GrantedApartmentsDecided 10 October 2024

Site at former Joe Molloy’s Bookmakers (Derelict site Ref. Number DS-1044)., Main Street Clonee, County Meath D15 X036

Demolition of a bookmakers to build a 2-5 storey building with 37 apartments and 3 retail units in Clonee.

2460197 · Meath County Council · Lodged 20 March 2024

Reference: 2460197
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 March 2024

Summary

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The proposed development on a derelict site in Clonee involves the demolition of the former Joe Molloy's Bookmakers. It will be replaced by a 2-5 storey mixed-use building containing 3 retail units on the ground floor and 37 apartments on the upper floors, along with communal terraces and 37 car parking spaces.

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Residential units: 37
Storeys: 5

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development is for a 2-5 storey mixed use building on the former joe molloy’s bookmakers site, main street, clonee, co. Meath. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing building and site clearance (derelict site no. Ds-1044); the construction of 3 no. Ground floor level retail units with frontage onto clonee main street (r147), the lucan road (r149) and at the main street / lucan road junction (r147 / r149 junction); 37 no. Apartments (1 no. Studio unit, 17 no. 1 bed units and 19 no. 2 bed units) at upper floor levels, including private amenity spaces; a raised communal landscape deck at first floor level, together with landscaped communal roof terraces at 2nd and 4th floor levels; 37 no. Car parking spaces (including. 1 no. Accessible space), 76 no. Bicycle parking spaces and 2 no. Communal bin stores at ground floor/surface level with access onto the lucan road (r149); and all associated and ancillary site and development works. The proposed development incorporates works to the public realm along the frontage of the site onto clonee main street (r147), the lucan road (r149) and at the main street / lucan road junction (r147 / r149 junction). These proposed works include the provision of a concrete footpath (2.5m in width) along the lucan road (r149) frontage of the site; the provision of a bituminous macadam cycle path (1.75m in width) along clonee main street (r147) and lucan road (r149) frontage, integrating with existing cycle paths; and, the provision of a loading bay for commercial vehicles only (2.5m x 7m) along clonee main street (r147), adjoining and integrated with existing on-street parallel parking spaces. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

B1 - Commercial Town or Village CentreUC

“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.

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
20 Summerseat Avenue, Clonee, Co Meath	Oct 2025	€342,500	141 m
Apt.8, Summerseat Avenue, Clonee	Sept 2025	€350,000	145 m
34 Summerseat Way, Summerseat, Cloneeprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€374,449	153 m
34 Summerseat Way, Summerseat, Cloneeprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€374,449	153 m
33 Summerseat Way, Cloneeprice excludes VAT	Aug 2025	€370,044	153 m
46 Ard Cluain, Main St, Clonee	Aug 2025	€341,000	154 m
86 Summerseat Avenue, Summerseat, Clonee	Mar 2026	€260,000	173 m
8 Ard Cluain, Clonee, Meath	Jan 2025	€310,000	192 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 received20 March 2024
Further information requested14 May 2024
Further information received5 September 2024
Decision due10 October 2024
Decision issued10 October 2024
Grant issued26 November 2024
Permission expiry25 November 2029

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