Trim Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Trim Co. Meath.
Alterations and extension to Trim Castle Hotel to provide a new spa and outdoor thermal area.
2560715 · Meath County Council · Lodged 9 July 2025
- Reference
- 2560715
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 9 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of alterations and a third-floor extension to the existing hotel. It includes removing two bedrooms to create a 244 sqm indoor spa and extending facilities onto a 156 sqm rooftop terrace to provide an outdoor thermal experience with pools, hot tubs, and saunas.
- Floor area
- 400 m²
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Official record
Development description
Alterations and an extension to the third floor of the existing hotel to provide for a new spa with outdoor thermal area as follows: (i) removal of 2 no. Bedrooms at 3rd floor level to provide a spa / thermal area (244 sq. M) including elevational alterations as necessary, (ii) provision of a spa reception area, 3 no. Changing rooms and lockers, 1 no. Guest wc, 1 no. Accessible wc, a rasul (heat experience) with accompanying shower in the anti-chamber; (iii) extension of the spa / thermal facilities out to the rooftop terrace (156 sq. M) at the same level to the east of the existing hotel to provide an outdoor thermal experience with a sauna, plant room, hydrotherapy pool, hot tubs, cold plunge pool, 2 no. Showers, and 4 no. Seaweed baths; and (iv) all other associated engineering works, drainage, landscaping, lighting, and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development
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.
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What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Finnegan Way, Trim, Meath | May 2026 | €1,196,000 | 91 m |
| 6 Finnegan Way, Trim, Meath | Dec 2025 | €1,495,000 | 91 m |
| 1 Chapel Court, Patrick Street, Trim | Dec 2025 | €3,963,000 | 201 m |
| Apartments 7-18 (inclusive), Emmett Court, Trimprice excludes VAT | Jun 2025 | €3,886,000 | 203 m |
| 77 Charterhouse Ave, Trimprice excludes VAT | Jun 2026 | €374,449 | 203 m |
| Umberstown, Trimprice excludes VAT | Jul 2025 | €960,000 | 203 m |
| 32 Cahrterschool Park, Trimprice excludes VAT | Jun 2026 | €370,044 | 203 m |
| 1 The Charter School Park, Trimprice excludes VAT | Jun 2026 | €374,449 | 203 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 received9 July 2025
- Decision due2 September 2025
- Decision issued29 August 2025
- Grant issued8 October 2025
- Permission expiry7 October 2030
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