GrantedHousing estateDecided 18 December 2024

Main Street & Ballybin Road, Ratoath, Co. Meath

Demolition of two houses and a shed to build a 141-unit residential development in Ratoath.

2460487 · Meath County Council · Lodged 1 July 2024

Reference: 2460487
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 1 July 2024
Residential units: 130
Floor area: 14920 m²

Summary

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This Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) proposal on a 5.48-hectare site includes the demolition of two dwellings and an agricultural shed. It plans for the construction of 141 residential units alongside significant road realignment and infrastructural works.

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Development description

‘large-scale residential development’ (lrd) at a site with a total area of 5.48 hectares principally located at main street/r125 and ballybin road, ratoath, co. Meath. The total site contains a proposed residential development site with an area of 3.66 hectares (bisected by a proposed realigned ballybin road) and a proposed infrastructural development site with an area of 1.82 hectares (principally for road and related works, water services and open space amalgamation). The site is generally bound by: fox lodge woods and fox lodge manor to the west and north; existing agricultural lands and residential development to the north and east; existing ballybin road and moulden bridge to the east; and main street/r125 and jamestown road/l1016 to the south. The site also incorporates parts of: the existing ballybin road (north and west of moulden bridge), main street/r125, jamestown road/l1016 and green open space in fox lodge manor. The proposed development principally consists of the demolition of 2 no. Dwellings (594 square metres gross floor area combined) and 1 no. Agricultural shed (988.7 square metres gross floor area) and the construction of 141 no. Residential dwellings with a gross floor area of 12,428 square metres in buildings of 2 no. And 3 no. Storeys. The dwellings include 117 no. Houses (57 no. 2-bed, 52 no. 3-bed, 7 no. 4-bed and 1 no. 5-bed) and 24 no. Maisonette/duplex units (18 no. 1-bed and 6 no. 3-bed). The development also proposes a reconfiguration of the road layout at the south (main street/r125 and jamestown road/l1016) and east (ballybin road) of the site. Specifically, it is proposed to demolish/remove the existing 5-arm roundabout and to replace same with a new 4-arm signalised junction and reconfigured access to the existing ratoath childcare site. The new junction arrangement will facilitate a proposed realignment of the southern section of the existing ballybin road (approximately 172 metres) as the northern arm of the new signalised junction and a revised entrance for the existing dwelling to the north-east of the site at ballybin road (known as ‘fox lodge farm’, eircode a84 kf97). The proposed road infrastructure works also include: road markings, traffic signals, traffic signage, footpaths and cycle infrastructure. The development also proposes: 2 no. New multi-modal accesses onto the proposed realigned ballybin road to serve the bisected residential site; 2 no. Pedestrian accesses onto main street/r125 and 1 no. Pedestri

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

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“New Residential”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
91 Moulden Bridge, Ratoath, Meath	Dec 2025	€315,000	120 m
85 Fox Lodge Manor, Ratoath, Meath	Feb 2026	€438,000	229 m
4 The Crescent, Foxlodge Woods, Ratoath	Mar 2026	€775,000	243 m
7 Moulden Bridge, Ratoath, Meath	Aug 2025	€751,000	308 m
14 The Crescent, Foxlodge Woods, Ratoath	Jun 2026	€700,000	321 m
23 The Lane, Foxlodge Woods, Ratoathnot full market price	May 2025	€247,038	327 m
51 The Lane, Fox Lodge Woods, Ratoath	Jan 2025	€335,000	329 m
Main Road, Ratoath, County Meath	Aug 2025	€24,198	341 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 received1 July 2024
Further information requested23 August 2024
Further information received17 October 2024
Decision due3 January 2025
Decision issued18 December 2024
Appeal submitted23 January 2025
Appeal decided9 May 2025
Permission expiry8 May 2030

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