‘Large-Scale Residential Development’ (LRD) at a site with a total area of 5.48 hectares principally located at Main…

Application details

Planning reference

2460487

Council

Meath County Council

Proposal description

‘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

Location / address

Main Street & Ballybin Road , Ratoath , Co. Meath

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

1 Jul 2024

Council status

APPLICATION FINALISED

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

18 Dec 2024

Appeal lodged

23 Jan 2025

Appeal decision

Grant permission with revised conditions

Appeal decision date

9 May 2025

Planning timeline

Key dated milestones from the council planning record and An Coimisiún Pleanála appeal records.

1. Application received

   1 Jul 2024

2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

   18 Dec 2024

3. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   21 Jan 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

4. Appeal decision: Invalid- no acknowledgement of local submission S.127(1)e

   21 Jan 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

5. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   22 Jan 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

6. Appeal decision: Invalid- no acknowledgement of local submission S.127(1)e

   22 Jan 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

7. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   23 Jan 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

8. Appeal decision: Grant permission with revised conditions

   9 May 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case