Planning application · Co. Meath

Colaiste na Hinse, Coast Road Bettystown, Co Meath A92NY30

Granted 18 Aug 2025 (final grant issued 14 Oct 2025)

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Key facts

  • Planning application 2461053 at Colaiste na Hinse, Coast Road Bettystown, Co Meath A92NY30: Development will consist of.
  • It was received by Meath County Council on 3 Dec 2024.
  • Status: Granted 18 Aug 2025 (final grant issued 14 Oct 2025).
  • Permission was granted on 18 Aug 2025 and the final grant issued on 14 Oct 2025. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Source: the Meath County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. Open the council's file

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What and where

Development will consist of

the development will consist of: (i) The construction of a new two-storey extension consisting of 11 no. General Classrooms, 2 no. science rooms, 1 no. Home Economics Room, 2 no. SET rooms, Fitness suite & associated spaces. New extension to be linked to the existing school on both floors with some internal revision required. Existing ballcourts with enclosing fencing to be revised to suit new extension location. (Total New Area = 2213m²). (ii) The construction of a new standalone Technical Building to include a Technology Room & a Construction Studies Room with prep room. (Total New Area = 362m²). (iii) A new services & staff vehicular entrance gate with access road to a new carparking area (36 spaces) with site lighting and 2 additional disabled spaces within the existing service yard. (iv) A new all-weather pitch to the east of the site (New area 1103m²), with enclosing 2.4m high fencing and floodlighting. (v) New covered bicycle spaces (120 No.) to front of school in addition to the existing 80 bike spaces. (vi) Including all associated site & landscaping works. (vii) An AA Screening report has been completed as part of this application. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application.

Description as published by the council. Its text starts part-way through a sentence.

Location
Meath A92ny30, Co. Meath Map
Planning reference
2461053
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Numbers and dates

Floor area
3,678 m²
Received
3 Dec 2024
Decision to grant
18 Aug 2025
Final grant
14 Oct 2025

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Decision to grant
  3. Final grant issued

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 18 Aug 2025 and the final grant issued on 14 Oct 2025. No site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Roads and site development worksNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

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  • Council planning fileThe application file 2461053 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Meath County Council planning register, checked 2 Jun 2026. We link to the council's own file so you can check the official record before you act.

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