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'Lamp Factory', 11-15 Merchants Quay, North Strand Drogheda

Demolition of a rear store and redevelopment of the 'Lamp Factory' into a four-storey mixed-use arts, food, and accommodation hub.

201024 · Louth County Council · Lodged 30 November 2020

Reference: 201024
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 30 November 2020

Summary

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The project involves demolishing a rear store and refurbishing a derelict block to build a new four-storey bedroom block with connecting glass corridors and a roof garden. The ground floor will feature artisan food production, a café theatre, workshops, and offices, while the upper floors will contain 43 bedrooms, communal kitchens, a yoga studio, a dance studio, and a gym.

Commercialredevelopmentarts hubaccommodationdemolition

Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Permission sought to demolish existing store to rear, to fit out and redevelopment of existing shell finished structure, together with refurbishment of derelict block, to build new four storey bedroom block with connecting glass link corridors and roof garden, together with change of use from commercial use to include: ground floor - artisan food production, car parking for 3 no. Cars, bicycle parking, bin storage, video production, multi media room, print making, pizza kitchen, arts and craft shop, office, lamps workshop, café theatre/lecture hall (84 seats), reception, café and ticket office, wheelchair refuge and lift no. 1 and 2 first floor
17 no. Bedrooms, (including 1 no. Wheelchair bedroom), 1 no. Kitchen/dining room/common room (32 seats), wheelchair refuge, lift no. 1 and 2, 1 no. Shower and wc room, meditation room, yoga studio, 2 no. Store rooms, 1 no. Glazed link corridor. Second floor
17 no. Bedrooms (including 1 no. Wheelchair bedroom), 1 no. Kitchen/dining/common room, (32 seats), wheelchair refuge, lift no. 1 and 2, 2 no. Store rooms, dance studio, gym, 1 no. Shower room and wc room, 1 no. Glazed link corridor. Third floor
9 no. Bedrooms (including 1 no. Wheelchair bedroom), 1 no. Wheelchair refuge, lift no. 1 and 2, 39 hot desks, 1 no. Reception, 1 no. Canteen (20 seats), 1 no. Shower room and wc , 1 no. Glazed link corridor. Fourth floor
9 no. Bedrooms (including 1 no. Wheelchair bedroom), 1 no. Wheelchair refuge, 1 no. Kitchen/dining room/common room, 1 no. Lift, 1 no. Glazed link corridor. Attic/roof garden
1 no. Roof garden, 1 no. Wheelchair refuge, 1 no. Lift 1 no. Glazed link corridor

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

RegenerationRE

“To facilitate social, economic and physical regeneration and/or rejuvenation of an area or specific lands.”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
1 St Catherines, North Strand, Drogheda	Apr 2026	€212,500	39 m
Apt 23, St Catherines, North Strand	Jul 2025	€195,000	44 m
25 North Strand, Drogheda, Co. Louth	Nov 2025	€13,000	81 m
25 North Strand, Drogheda, Co. Louthnot full market price	Jun 2025	€13,000	81 m
Saint Louise, 26 North Strand, Droghedanot full market price	Jun 2025	€16,000	88 m
Saint Louise, 26 North Strand, Drogheda	Nov 2025	€16,000	88 m
105 Cord Road, Drogheda, Co Louth	Apr 2026	€340,000	89 m
110 Cord Rd, Drogheda, Louth	Feb 2025	€191,000	90 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

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Application received30 November 2020

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