Observation pack · Meath County Council

Ballybin Road (opposite Ashbourne Industrial Estate) , Ashbourne , Co Meath

the development will consist of the construction of a 2 storey office building with ancillary facilities, new vehicular and pedestrian access off permitted road (under ref No: AA190412) currently under construction, car parking and all associated site development works including drainage infrastructure, site boundaries, SUDS features and Landscaping

Observations close 19 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 8 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2661146 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,961 m²
Received: 14 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 8 Nov 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/2661146/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661146 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 19 Oct 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
C2.1 Economic development and employment	E2 - General Enterprise and Employment: General Enterprise and Employment	ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027
C2.1 Economic development and employment	E2 - General Enterprise and Employment: General Enterprise and Employment	ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	3 Nov 2021 → 2 Nov 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Sources: MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027, MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
MEATH ME-002:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open
MEATH ME-003:DP:meath-county-development-plan-2021-2027-as-varied	—	4 Oct 2026, 23:04	open

Designations on or near the site

EPA-licensed facility × 1
Doherty Brothers Timber Company Limited
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	Distance	Description
2561143	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	409 m	the development will consist of: (i) the construction of 1 no. single-storey high-tech manufacturing facility (overall height 10.115m), incorporating a two-storey element at ground and first floor to accommodate offices, staff facilities, and a plant room, with a total gross floor area of 1,996 sq. m; (ii) 26 no. standard car parking spaces, 2 no. wheelchair accessible parking spaces, and 16 no. bicycle spaces; (iii) 1 no. ESB substation and 1 no. bin store; (iv) all associated ancillary site works including goods yard, driveway, landscaping, boundary treatments, water main and drainage works, all on the site of circa 0.412 hectares. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
2561163	Conditional	6 Jul 2026	419 m	the development comprises a four-storey office and staff facilities area (1,301sqm) and a medical equipment area (4,061sqm), with an internal clear height of 12m and an overall height of 16.65m. The external area includes HGV/vans access/egress and marshalling yard, independent car parking access/egress with 37No. car parking spaces, including disabled and EV spaces, a covered bike park area, pedestrian accesses, and associated landscape & civil works
2560734	Conditional	4 Sept 2025	403 m	amendments to the development permitted under Reg Ref: 2460086. The development will consist of the removal of the mezzanine floor in its entirety, together with associated ground floor alterations including the removal of the internal staircases and the re-configuration of the internal layout to provide a single-level, open-plan retail warehouse unit. No changes to the external elevations or the permitted retail warehouse use of the unit are proposed
2560704	Conditional	26 Aug 2025	399 m	the development will consist/consists of the following works to the existing motor sales and service facility: a) an extension of 33.5 sq.m. of showroom space to sit under the existing overhanging roof to northeast of the Toyota car showroom, b) the removal of all existing Toyota signage (6 no.) and installation of 7 new internally illuminated signs including 3 building mounted signs and 4 freestanding signs, c) all associated site works
2560235	Conditional	1 May 2025	406 m	the proposed development will consist of the following: • The construction of 1 no. high-tech manufacturing facility (approx. 7,851 sqm total Gross Internal Area and 13.2m in height) including ancillary office space, reception area, lobby, circulation areas, canteen, plant, communication room, stores, WCs and showers. • The provision of 4 no. dock levellers and 4 no. doors on grade for loading and unloading of Heavy Goods Vehicles; • The provision of 147 no. car parking spaces (including 15 no. EV parking spaces and 8 no. accessible parking spaces) and 36 no. secure bicycle parking spaces; • 2 no. new vehicular access / egress points are proposed in the form of 1 no. HGV access point and 1 no. vehicular access points to the serve staff car parking areas separately via Ashbourne Business Park; • 2 no. pedestrian / cycle access points are proposed via the R135; • 1 no. bin store and 1 no. recycling store; • 11 no. Condensers and 1 no. Generator associated with the proposed facility; • An underground attenuation tank at the northern end of the site (407m3); and an attenuation basin (approx. 35m3) located at the southern boundary of the site; • 4 no. signage areas on the northern, southern, western and eastern elevations of the proposed facility; • 785 sqm PV solar panels on the southern-western facing roof surfaces; • All associated site development works including lighting, external plant, landscaping and engineering works
2460770	Conditional	13 Nov 2024	290 m	Current Use The subject building is used for the storage, cleaning and repair of goods from flood/fire damaged structures The structure comprises offices, mezzanine floor level and warehouse area Proposed Change of use for Mezzanine Level The proposed change of use applies only to the Mezzanine level. It is proposed that the mezzanine level will be used as a Yoga Space which essentially is an open space. It is proposed to provide Yoga Classes in the mezzanine area. Unlike a gym a Yoga space does not use any equipment, except for yoga mats, foam/cork bricks, bolsters (firm cushions), belts and foldable chairs that are stored neatly away 95% of the time. The timetable for the Yoga Space would be mostly evenings. Key times for activities would usually be 6 to 9pm And maybe 1 x1 hour class each morning around 10am All classes are usually Mon-Thurs. So approximately 16 hours a week. There would be possibility of weekend workshop for 2-3 hours, but this would probably be 1-2 sessions per month. The mezzanine floor is spacious enough to hold 4 -12people, but the average class would probably be 6-8 people. Office \ Warehouse Areas The proposed Yoga Space will have no impact upon the office and warehouse areas of the premises. The Yoga space will use the same entrance but will be segregated from the other areas. As the classes will be held predominately outside of the business hours of the remainder of the building then there will be little or no cross over. Water \ Waste Water The proposed Yoga Space would have minimal impact on the use of water at the premises. Parking The proposed Yoga Space would have minimal impact on parking. There are spaces available at the premises and adjacent environs within The Court. Further, activities would be outside the operating hours of adjacent units.
2460100	Conditional	4 Apr 2024	440 m	an amendment to permission Reg.Ref.23/60184 for development of an Electric Vehicle Charging station at Ashbourne Retail Park, Ballybin Road, Ashbourne, Co Meath the development will consist of 5 no. EV charging stations, each serving 2 no. vehicle charging bays, a total of 10 no. charging points, 1 no. 8 bay canopy structure incorporating circa. 105 sqm of roof mounted solar panels. The use of existing retail park access / egress and all associated above and below ground ancillary works. The proposed amendment to the development involves the relocation of the proposed vehicle charging bays and the substation
2460086	Conditional	27 Mar 2024	403 m	a change of use from vacant Argos catalogue store and storage area to retail warehouse use at Unit 7 in the Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co. Meath. It is also proposed to remove part of the mezzanine floor to provide a new stairs connecting the ground floor with the mezzanine floor. The proposed development will result in a total gross floor area of 1,538.5 sq.m., a reduction of 67.5 sq.m. There are no changes to the elevations as part of the proposed development for the subject unit. The development includes all ancillary works to facilitate the development

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322565	—	pending	20 May 2025	406 m
314424	—	Refused	28 Nov 2023	179 m
313574	—	Granted with conditions	9 Nov 2023	242 m
313625	Referral	Other	21 Sept 2023	472 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

14 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 19 Oct 2026
14 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.