James Griffin Pub, High Street, Trim Co. Meath
Retention of beer garden, bar extensions, and parking at James Griffin Pub, Trim.
221371 · Meath County Council · Lodged 19 October 2022
- Reference
- 221371
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 19 October 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks retention for converting store rooms to a bar, a beer garden, a temporary toilet block, and extra parking. It also seeks permission to convert another store room into a cocktail bar.
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
The development consists of retention of the change of use of two rear store rooms to bar area, retention of a single storey cleaners store located in the yard area, and use of rear yard area as a beer garden, retention of elevational changes to the building including, increased height to rear storerooms that have been converted into an additional bar area, provision of a covered area to the side of rear bar area, retractable awning to yard area and revisions to the windows/ roof windows to the covered beer garden area. Retention permission is also sought for a period of 10 years for a single storey prefabricated ladies toilet block which has been installed in the enclosed rear yard area and for the change of use of part of the yard area, which is located next the entrance to the car park, into additional car parking (five bays), along with four recycling banks and for the retention of a bay for hot food casual trading beside the entrance to this land from thursday to sunday from 4pm to 9pm daily. Planning permission is sought to convert an existing store room within this public house to a cocktail bar, including the creation of a bar counter / servery area and permission is sought to cover the existing metal roof cladding to the rear bar area to be retained with a corrugated metal or sinusoidal curved metal, finished in a red colour, rendering and painting of the exposed blockwork to the gable end of the public house and all associated site works and services. The building is a protected structure and it is located within trim historic core architectural conservation area and trim zone of archeological potential'
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Commercial Town or Village Centre”
National zoning type: City/Town/village Centre, central area
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3 Haggard Inn, Haggard Street, Trim | Apr 2025 | €600,000 | 47 m |
| Apartments 6 7 10 15 16 18, 21 22 25 29 30 The Haggard, Trim | Feb 2025 | €1,900,000 | 69 m |
| 3 St Marys Villas, Navan Gate, Trim | Aug 2025 | €200,000 | 101 m |
| 6 Haggard St, Trim, Co. Meath | Nov 2025 | €700,000 | 107 m |
| Apt 9 Otherwise 6 Haggard St, Trim, Meath | Jun 2025 | €215,000 | 107 m |
| 6 St Marys Villas, Navan Gate, Trim | May 2025 | €355,000 | 122 m |
| 6 St Marys Villas, Navan Gate, Trimnot full market price | Jan 2025 | €10,000 | 122 m |
| 9 Old Forge, Haggard St, Trim | Jun 2026 | €240,000 | 144 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 received19 October 2022
- Decision due13 December 2022
- Decision issued9 December 2022
- Appeal submitted13 January 2023
- Appeal decided13 May 2024
- Permission expiry12 May 2029
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