GrantedCommercialDecided 8 September 2023

Mell, Drogheda, Co Louth

Construction of a retail park development including a supermarket, DIY store, cafe, pharmacy, and drive-thru restaurant.

22954 · Louth County Council · Lodged 9 December 2022

Reference: 22954
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 December 2022

Summary

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The development on lands south of the M1 Retail Park will consist of 10 single-storey retail units. This includes an anchor supermarket, a DIY/Home store with a garden centre, smaller retail/commercial units such as a cafe and pharmacy, and a drive-thru restaurant. The site will also feature service yards, delivery areas, and 311 car parking spaces.

Commercialretailsupermarketparking

Storey: 1

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 development on lands south of existing m1 retail park, bound by trinity st and barrack lane, for: (i) provision of 10 no. Single storey retail units including a part-licensed anchor retail supermarket store (unit1), a diy/home store, including a garden centre (unit 10), 8 no. Smaller retail/commercial units, including a cafe and pharmacy (units 2-8) and 1 no. Single storey drive-thru restaurant/cafe unit, including external seating area. A deliveries area, service yard and ground mounted plant units will be provided to the side (south) and rear (west) of retail unit 1, a dedicated set down point is also proposed adjacent to the front entrance to unit
Deliveries will also be accommodated to the rear (south) of proposed units 2
10, with a truck turning area provided to the rear (south) of unit
Dock levellers will be provided to the rear of units 2
10 to facilitate loading and unloading of goods. A total of 311 no. Car parking spaces are proposed to serve the development, including 23 no. Accessible parking spaces, 2 no. Click and collect spaces and 17 no. Parent and child spaces. A bus parking area (4 spaces) is provided, 104 no. Bicycle parking spaces are proposed . A partially covered pedestrian circulation space will be provided to the front of each of the units. (ii) provision of 2 no. Vehicular and pedestrian connection points to the existing mi retail park to the north will provide access to the development; (iii) internal roads, footpaths and pedestrian crossings; (iv) trolly bays, signage, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, electric vehicle charging spaces and lighting; (v) associated site and infrastructural works are also proposed which include foul and surface water drainage, plant areas, 3 no. Esb substations and (vi) all associated site development works. An eiar and a nis has been submitted with this application. *sfi received on 24/07/2023 which consists of: (a) a revised site layout comprising a substantially reduced quantum of retail/commercial development. The proposed development now comprises 3 no. Units in total; see revised newspaper & site notices for full amended description*

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

District CentreLC

“To maintain and enhance retail led mixed-use district centres.”

National zoning type: Commercial, retail

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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Built & sold

What happened next

Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.

Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 12 July 2024.

Notified floor area: 32 m²

3 commencement notices are linked to this development.

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
Drybridge, Old Slane Rd, Drogheda	Nov 2025	€400,000	364 m
8 Tullybrook Lane, Tullyallen, Old Slane Roadnot full market price	Jun 2025	€90,000	369 m
7 Boyne Meadows, Slane Rd, Drogheda	Jun 2025	€340,000	419 m
Apts. 1-7 and 28-43 Block C, Tullybrook Place, Tullybrookprice excludes VAT	Mar 2026	€8,000,000	439 m
33 Gortwell, Slane Road, Droghedaprice excludes VAT	Oct 2025	€308,370	496 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 received9 December 2022
Further information requested3 February 2023
Further information received24 July 2023
Decision due17 September 2023
Decision issued8 September 2023
Grant issued22 February 2024
Appeal submitted5 October 2023
Permission expiry21 February 2029

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