Dawn Meats Submission
We made a submission the the Dawn Meats proposed waste water treatment plan and discharge pipeline into the Boyne. You can read it here or below:
Drogheda
Plans for 12 story apartment block in Drogheda submitted
Breaking: We’ve just learned that Hallscotch Ventures Limited has applied to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission for a strategic housing development of 275 apartments in four blocks ranging up to 12 stories at the surface car park beside scotch hall. The plans are here (https://www.scotchhallshd.com/)
Protect East Meath asks Planning Regulator to investigate excess Drogheda zoning in Meath Development Plan
Protect East Meath this week wrote to the Office of the Planning Regulator asking it to investigate a proposal by Meath County Council to release enough zoned land to build up to 8,000 houses in South Drogheda as part of the development plan review. Under the previous development plan the Council had identified excess zoning […]
Withdrawn: Shannon Homes fails in second attempt to get Colp planning
Protect East Meath has just learned that Shannon Homes has withdrawn its planning application for 357 no. residential units (169 no. houses, 188 no. apartments), childcare facilities and associated site works at a site off the Colp Road and Mill Road. This was the second attempt by Shannon Homes following a refusal by An Bord […]
Rathmullan victory written up in the Drogheda Independent
We’ve been receiving widespread support following our successful challenge to planning permission granted to Trailford Limited for 661 houses in Rathmullan. It’s clear from talking to locals that people are fed up with over development of Drogheda and East Meath in the wrong place without infrastructure and are alive to the mistakes that were made […]
Rathmullan planning permission quashed by High Court
The High Court today quashed planning permission granted to Trailford Limited for a 661 unit housing development at Rathmullan. The case taken by Highlands Residents Association and Protect East Meath challenged the decision on the basis that the land was not identified for residential development under the County Development Plan and that there were serious […]
Bid to extend permission for 457 Marsh Road apartments fails after Protect East Meath intervention
An application to extend the duration of planning permission for a proposed development of 457 apartments and a bridge at the Marsh Road in Drogheda has been refused following a submission from Protect East Meath to Louth County Council pointing out that a decision of the European Court of Justice delivered in September had made […]
Cement plans withdrawn and resubmitted
Following a submission from Protect East Meath, Irish Cement has withdrawn its planning application for a major development at its Platin facility. Protect East Meath pointed out that legal requirements for Meath County Council to publish the planning application online had not been complied with. It seems Irish Cement has agreed with Protect East Meath […]
Irish Cement plans not online, no notice in East Meath
Protect East Meath has filed an observation on Irish Cement’s plans for a major development at its Platin factory. Protect East Meath is concerned that no notices were placed in the East Meath area or in local newspapers and Meath County Council did not put the plans online despite being required to do so by […]
Shannon Homes tries again with Colpe application
Shannon Homes has given notice that it will have another go at trying to obtain planning permission for a large housing development between the Colpe Road and the Mill Road. Permission for a similar development at the same location was refused in February by An Bord Pleanála on the basis of inadequate bird surveys relating […]