Awaiting decisionHousing estate

Priestown, Kilbride, Co. Meath

Construction of 52 houses, 4 apartments, a creche, cafe, gym, and retail unit in Kilbride.

2526 · Meath County Council · Lodged 14 February 2025

Reference: 2526
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 February 2025

Summary

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The development consists of 52 houses ranging from 2 to 3 storeys, and 4 apartments split across two mixed-use blocks. The scheme also includes a creche, cafe, gym, retail unit, a new village plaza, and associated infrastructure.

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Residential units: 56
Storeys: 3

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

Block a includes the creche (245 sq m), cafe (unit 1, 83 sq m) and 2 no. Apartments in a 2-3 storey building and block b includes the gym (unit 2, 77 sq m), retail unit (unit 3, 82 sq m) and 2 no. Apartments in a 2 storey building
The 52 no. Houses are 2
3 storey and consist of: 1 no. 3 bed detached house (type e) 11 no. 3 bed terraced houses {type c)
26 no. 3 bed semi-detached houses (type b/ b 1)
6 no. 4 bed semi-detached houses (type d/ d1/ d2)
8 no. 5 bed detached houses {type a/ a 1)
The 4 no. Apartments with associated balconies consist of
3 no. 2 bed apartments 1 no. 3 bed apartment
Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided from the kilbride road and priestown road
A new segregated pedestrian/ cycle way along the eastern site boundary
Car parking, bicycle parking, internal roads, services infrastructure and refuse storage
Landscaping, a new village plaza, open spaces, play areas, boundary treatments and public lighting
All associated site works and services

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RA - Rural AreaRU

“Rural Area”

National zoning type: Mixed/general primary sector uses, including 'rural'

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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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
9 Priestown Avenue, Priestown, Kilbrideprice excludes VAT	May 2025	€440,528	211 m
12 Priestown Avenue, Kilbride, Meath	Feb 2026	€700,000	257 m
14 Priestown Avenue, Kilbride, Co Meath	Mar 2025	€550,000	261 m
Priestown, Kilbride, Co. Meath	Jul 2025	€740,000	305 m
9 Cherry Tree Dr, Kilbride, Mulhuddart	May 2025	€240,000	350 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.

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Application received14 February 2025

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