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
Many residents of East Meath will have noticed a telecoms mast that appeared beside the Inse Bay bus stop during the week. It appears that the mast didn’t get planning permission but was licensed by Meath County Council under legislation designed to permit tables and chairs outside restaurants. Unlike planning permission there is no notice […]
This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will outline the steps to be undertaken by Meath County Council in the preparation and publication of a Settlement Capacity Audit(s) (SCA) for County Meath. The SOP sets out the legislative requirement to prepare an SCA to inform the Council in respect of the land use strategy and application of […]