GrantedIndustrialDecided 27 February 2026

the east & south of the existing Hub Logistics Park, Gunnocks Portmanna & Clonee, Co. Meath

Construction of a major logistics, warehouse, and light industrial development comprising five buildings.

2587 · Meath County Council · Lodged 14 May 2025

Reference: 2587
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 14 May 2025

Summary

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The proposed development consists of a logistics, warehouse, and light industrial park with a total gross floor area of approximately 50,473 sqm across five buildings. This includes three large units of over 13,000 sqm each, featuring ancillary offices, canteens, and roof-mounted solar panels.

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Floor area: 50,473 m²

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Official record

Development description

The proposed development consists of a logistics, warehouse and/or light industrial development comprising of 5 no. Buildings with overall gross floor area of approximately 50,473 sq. M, as follows
3 no. Warehouse/ logistics/ light industrial units (units a04, a05 and a06), with a combined gross floor area of approximately 39,365 sq. M located to the north of the proposed central (east-west) access road. Each building has a gross floor area of 13,121.8 sq. M, comprising of 12,220 sq. M of warehouse/ logistics/ light industrial floorspace at ground floor level together with ancillary office floorspace (109 sq. M); ancillary canteen (42 sq. M); associated reception (33 sq. M) and associated staff welfare facilities; toilets; changing rooms; and plant and storage rooms at ground floor level. At first floor level provision is made for a further 163 sq. M ancillary office floorspace and canteen (173 sq. M) together with staff welfare facilities and toilets. The proposed buildings have a maximum building height of approximately 16.8m above ground level. Each of the three units will include 845 sq. M of solar panels fixed to a portion of the building roof. The buildings are set back from the northern edge of the access road to provide for landscaped forecourt parking areas to the front of each unit that are accessed of the proposed internal distributor road to provide ancillary car parking (47 no. Spaces (including 2 no. Disabled spaces) to serve unit a04; 45 no. Spaces (including 2 no. Disabled spaces) to serve unit a05; and 41 no. Spaces (including 2 no. Disabled spaces) to serve unit a06), and set down areas to the front of each building, respectively, together with covered bicycle storerooms (each providing 6 no. Spaces) and an esb sub-station (21.1 sq. M) for each building. A separate service access road is provided off the central (east-west) access road leading to the rear of each building from where it will be serviced. Provision is made for hgv parking and loading facilities together with circulation space within the service yards that are enclosed / fenced with 1.8m high palisade fencing, with an automatically opening gate to provide access. ……

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

E2/E3 - General Enterprise and Employment/ Warehousing and DistributionSI

“General Enterprise and Employment/ Warehousing and Distribution”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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Key dates

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Application received14 May 2025
Further information requested7 July 2025
Further information received15 December 2025
Decision due2 March 2026
Decision issued27 February 2026
Grant issued16 April 2026
Permission expiry15 April 2031

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