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Ballymakenny Road , Yellowbatter , Drogheda Co Louth

CONDITIONAL

Planning application 221017

Louth - Louth County Council

Proposed Development

Permission for residential development consisting of the construction of 20 no. 3 bed semi-detached 2 storey houses on a site of circa 0.987 hectares together with all asscociated site development works including car parking spaces in front garden, public open space with associated landscaping, boundary treatments, all associated internal access roads, footpaths and cycle facilities, foul and surface water drainage and public lighting etc. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application

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Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    22 Dec 2022

  2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

    17 Feb 2023

  3. Decision due

    24 Feb 2023

  4. Grant issued

    20 Mar 2023

Application Details

Location
Ballymakenny Road , Yellowbatter , Drogheda Co Louth
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Louth County Council
Site Area
0.987 ha
Floor Area
2164 sq m
Residential Units
20

Timeline

Registration Date
22 December 2022
Status
APPLICATION FINALISED
Decision
CONDITIONAL
Decision Date
17 February 2023
Grant Date
20 March 2023
Permission Expires
19 March 2028

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69m
2560529CONDITIONAL22 Aug 2025

The proposed development consists of alterations to a commercial development approved under PD Ref 221020, ABP Ref ABP-317657-23. The proposed alterations to the scheme include the following: The scheme will now include for a total gross floor area of 2,839 sq.m. comprising 3 commercial units in two separate single storey buildings with a maximum height of 10.35 m. The approved scheme includes for 4 commercial units in one 2309sq.m. single storey building with a maximum height of 9.8m. The three proposed commercial units will comprise the following: • Unit 1: Retail Unit with a gross floor area of 67 sq.m and a net retail sales area of 46.8 sq.m. • Units 2: a Stand Alone building to be used as a Coffee Shop/Restaurant with a gross floor area of 179.6 sq.m. • Unit 3: Convenience/Food Store Retail Outlet with a gross floor area of 2,494.6 sq.m including off-license, stores, staff facilities and toilets together with a delivery area, plant at roof level and a net retail sales area of 1,767.5 sq.m, These alterations mean that there is one less retail unit and an increase in the overall gross floor area of approximately 530sq.m when compared to the permitted scheme. The proposed alterations also include for elevational changes, signage, revised parking and servicing arrangements including an ESB substation and switch room and alterations to the approved landscaping scheme to take account of the changes proposed to the buildings. Access points for car-parking and service vehicles are all as per the permitted scheme. The proposed scheme also includes minor alterations to bin store and bike parking arrangements, parking layout and boundary treatments, drainage arrangements and public lighting to reflect the changed footprint of the building(s). The scheme includes for a total of 177 parking spaces.

Ballymakenny Rd Yellowbatter , Drogheda , Co. Louth

171m
2560797CONDITIONAL9 Dec 2025

Permission for development at a site of (c. 3.63ha). The proposed development comprises 99no. 2-storey dwellings (51no. 3-bed and 48no. 4-bed houses), and all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructural works, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works, including public open space; public lighting; surface car parking; bicycle parking; ESB Substation; bin stores; amendments to the attenuation associated with LCC Reg. Ref. 2460793. The proposed development is accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles via the existing Ballymakenny Avenue permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 22215, which connects to the Ballymakenny Road. The site is also accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles from the west at Twenties Lane, via road infrastructure permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 2360492, LCC Reg. Ref. 2360493, LCC Reg. Ref. 2360494 and LCC Reg. Ref. 2460391. A NIS accompanies this application *Significant Further Information Received on 22/04/2026*

Site on lands in the Townland of Yellowbatter , Drogheda , County Louth

173m
2460367CONDITIONAL2 Jul 2024

Ballymakenny SW Ltd. are seeking permission for residential development on lands to the west of Ballymakenny Road, in the townland of Yellowbatter, Drogheda, County Louth. The proposed development consists of 97 no. units, comprised of 73 no. two-storey, 3 bedroom, semi-detached and terraced houses, and 24 no. apartments and duplex units in 2 no. three storey blocks (12 no. 2 bed apartments & 12 no. 3 bed duplex units). Vehicular access to the development will be from an existing road serving the Ellwood/Ellwood Park development, which is located off Ballymakenny Road to the east. The proposed development also includes for public open spaces, landscaping and boundary treatments, internal roads and footpaths, car parking, public lighting, bin storage, bicycle storage, and all associated site development works etc. all on an overall site area of c. 3.35 hectares.

Ellwood Park , Yellowbatter west of Ballymakenny Road , Drogheda County Louth

176m
2560530CONDITIONAL22 Aug 2025

The proposed development is a mixed-use commercial scheme consisting of 2 buildings with a combined gross floor area of 3,340sq.m. Building No.1 is a three-storey building with a gross floor area of 2273.6sq.m. and a maximum height of 15.95 m. It will have 2 retail units at ground floor level and a medical centre on the upper floors providing for separate medical and dental suites, consulting rooms and diagnostic scanning and imaging. Building No. 1 will also have a service yard at ground floor level including ESB substation and switch room with plant at roof level. Building No. 2 will be a two-storey building with a gross floor area of 1066.4sq.m. and have a maximum height of 9.225m. It will have 4 retail units on the ground floor, one of which will be reserved for takeaway food use, and office use at first floor level. The proposed scheme includes for bin & bike stores and 31 no. car parking spaces, a loading bay, landscaping, boundary treatments, all associated access roads, footpaths and cycle facilities, foul and surface water drainage, and public lighting etc.

Ballymakenny Rd Yellowbatter , Drogheda , Co. Louth

178m
18668CONDITIONAL17 Aug 2018

Extension of Duration Parent Ref: (071399) (P)mixed use development on a site comprising 15.53ha.The development will comprise a neighbourhood centre comprising 2no.four and five storey over basement blocks with a six storey corner element and providing for 8 no.ground floor retail units with a total gross floor area of 1,104sqm;1no.supermarket at ground floor with a gross floor area of 440sqm;17no. offices with a total of 1,313sqm of gross floor space at first floor level;a medical centre of 361sqm at first floor;2no.creches of 180sqm and 153sqm at first floor each with associated play areas at first floor;2no.cafe/ bars of 218 and 195 sqm at ground level and 70no.residential units comprising (8no. 1 bedroom units,8no.2 bed units, 43no.2 bedroom duplex units and 11 no.3 bedroom apartments)at second to sixth floor level with associated shared private open space,balconies and terraces; 129no.car parking spaces,bin store area,bicycle parking areas at basement level and 51no.surface parking spaces.The development will also provide for 598no.residential units comprising: 28no.3 bedroom 2 storey terraced houses (types A1, A2, A3) amd 61no. 4 bedroom 3 storey terraced houses (types A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9);17no. 4 bedroom detached houses (type B); 6no. 3 bedroom duplex units and 4no. 2 bedroom duplex units in 2no. four storey blocks (type C); 25no. 4 bedroom three storey terraced houses and 4no. 4 bedroom three storey semi-detached houses (type D1) and 10no.4 bedroom three storey terraced houses (type D2); 14no.4 bedroom 3 storey semi-detached houses (type E); 3no.3 bedroom two storey detached houses (type F1) and 32no.3 bedroom two storey semi-detached houses (type F2); 30no.1 bedroom plus study apartment units; 27no. 2 bedroom duplexunits; 63no. 3 bedroom duplex units in 21no.3 storey blocks (type G); 136no. 3 bedroom duplex units in 11no. four storey blocks (type H); 10no.2 bedroom apartments in 1no. five storey block (typeJ); 100no.2 bedroom two storey terraced houses (type K); 14no.2 bedroom apartments and 14no.4 bedroom duplex apartments in 3no. storey blocks (type M); 962no. surface car parking spaces.Planning permission is also sought for all associated infrastructure and site development works including internal roads, bin storage and bicycle parking areas, landscaping including the provision of open space and boundary treatments.Planning permission is also sought for the erection of a temporary dual frontage sign of 8sqm fronting onto Ballymakenny Road

Ballymakenny Road , Drogheda , Co Louth

181m
22440CONDITIONAL31 May 2022

Permission for development within the townland of Yellowbatter consisting of amendments to part of a permitted mixed use development previously approved under planning ref. no. 07/1399 (ABP ref. PL15.228370), extended by planning ref. no. 18/668 and amended by planning ref. 21/1212. This proposed development seeks to amend an apartment building on the southwest corner of Cluster H of the approved scheme, part of which is currently under construction, to include revised floor plans and elevations. The proposed amendments to the permitted scheme will result in the provision of an additional 2 bed apartment and accordingly it will increase the overall number of residential units within the scheme from 643 (as per ref. no. 21/1212) to 644. The proposed amendments include minor revisions to the associated site development works

Ballymakenny Road , Drogheda , Co Louth

186m
2360548CONDITIONAL21 Dec 2023

Permission for development on part of lands known as Ballymakenny Park, at a site (approx. 1.16ha) located south of Ballymakenny Avenue in the townland of Yellowbatter, on the Ballymakenny Road. The proposed development consists of 31no. houses comprising 20no. 2 storey 3-bedroom and 11no. 2 storey 4-bedroom houses (including 11no. 4-bedroom units provided with optional ground floor extensions), and ancillary site development and landscape works including landscaping and 74no. car parking spaces. The proposed development is accessed from the existing Ballymakenny Avenue permitted under Reg. Ref. 22215 which connects to the Ballymakenny Road

Ballymakenny Park , Ballymakenny Avenue , Yellowbatter Ballymakenny Road Drogheda

191m
221020CONDITIONAL22 Dec 2022

Permission for 4 commercial units in a 2,309.9 sqm single storey building with a maximum height of 9.8m, as follows: Unit 1 - Retail Unit with gross floor area of 92.1 sqm and a net retail sales area of 81.8 sqm. Unit 2 - Retail Unit with a gross floor area of 98 sqm and a net sales area of 87 sqm. Unit 3 - Coffee Shop/Restaurant with a gross floor area of 121.8 sqmand a new area of 104.4sqm. Unit 4 - Convenience/Food Store Retail outlet with a gross floor area of 1,998 sqm and a net sales area of 1,257.5 sqm, including off-license, stores, staff facilities, toilets together with a service yard and delivery area. 2 no. bin and 1 no. bike stores and 2 no. trolley bays: 98.5m gross floor area ancillary to the 4 no. commercial units. The proposed development also includes for a total of 177 no. car parking spaces, bicycle parking spaces, a new service access off Ballymakenny Road, public open space with associated landscaping, boundary treatments, all associated access roads, footpaths and cycle facilities, foul and surface water drainage and public lighting. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been submitted with this application **Significant further information received on 19.6.23**

Ballymakenny Road , Yellowbatter , Drogheda Co. Louth

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2460793CONDITIONAL17 Dec 2024

Permission for development at this site (c. 4.02ha) at lands in the Townland of Yellowbatter, Drogheda, County Louth. The proposed development comprises 95no. dwellings (55no. 3-bedroom and 40no. 4-bedroom houses), including 1no. dwelling with an option to accommodate a childcare facility at ground floor level, and all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructural works, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works, including public open space; public lighting; 191no. surface car parking spaces; 38no. bicycle parking spaces/stores; ESB Substation; bin stores; surface water detention basin to the south of the site; the proposed development is accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles from the existing Ballymakenny Drive permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 22730 and LCC Reg. Ref. 22215 via Ballymakenny Avenue permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 22215 which connects to the Ballymakenny Road. The site is also accessible for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles from the west at Twenties Lane via road infrastructure permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 2360492, LCC Reg. Ref. 2360493, LCC Reg. Ref. 2360494 and LCC Reg. Ref. 2460391. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompany this application

Site on lands in the Townland of Yellowbatter , Drogheda , County Louth

244m
211212CONDITIONAL24 Sept 2021

Permission for amendments to part (approx. 2.79 HA) of a permitted mixed-use development previously approved under planning ref. 07/1399 (ABP Ref PL 15.228370), extended by planning ref. 18/668. This proposed development seeks to amend Clusters B & C of the approved scheme to include for the provision of a total of 74 residential units including 6 no. 4 bed houses; 42 no. 3 bed houses and 26 no. apartments (1-3 bed) in a single 3 & 4 storey block. The proposed amendments to the permitted scheme reduce the overall number of residential units proposed from 659 to 643 (a reduction of 16 residential units). The proposed alterations include for revised public open spaces and landscaping details, provision of ESB substation, revised roads and services layout, together with all associated site development works. The proposed development also seeks to amend the wording of condition 6 attached to planning ref. 071399 (ABP Ref PL 15228370)

Ballymakenny Road , Drogheda , Co Louth

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