GrantedCommercialDecided 25 June 2020

Donacarney, Colpe East, Co. Meath

A mixed-use development including retail, offices, a coffee shop, and 18 residential units.

LB191761 · Meath County Council · Lodged 20 December 2019

Reference: LB191761
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 20 December 2019

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of vacant and derelict buildings to construct a mixed-use retail, commercial, and residential development. It includes restoring a cottage for use as a coffee shop, building two commercial blocks, and constructing a third block containing retail units, 10 apartments, and 8 duplex units.

Commercialmixed useretailapartmentsdemolition

Residential units: 18
Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

The development will consist of permission for a mixed use retail commercial and residential development that includes the following elements
Demolition of a vacant cottage, a vacant beauty salon, a derelict cottage and outbuildings
Restoration of an existing 70 sq. M derelict single-storey cottage and change of its use from residentail to to retail/coffee shop
Construction of 3 no. Buildings as follows; block 1 is a two-storey commercial use building with retail, beauty salon, and hair salon uses at ground floor level, together with office and medical consulting uses at first floor level. Block 2 is a two-storey commercial use building with retail use at ground floor level, together with office use at first floor level. Block 3 comprises a two-storey mixed use section with a retail unit and a take-away retail unit on the ground floor and 2 no. Two-bed apartments overhead, connected to a three-storey residential section that provides 8 no. Two-bed apartments at ground floor level together with a total 8 no. Three-bed duplex apartment units at 1st & 2nd floor levels
Alterations to proposed vehicular entrance and foothpath previously approved under planning ref: lb160454.5. Car parking, bicycle parking, bin stores, public lighting, private and public open spaces, landscaping proposals and all associated site development works. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

B1 - Commercial Town or Village CentreUC

“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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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 15 November 2021. A completion certificate was lodged on 10 August 2023.

Notified floor area: 899 m²

5 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
11 Johnstons Villas, Mornington Park, Donacarney	Nov 2025	€550,000	133 m
No.5 Glen Boann, Donacarney, County Meath	Feb 2026	€460,000	267 m
40 Maydenhayes Square, Maydenhayes, Mornington	Nov 2025	€515,000	269 m
4 St Laurences Rd, Mornington Park, Donacarney	Aug 2025	€330,000	297 m
28 Castle Glen, Donacarney, Meath	Sept 2025	€362,000	299 m
26 Castle Glen, Donacarney, Meath	Feb 2025	€282,000	304 m
37 Wellington Walk, Mornington Park, Donacarney	Mar 2026	€425,000	307 m
23 Castle Glen, Donacarney, Meath	Mar 2026	€400,000	313 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 received20 December 2019
Further information requested20 February 2020
Further information received19 May 2020
Decision due30 June 2020
Decision issued25 June 2020
Grant issued12 August 2020
Permission expiry11 August 2025

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