 1 No. 5-bed) and 24 No. maisonette/duplex units (18 No. 1-bed and 6 No. 3-bed). The development also proposes a reconfiguration of the road layout at the south (Main Street/R125 and Jamestown Road/L1016) and east (Ballybin Road) of the site. Specifically, it is proposed to demolish/remove the existing 5-arm roundabout and to replace same with a new 4-arm signalised junction and reconfigured access to the existing Ratoath Childcare site. The new junction arrangement will facilitate a proposed realignment of the southern section of the existing Ballybin Road (approximately 172 metres) as the northern arm of the new signalised junction and a revised entrance for the existing dwelling to the north-east of the site at Ballybin Road (known as ‘Fox Lodge Farm’, Eircode A84 KF97). The proposed road infrastructure works also include: road markings, traffic signals, traffic signage, footpaths and cycle infrastructure. The development also proposes: 2 No. new multi-modal accesses onto the proposed realigned Ballybin Road to serve the bisected residential site; 2 No. pedestrian accesses onto Main Street/R125 and 1 No. pedestri

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

10 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 14 Sept 2026
10 Aug 2026 Decision

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