Knocks, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath
Construction of an off-line motorway service area with a fuel forecourt, amenity building, and drive-thru restaurant.
RA160095 · Meath County Council · Lodged 5 February 2016
- Reference
- RA160095
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Invalid or incomplete
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 5 February 2016
Summary
AI-generatedThis application proposes a major off-line Motorway Service Area (MSA) at Knocks, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath. The development includes a new vehicular entrance, car and HGV fuel forecourts with canopies, a 1,400sqm amenity building with a convenience store, four food outlets (including one drive-thru), parking for 158 cars, HGVs, and coaches, and culverting of a tributary stream.
- Floor area
- 1,400 m²
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Official record
Development description
The development will consist of an off-line motorway service area (msa) comprising the creation of a new vehicular entrance to the site from the r125; provision of a 4 no. Pump island car/van forecourt with canopy over (maximum height of c. 5.8m) and a 1 no. Pump island hgv forecourt with canopy over (maximum height of c. 6.3m) together with underground fuel storage tanks and ancillary pipe works; an amenity building (1,400sqm total gross floor area) with mezzanine level (maximum height of building c. 8.4m) and including a convenience store with off-licence (total 100sqm net sales area), 4 no. Food offer cafes/restaurants (including 1 no. Restaurant with drive thru facility) with communal seating area; w. C. Facilities; ancillary food preparation, storage, management office areas; external picnic and play areas; parking for 158 no. Cars, 14 no. Hgv's, 7 no. Coaches; 3 no. Illuminated totem signs (two of which are c. 14m and one c. 20m in height); signage on the services building and canopy (illuminated and non-illuminated); raising of the central portion of the site by approximately 0.75 to 1.5m and grading to existing site levels; culverting of approximately 184m of a tributary of the skane river; and all other ancillary site development, landscaping, lighting and boundary works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“General Enterprise and Employment”
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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Timeline
- Application received5 February 2016
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