Creative Spark, Clontygora Drive, Muirhevnamore Dundalk
Extension to Creative Spark building to add a fabrication lab, offices, entrance, café, and 45 parking spaces.
20168 · Louth County Council · Lodged 11 March 2020
- Reference
- 20168
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 11 March 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of an extension to the existing Creative Spark building. It will accommodate a new fabrication laboratory facility, additional offices, a new entrance area with a café, and 45 extra car parking spaces.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Permission for an extension to our existing building to include a new fabrication laboratory facility (fab lab), additional office accommodation, a new entrance area with café facility, ancillary accommodation, 45 no. Additional car parking spaces and all associated site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for education, recreation, enterprise and innovation.”
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
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Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 Doolargy Ave, Muirhevnamore, Dundalknot full market price | Dec 2025 | €132,000 | 270 m |
| 52 Aghameen Park, Muirhevnamore, Dundalk | Feb 2025 | €220,000 | 300 m |
| 34 Doolargy Ave, Dundalk, Louth | Dec 2025 | €180,000 | 317 m |
| 30 College Manor, Hoeys Lane, Dundalk | Apr 2026 | €270,000 | 409 m |
| 17 Aghameen Park, Muirehevnamor, Dundalk | Mar 2025 | €225,500 | 417 m |
| Apt 19 Green Park, Institute Of Technology Dundalk, Dundalk | Jun 2026 | €250,000 | 419 m |
| Apt 17, Green Park, Dundalk Institute Of Technology | Jun 2026 | €250,000 | 419 m |
| 19 Aghameen Park, Dundalk, Louth | Apr 2025 | €227,000 | 422 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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.
Key dates
Timeline
- Application received11 March 2020
- Further information requested18 June 2020
- Further information received28 July 2020
- Decision due24 August 2020
- Decision issued13 August 2020
- Grant issued14 September 2020
- Permission expiry13 September 2025
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