Unit 5 Yeates Centre, Navan Road, Dunboyne Co. Meath
Change of use from a retail unit to a creche, including a ground floor extension.
241 · Meath County Council · Lodged 2 January 2024
- Reference
- 241
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 2 January 2024
Summary
AI-generatedThe application seeks permission to change the use of an existing retail unit to a creche. This will allow for a ground floor extension to the adjoining creche facility.
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Official record
Development description
A change of use from retail unit to creche, to allow for and including a ground floor extension to the existing adjoining creche facility
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
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 Avondale Sq, Dunboyne, Meath | Jan 2025 | €235,000 | 51 m |
| 11 Avondale Square, Dunboyne, Co Meath | Nov 2025 | €305,000 | 77 m |
| Springhill, 21a St Patricks Park, Dunboyne | Feb 2025 | €864,500 | 152 m |
| 2 Oakfield Crescent, Dunboyneprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €440,529 | 157 m |
| 3 Oakfield Crescent, Dunboyneprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €440,529 | 157 m |
| Collinstown, Dunboyne, Meath | May 2025 | €240,000 | 157 m |
| 7 Oakfield Crescent, Oakfield, Dunboyneprice excludes VAT | Oct 2025 | €629,956 | 157 m |
| 6 Oakfield Crescent, Dunboyneprice excludes VAT | Nov 2025 | €563,877 | 157 m |
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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 received2 January 2024
- Further information requested22 February 2024
- Further information received23 February 2024
- Decision due21 March 2024
- Decision issued19 March 2024
- Grant issued30 April 2024
- Permission expiry29 April 2029
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