Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedCommercialDecided 1 December 2020

Ashbourne Retail Park, Ashbourne, Co Meath

Construction of a new restaurant and a cafe, both with drive-through and takeaway services, at Ashbourne Retail Park.

AA201442 · Meath County Council · Lodged 8 October 2020

Reference
AA201442
Authority
Meath County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
8 October 2020

Summary

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The development consists of a 248 sq.m restaurant and a 127 sq.m cafe, both featuring drive-through and takeaway services. The project includes outdoor seating, a reduction of 50 car parking spaces, a revised internal road layout, and the relocation of a wastewater pumping station.

Commercialretail parkrestaurantcafedrive through
Floor area
375 m²

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Development description

The proposed development comprises of the following, provision of 1 no. Restaurant with takeaway services and drive-through (c. 248sq. M and unroofed service yard (c. 44sq. M) including cold room of (c. 13.4 sq. M)), provision of 1 no. Cafe with takeaway services and drive-through (c. 127 sq. M) and unroofed service yard (c. 21.4 sq. M), provision of outdoor seating associated with both the restaurant and cafe buildings, amendments to the surface car park resulting in a reduction of 50 no. Of car parking spaces from 957 no. Spaces to 907 no. Spaces and revised layout of the car parking area to provide for new access and egress points to the proposed cafe and resturant, provision of new internal road layout to accommodate the proposed cafe and restaurant, relocation of existing wastewater pumping station and proposed new culvert drainage system. The development also includes hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian crossing points and associated traffic calming measures, bin stores, 11 no. Cycle parking spaces and all other associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development. A natura impact statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

B2 - Retail Warehouse ParkRW
“Retail Warehouse Park”

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

Timeline

  1. Application received8 October 2020
  2. Decision due2 December 2020
  3. Decision issued1 December 2020
  4. Grant issued21 January 2021
  5. Permission expiry20 January 2026

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