Waterunder, Mell, Drogheda
Retention and permission for a car sales, servicing, and valeting business in Drogheda.
17869 · Louth County Council · Lodged 24 November 2017
- Reference
- 17869
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- RETENTION
- Received
- 24 November 2017
Summary
AI-generatedRetention is sought for vehicle display, sales, servicing, and repairs, alongside changing the use of a shed manufacturing building to car valeting. Full planning permission is also sought for a new portacabin office, boundary treatments, and access alterations.
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Official record
Development description
Permission for retention and full planning permission for development. Retention is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/ sales /servicing and repairs. Change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing / valeting. Alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage of neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), vehicular traffic access/egress, new portacabin office building (to replace temporary portacabin office structure), alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for general enterprise and employment generating activities.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the Louth County Development Plan (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 received24 November 2017
- Decision due27 January 2018
- Decision issued18 January 2018
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