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
Copy of valuation report on Old Mill site Julianstown
Regular readers will be aware that Meath County Council listed the Old Mill on the Derelict Sites Register to avoid proposed litigation from Protect East Meath. Since then there was some minor clean up to remove graffiti and weeds, both of which have returned. We recently filed an information request with the Council to get […]
Protect East Meath has recently lodged an appeal to An Bord Pleanála against the decision of Meath County Council to grant planning permission for a development of 95 units (49 houses and 46 apartments) at Colp. A second appeal from Grange Rath Management Company has also been lodged, the two appeals will be handled together. […]
In the latest in our series we have uploaded the video recording of the Stamullen special planning meeting which took place on 5 and 6 February 2021 You can see all of our videos on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIsGkFapxr-i96obor25_0w
On Monday the High Court gave Protect East Meath the go ahead to challenge the grant of planning permission for a proposed development of 201 apartments at Southgate on the outskirts of Drogheda The grounds of challenge include the following alleged issues with the decision: Planning application did not address the new county development plan […]
The High Court has given Protect East Meath permission to challenge Meath County Council’s decision to zone excess land in Drogheda under the recently adopted County Development Plan. Protect East Meath had pointed out that the Council zoned enough land in the Southern Environs of Drogheda to accommodate a population of up to 18,000 even […]
Protect East Meath has filed a comprehensive submission objecting to the proposal by Shannon Homes to develop 169 houses and 188 apartments off the Mill Road and Colpe Road. You can download from here or view below: The public submission period is closed with a decision due by 6 January 2021.
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 […]
The Drogheda Independent reported this week that a planning application had been submitted for a large solar farm in Smithstown on land between the R133 and Beabeg land. We checked the Meath County Council planning file and found that the application is invalid because the notices and drawings did not meet the required standard. The […]