GrantedCommercialDecided 29 August 2024

Our Lady of Lourdes, Windmill Road, Drogheda Co. Louth

Construction of a single-storey extension to the ground floor west wing of Our Lady of Lourdes hospital to add bed spaces.

2460385 · Louth County Council · Lodged 9 July 2024

Reference: 2460385
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 9 July 2024

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of a single-storey extension to the existing facility at Windmill Road, Drogheda. This will create additional bed spaces in the area known as the ground floor west wing, and includes all associated site works.

Commercialhospitalhealthcareextension

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

The construction of a single storey extension to create additional bed spaces to area known as “ground floor west wing”, together with all associated site works.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Community FacilitiesCI

“To provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure.”

National zoning type: Mixed/general community services/facilities uses

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

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Built — construction complete

A commencement notice records works starting on 8 April 2025.

Notified floor area: 78.5 m²

Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
52 Boyle Oreilly Terrace, Drogheda, Louth	Feb 2025	€220,000	136 m
30a Windmill Rd, Drogheda, Co Louth	Aug 2025	€350,000	145 m
Apt 1 - Windmill Court, Windmill Road, Drogheda	Dec 2025	€200,000	163 m
4 Windmill Court, Windmill Rd, Drogheda	Dec 2025	€175,000	163 m
87 Windmill Rd, Drogheda, Louth	Aug 2025	€305,000	177 m
19 Boyle O Reilly Terrace, Drogheda, Louth	Jan 2025	€245,000	200 m
28 Anneville Crescent, Drogheda, Louth	Oct 2025	€295,000	227 m
7 Windmill Rd, Drogheda, Louth	Dec 2025	€239,000	243 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 July 2024
Decision due2 September 2024
Decision issued29 August 2024
Grant issued30 September 2024
Permission expiry29 September 2029

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