Meath County Council has ruled that the applicant behind a proposed accommodation centre for international protection applicants in Kells, Co Meath, will be required to apply for planning permission. The local authority has decided that reconfiguring the industrial unit in Kells Business Park into residential accommodation is not an exempted development. Therefore, full planning permission will have to be sought and granted before the accommodation centre could get the green light. In a statement, a council spokesperson said: "On 11th February 2025, Meath County Council, in accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2000-2023, declared the proposed development is not exempted development and therefore is a development requiring planning permission. It comes after the Department of Integration confirmed that it had received an offer regarding the establishment of an International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) centre in Kells Business Park.
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