Awaiting decisionChange of use

Unit 2 Elmhurst Industrial Estate, Clonmagaddan, Navan

Change of use from a car repair facility to a metal waste transfer and recycling facility in Navan.

NA181350 · Meath County Council · Lodged 13 November 2018

Reference: NA181350
Authority: Meath County Council
Register status: Withdrawn
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 13 November 2018

Summary

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Planning permission is sought for a change of use of Unit 2 Elmhurst Industrial Estate from a car service facility to a metal waste transfer and recycling facility. The operations will involve collecting, sorting, cutting, and stripping scrap metal and wiring, alongside temporary storage and dispatch.

Change of useindustrialrecyclingwaste management

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Official record

Development description

Change of use from former use as a car service & repair facility to a waste transfer and recycling facility for ferrous & non-ferrous metals and all associated site development works, and will involve the collection of scrap metal, sorting into separate metal types, some cutting and bending of oversize metal pieces, collection of scrap electrical and electronic wiring, mechanical stripping of the insulated cover from the wiring, separation of the insulated cover from the stripped metal/wire, packing of individual metal types into shipping bags or containers or on to pallets, short-term / temporary storage of metals to allow accumulation of economic loads, loading of packed metals on transport vehicles, dispatch of metals for recovery at the appropriately licensed off-site locations, short-term / temporary storage of stripped insulated covering while awaiting removal from site for recovery or disposal at appropriately licensed off-site facilities. Access and egress will be via existing permitted entrance off proudstown road

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RA - Rural AreaRU

“Rural Area”

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

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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
17 The Paddocks, Proudstown Rd, Navan	Jun 2026	€322,000	229 m
48 The Paddocks, Proudstown Rd, Navan	Aug 2025	€364,000	249 m
1 The Paddocks, Proudstown Rd, Navan	Oct 2025	€372,000	332 m
6 Tara Glen Rd, Navan, Glen Rd	Jan 2026	€430,000	372 m
4 Tara Glen Drive, Navan, Co Meath	Apr 2025	€465,000	377 m

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Key dates

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Application received13 November 2018
Further information requested14 January 2019
Application withdrawn17 September 2019

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