Laytown Railway Station mast – Broadband Officer report
Copy of the Meath Broadband Officer report on the Laytown mast which was not published by the council on the public viewer
Planning
Laytown Railway Station Telecoms Mast – Planners Report
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
Details of Inse Bay Mast
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 […]
Settlement Capacity Audit – Standard Operating Procedure – February 2023
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 […]
High Court judgment on Drogheda zoning
The High Court published its judgment quashing changes to the residential zoning in South Drogheda which released significantly more building land than was needed for the population projected by the national planning framework. There is a copy below if anyone is interested.
Court ruling throws zoning plans into doubt
https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2022/12/28/court-ruling-throws-zoning-plans-into-doubt/
Update on the recent High Court decision part-quashing new residential zoning in South Drogheda
The National Planning Framework (NPF) is a plan that was agreed by Ireland’s politicians and the public and this legally binding plan now serves as a template for accommodating Ireland’s growing population to the year 2040. This also impacts on land use and zoning. A central goal of the NPF is to ensure the correct […]
Old Mill Julianstown – Update
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 […]
Laytown and Bettystown Walking and Cycling Study 2014
In 2014 Meath County Council commissioned a walking and cycling study which resulted in a 200 page report which, as far as we can tell, was never published. The report sat on a shelf for 7 years. Last year, the Council commissioned another report to update the 2014 study to take account of policy changes […]
Protect East Meath appeals Colp planning permission
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. […]