GrantedIndustrialDecided 4 April 2025

Clermont Business Park, Haynestown, Dundalk County Louth

Construction of a light industrial, recycling, and warehouse building with parking and drainage works at Clermont Business Park.

2460156 · Louth County Council · Lodged 22 March 2024

Reference: 2460156
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 22 March 2024
Residential units: 1
Floor area: 3703 m²

Summary

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The development consists of a light industrial, recycling, and warehouse building with a total gross floor area of approximately 3,874 square meters. It includes a hardstanding area, 70 car parking spaces, bicycle spaces, and surface water drainage infrastructure. The project will require a review of the existing Waste Facility Permit.

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Official record

Development description

Permission for: (1) construction of light industrial/recycle and warehouse building with an approximate gross floor area of 3,703 sq. M. ; (2) provision of hardstanding area, which will join to existing hardstanding area around existing leinster environmentals building to west; (3) provision of parking area, including 70 no. Car parking spaces, 2 no. Bicycle spaces, and associated landscaping; (4) provision of surface water drainage and treatment infrastructure including, interceptor trap, grit trap and 2 no. Soakaways; and (5) all associated and ancillary works. The proposed development seeking planning permission will require a review of the existing ‘waste facility permit’ which will be sought through a separate application to louth county council. *significant further information received on 19/08/2024 which includes
Enlargement of proposed building to include a tool/machinery parts storage section with an approximate gross floor area of 171 sq. M. (this will result in the proposed building having a total gross floor area of approximately 3,874 sq. M )
Building uses and planning history map of the clermont business park
Amendment of the planning application site boundary at request of the planning authority to include all units within the leinster environmentals waste facility. (note however no development is proposed within any of these existing buildings)
Further information in relation to the need for the proposed development
Further information in relation to the operations within the proposed building
Completed louth county council supplementary planning application form
Further information pertaining to the type and quantities of waste brought into the 2 no. Existing waste facilities within the clermont business park, the processes involved and the operations within the relevant buildings
Revised eia and aa screening reports, including additional detail, including in respect of operations within the proposed building, water source and wastewater disposal and cumulative/in combination assessment
Landscaping plan and programme of works for the development proposed
Section drawings through the site to show the level of cut and fill involved
Revised site layout plan showing the parking of lorry trailers on site
Revised soakaway design and calculations
Revised application plans/drawings consequential to the foregoing. * significant further information received on 17/02/2025 which includes

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

General EmploymentSI

“To provide for general enterprise and employment generating activities.”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

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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within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
242 Dundoogan, Haynestown, Dundalk	Apr 2025	€395,000	343 m
8 Rockmount Gardens, Carrickmacross Road, Dundalk	Sept 2025	€352,000	392 m
21 Clooneevan, Haggardstown, Dundalk	Aug 2025	€246,000	438 m
7 Norhalton Drive, Raynoldstown Village, Haynestownprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€348,018	456 m
39 The Boulevard, Raynoldstown Village, Dundalkprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€436,123	458 m
48 The Boulevard, Raynoldstown Village, Dundalkprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€321,586	458 m
32 The Boulevard, Raynoldstown Village, Haynestownprice excludes VAT	Feb 2025	€431,630	458 m
52 The Boulevard, Raynoldstown Village, Dundalkprice excludes VAT	Mar 2025	€431,717	458 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 received22 March 2024
Further information requested9 May 2024
Further information received12 September 2024
Decision due13 April 2025
Decision issued4 April 2025
Grant issued6 May 2025
Permission expiry5 May 2030

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