Our friends at the Irish River Project are doing sterling work publishing environmental information from around the country. One document got our attention, the Meath 2022 National Enforcement Priorities Progress report which is a report from the council to the EPA about the council’s environmental enforcement activities. You can access the report at this link. […]
We thought locals would want to see the comments of the Meath Conservation Officer on the proposed 24m mast that is under consideration by An Bord Pleanála. The officer said: “As the station, station masters house, railway line, overhead light industry and track bridge that already exist are inherent industrial structures, I have no objection […]
Protect East Meath has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against a decision by Meath County Council to granted permission for a 24m telecommunications mast at Laytown train station. Members of the public can make observations online before 4 September by clicking on this link. You can access the Meath planning file here (click twice), and […]
The Climate Action Plan 2023 requires local authorities to identify roads suitable for reallocation to active travel such as walking and cycling. We reported on Drogheda where are extensive active travel plan is in place. We now have received Meath’s list of roads identified as suitable for reallocation and it is underwhelming. Just two roads […]
We received a copy of a report commissioned for Meath County Council in March 2023 which recommends progressing the Julianstown bypass project to the next stage. Nice to see that the report authors used our photographs on the cover to illustrate the dire traffic situation in the village
Meath Co Co recently organised a non-statutory consultation on a proposed Pedestrian and Cycling Facilities on the Eastham Road Bettystown. The consultation responses were not published anywhere but we have obtained a copy via AIE
Meath County Council has just published a call for tenders for consultants to carry out assessments as party of a proposal to vary the Meath County Development plan. This appears to be in response to our successful challenge to excess zoning in Drogheda, although it is not clear what the proposed variation is meant to […]
One of the tasks of local authorities under the government’s climate action plan is to draw up a list of roads in their areas that are suitable for reallocation to active travel, i.e. walking and cycling. This is so that carbon emissions for car transport can be reduced. Louth County Council has supplied their list […]
Copy of the Meath Broadband Officer report on the Laytown mast which was not published by the council on the public viewer
Copy of the planner’s report on the Laytown Railway Station telecoms mast which the council removed from the public planning file for reasons which are unknown