GrantedApartmentsDecided 15 December 2021

26 28 29 30 & 31 George's Street & Trinity Gardens, Drogheda, Co Louth

Demolition of five houses and outbuildings to build a 57-unit Build-to-Rent apartment development in Drogheda.

21396 · Louth County Council · Lodged 12 April 2021

Reference: 21396
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 12 April 2021

Summary

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The development involves clearing the site at Georges Street and Swan Yard, including the demolition of five houses and a garage. In their place, a Build-to-Rent apartment scheme ranging from 1 to 7 storeys will be constructed, containing 57 apartments, communal amenities, and 17 car parking spaces.

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Residential units: 57
Storeys: 7

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development on a site comprising of numbers 26, 28, 29, 30 and 31 georges street, including lands known as swan yard to consist of the demolition and clearance of all buildings and structures on site including demolition of 5 houses and a domestic garage and outbuildings associated with swan yard. The site is bounded to the east by george's street, to the south by trinity gardens, to the west by the rear gardens of dwellings within trinity gardens and to the north by a property fronting george's street and its associated rear garden. The proposed development consists of construction of a 'build to rent' residential development which varies in height from 1-2 storeys along the western and northern boundaries and from 3-7 storeys on georges street, comprising 57 no. Apartments (6 no. Studio, 34 no. 1 bed and 17 no. 2 bed) and communal residents support services and amenities with a central courtyard and car parking area to contain 17 no. Car parking spaces. The development also includes the creation of a new vehicular entrance off the local access road to trinity gardens to the south of the site including a new footpath and public lighting along the southern site boundary and the creation of a public open space onto georges street including footpath widening. This application also provides for an esb substation, undergrounding of overhead lines where required, landscaping, bin storage, bicycle parking/storage and all associated site development works and boundary treatments. *significant further information submitted 19/11/21 nb for full details please refer to submitted/scanned documentation. Revised documents include alteration of the application site boundary to include the adjoining public footpaths and roads. A recent addition to the record of protected structures ref: db 402 - the entrance walls, railings and name plaques at the entrance to trinity gardens, the northern section of which fall within the application site has also been addressed. The proposed development has been amended to take cognizance of this change of status and it is now proposed to retain in-situ a section of the northern boundary wall with 'trinity gardens' including the name plaque. A further section of the wall will be carefully taken down and rebuilt to the back of a new pedestrian footpath in all its details including the wall. Sections of the wall will be removed to facilitate the vehicular entrance and also to provide two pedestrian entrances*

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Existing ResidentialRS

“To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing residential communities.”

National zoning type: Existing residential

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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
61 Trinity Gardens, Drogheda, Louth	Jan 2026	€285,000	43 m
9 St Peter's Place, Drogheda, Co Louth	Jul 2025	€192,000	45 m
19 Lollypop Alley, Drogheda, Louth	Feb 2025	€222,500	45 m
Carnashannagh, Monasterboice, Drogheda	Feb 2025	€350,000	45 m
Bamore Drogheda, Drogheda, Meath	May 2025	€40,000	45 m
Wyanstown, Togher, Drogheda	Jan 2025	€240,000	45 m
Block A Apt 303, An Tsean Mharagh, Drogheda	Apr 2025	€175,000	45 m
Balgathern, Drogheda, Louth	Sept 2025	€425,000	45 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.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received12 April 2021
Further information requested4 June 2021
Further information received19 November 2021
Decision due16 December 2021
Decision issued15 December 2021
Appeal submitted20 January 2022
Appeal decided26 May 2023
Permission expiry25 May 2028

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