Another Objection: Balreask Manor and Canterbrook unfinished.

Residents of Balreask Manor and Canterbrook have separately pointed out that the developers of each estate have not fulfilled their commitments in either case. The information below applies mainly to Balreask Manor, but residents of Canterbrook should examine exactly what their developers have left undone. These developers include Mr McAleer who is leading the LAP3 application.

The developerof Balreask Manor (Paddy Molloy, who is part owner of the LAP3 lands and whose name is on the application along with McAleer/ Laverty) has not completed the terms of his planning permission, which included:

"Local Government (Planning & Development) Acts, 1963 to 1993

‘’Planning Register Number: 98/236
Application Date: 23/02/1998

In pursuance of the powers conferred upon them by the above mentioned Acts, Meath County Council have by order dated 19/10/1998 granted Permission to the above named for the development of land……subject to the 25 conditions set out in the schedule attached:-

Condition 1
The development shall be in accordance with plans and particulars submitted on 23/02/98 and as amended on 29/04/98, 20/05/98, 08/06/98, and 26/08/98 except where conditions hereunder specify otherwise.
Reason: In the interest of proper planning and development.

Condition 13
All screen and front boundary walls shall match with that of adjacent dwellings. Screen walls shall be a minimum 2.0m high and shall be provided between sites and public places.
Reason: In the interest of privacy.

Condition 14
Garden walls shall be provided at a minimum 1.8m high and shall be erected along the rere garden boundary of every dwelling house.
Reason: In the interest of privacy.

Condition 24
The developers shall pay to the Planning Authority the sum of £1,000 (one thousand pounds) per house as a contribution to the expenditure to be incurred in the provision of a central town park along the Boyne and Blackwater Rivers in Navan to serve the development. Payment of this sum shall be made prior to the commencement of the development. The above sum shall apply until 31st December 1998, and shall be subject to annual review thereafter unless previously paid.
Reason: To contribute towards the cost of facilities which facilitate the development.
(We paid this £1,000 (included in our house price), where is this park that they speak of? Planning permission for BM was given 10 years ago….)

a) House numbers 140 -158 and 40 – 29 only have rere garden wooden fencing.
b) As per the visual plans all our outside walls are supposed to be rendered so there is no visible block work.
c) As per the visual plans all our chimneys are supposed to be bricked.
d) As per the visual plans detached houses are supposed to have a porch over the side entrance."



This is a valid objection to Molloy's involvement in the LAP3 lands, particularly for people in houses 140-158 and 29-40. Molloy should not be allowed to make money from his land at the back until he has completed this estate first. He assured early house buyers that he was just going to build a few more houses in the field to complete Balreask Manor as a self-contained estate.