Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedIndustrialDecided 23 June 2022

IDA Science and Technology Park, Mullagharlin, Dundalk Co Louth

Installation of two new backlit signs and three flagpoles at an existing manufacturing building.

22357 · Louth County Council · Lodged 4 May 2022

Reference
22357
Authority
Louth County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
PERMISSION
Received
4 May 2022

Summary

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The application seeks permission for two new backlit signs on the south and east elevations of an existing manufacturing building. It also includes the installation of three new 8-metre-high flagpoles adjacent to the site entrance. The site operates under an EPA industrial licence.

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Development description

Permission for 2 no. New backlit signs located on the south elevation and on the east elevation of the existing manufacturing building (subject of planning ref. No. 20/148, located south of the mullagharlin road) and 3 no. New flagpoles adjacent to the site entrance to the east of this building as follows: (1) 1 no. New backlit sign to the east elevation facing the internal ida roundabout and site entrance, sized approximately 12 metres wide and approximately 6 metres high, located at a height of approximately 22.5 metres to the top of the sign; (2) 1 no. New backlit sign to the south elevation facing the existing main manufacturing facility (subject of planning ref. No. 18/817), sized approximately 6.5 metres wide and approximately 3.5 metres high, located at a height of approximately 22.5 metres to the top of the sign; (3) 3 no. New flagpoles, each approximately 8 metres high and 65 millimetre in diameter. Each of the proposed flags will be approximately 3 metres wide and approximately 1.5 metres high. This application consists of a variation to a previously permitted development on an activity for which a licence under part iv of the environmental protection agency act 1992, is required

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Business and TechnologyCOE
“To provide for office, research and development and high technology/high technology manufacturing type employment.”

National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related

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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Key dates

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  1. Application received4 May 2022
  2. Decision due28 June 2022
  3. Decision issued23 June 2022
  4. Grant issued25 July 2022
  5. Permission expiry24 July 2027

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