New Lane, Abbeylands, Navan Co. Meath
Retention of funeral home extensions and permission for a new storage and resomation area in Navan.
21676 · Meath County Council · Lodged 14 April 2021
- Reference
- 21676
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 14 April 2021
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks retention for an extension to an existing funeral home, a garage, and a change of use of a store to an embalming area. It also seeks permission to construct a new storage area and provide a resomation area with a resomator unit.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
- Extension to the existing funeral home
- Construction of a garage
- Change of use of existing store to embalming area
- Alterations to all elevations along with minor internal alterations. Permission is sought to
- Construct a storage area to rear (east) of existing building
- Provide a resomation area with associated resomator unit within embalming area to be retained
- All associated site development works significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application
The historical record
How retention applications have been decided in Meath County Council
90% granted
of 1,820 retention applications granted, refused or part-granted by Meath County Council, 2016–2026.
- The same category nationally
- 90%45,165
- All categories in Meath County Council
- 87%13,083
These are historical figures for this category in this council area, counted from the statutory register over the last 10 years. They are not an assessment of this application and say nothing about how it will be decided.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Mixed Use”
Objective set by the Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Flower Hill, Navan, Meath | Sept 2025 | €306,000 | 33 m |
| 3 Poolboy View, Flower Hill, Navan | Jun 2026 | €200,000 | 39 m |
| 17 Blackwater Heights, Abbeylands, Navan | Jan 2025 | €255,000 | 81 m |
| 17 Distillery Quay, Navan, Co. Meath | Mar 2025 | €90,000 | 83 m |
| 14 Distillery Quay, Navan, Co Meath | Feb 2026 | €200,000 | 83 m |
| Apt 8, Distillery Quay, Mill Lane Navan | Nov 2025 | €230,000 | 83 m |
| 19 Distillery Quay, Navan, Co Meath | Mar 2025 | €90,000 | 83 m |
| Apartment 19, Blackwater Heights, Abbeylands Navan | May 2025 | €250,000 | 85 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received14 April 2021
- Further information requested8 June 2021
- Further information received16 July 2021
- Decision due1 September 2021
- Decision issued31 August 2021
- Grant issued11 October 2021
- Permission expiry10 October 2026
In the area
Applications near this site
Other planning applications within about 500 m — what else is being proposed or built nearby.
- GrantedAt this site
The development consists of the retention of two no. stores and a shower room in the attic space of a first…
02 Blackwater Heights , Navan , Co. Meath C15T261
2460763MeathLodged 19 Sept 2024Retention
- Awaiting decision40 m away
For the installation of a 1.42m x 0.51m x 1.81m (LxWxH) above ground enclosure to house a new natural gas…
Blackwater Heights , Abbeyland , Navan
2660620MeathLodged 25 May 2026
- Granted40 m away
A new 1.42 x 0.51 x 1.86 (LxWxH) enclosure to house a natural gas District Regulating Installation (DRI)…
Flower Hill DRI Blackwater Heights , Off New Lane Navan , Co. Meath
NA180445MeathLodged 3 May 2018Infrastructure
- Granted40 m away
The demolition of a 3 storey apartment building comprising 3 no. structurally compromised (non-habitable)…
Block B Apartments 1819 & 20 , Mill Court Mill Lane , Navan Co Meath
211972MeathLodged 8 Oct 2021Demolition
- Refused50 m away
The development will consist of change of use of ground floor office suite to rear of building, to two…
Unit No. 1 No. 3 , Flowerhill , Navan Co. Meath
NA161438MeathLodged 21 Dec 2016Change of use
- Awaiting decision50 m away
A single storey room to the rear of the property, further development will consist of extending the current…
70 Flower Hill , Navan , Co Meath
22608MeathLodged 11 May 2022Extension
- Granted50 m away
The development is for minor revisions to already granted planning permission ref. 22545 and will consist of:…
Flower Hill Lodge , Pollboy Street Flower Hill , Navan Co. Meath
23452MeathLodged 26 Apr 2023Alterations
- Awaiting decision60 m away
A single storey room to the rear of the property, further development will consist of extending the current…
70 Flower Hill , Navan , Co. Meath
22694MeathLodged 27 May 2022Extension
Related developments
Similar applications
Ranked by what these developments actually propose, not by matching words — so you can see how comparable applications were decided.
- GrantedCommercial
Retention of single storey porch to rear and alterations to façade of extensions to existing funeral home…
Bothar Saclay, Ballincollig, Co.Cork,
134938corkLodged 20 May 2013
- GrantedCommercial
For (a) extension to the existing funeral home, (b) to include storage space at first floor level, (c) to…
Allenwood Middle , Allenwood , Naas
2560562KildareLodged 26 May 2025
- GrantedChange of use
The following: a) demolition of two storey rear extension & single storey out-building b) proposed single…
Main Street , Drumlish , Co Longford
21249LongfordLodged 20 Aug 2021
- GrantedCommercial
Extend existing Funeral Home to provide a Crematorium and showroom on the northern side of the building with…
Michael J Prendergast Road , Tallow , Co Waterford
2560475WaterfordLodged 11 Jul 2025
- GrantedChange of use
Permission is sought for the following development; A) Change of use of existing single-storey retail unit to…
Sandyford Road, Sandyford Village, Co. Dublin
D11A/0538Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 19 Apr 2012
- GrantedChange of use
Permission for the following: (a) Change of Use of two number existing single-storey retail units to Funeral…
Sandyford Road, Sandyford Village, Co. Dublin
D14A/0382Dún Laoghaire–RathdownLodged 17 Jun 2014
Community
Discussion
What local people think about this application.
Community sentiment
No votes yetNobody has voted on this application yet.
Community sentiment — a straw poll of people who visited this page, not a statutory submission. To make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.
Sign in to have your say on this application.
No comments yet. Be the first to say what you think about this application.
Sign in to join the discussion on this application.
Comments are moderated and are the opinions of the people who wrote them. They form no part of the statutory planning process — to make a valid observation you must submit it to the planning authority.