GrantedApartmentsDecided 29 August 2025

62-63 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth

A 48-apartment and café development involving a protected structure at a former bakery site.

2460539 · Louth County Council · Lodged 13 September 2024

Reference: 2460539
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 13 September 2024

Summary

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Permission is sought for a residential and commercial development comprising 48 apartments and 1 café/retail unit across 4 blocks. The project includes the demolition of derelict outhouses, and the renovation, extension, and change of use of existing buildings, including a protected structure.

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Residential units: 48
Storeys: 4

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Official record

Development description

Permission for development at no. 62/no. 63 trinity street (mccloskey’s bakery shop and formally mccloskey’s bakery), (no. 63 includes protected structure reference no. Db-314 – niah registration no. 13618007). The site bounds onto brickfields to the west, fair green to the east, and trinity gardens to the north. Permission for a new residential and commercial development comprising a total of 48 no. Residential apartments & 1 no. Café/retail unit provided within 4 no. Blocks as follows
Demolition of existing derelict storage buildings and out-houses located to the rear of site
Renovation, sub-division, refurbishment, extension and change of use of existing buildings (nos 62
63) to accommodate a new café/bakery shop, 3 no. 2-bed units, 1 no 3-bed unit and 1 no. 4-bed unit (block a)
Construction of 1 no. 4-storey block (block b) consisting of 2 no. 2 bed units & 1 no. 3 bed unit within the footprint of the former bakehouse located to the rear of no. 63 trinity street and incorporating all existing external walls
Change of use, renovation and extension of the existing bakery store buildings located to the rear west of the site to accommodate 2 no. 1 bed units and bin store (block c)
Construction of a 7-storey block with basement (block d) consisting of 17 no. 1-bed units, 20 no. 2-bed units, & 1 no. 3-bed unit. Basement consisting of bulky & bicycle storage
New pedestrian entrances to the development off fair green, trinity street and brickfields
New internal pedestrian footpaths, car parking, bicycle parking, bicycle storage, bin store, esb substation, open spaces, boundary treatments and landscaping
All associated site development, infrastructure works and services provision *significant further information received on 08/08/2025
1. Reduction in overall building height, reducing block d from a 7-storey building with basement to a 6-storey building with basement. The total number of apartments proposed is 42, reduced from 48.2. Revisions to red line application boundary
Revisions to proposed elevations including fenestration
Revisions to floor plans & private amenity space
Revisions to internal circulation, pedestrian footpaths, public open space, boundary treatment and landscaping
Revisions to proposed public lighting
All associated site development and infrastructure works. *

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Town or Village CentreLC

“To support the development, improvement and expansion of town or village centre activities.”

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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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
68 Trinity St, Drogheda, Louth	Jun 2026	€225,000	57 m
14 Brickfield, Trinity Gardens, Drogheda	Sept 2025	€255,000	79 m
1 Trinity Court, Trinity Gardens, Drogheda	Apr 2026	€240,000	96 m
76 Trinity St, Drogheda, Louth	Jun 2026	€226,000	99 m
11 Trinity Gardens, Drogheda, Louth	Mar 2026	€250,000	112 m
5 Simcox Lane, Drogheda, Louth	Mar 2025	€117,000	150 m
47 Trinity Gardens, Drogheda, Louth	Apr 2025	€240,000	156 m
61 Trinity Gardens, Drogheda, Louth	Jan 2026	€285,000	158 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 received13 September 2024
Further information requested1 November 2024
Further information received8 August 2025
Decision due4 September 2025
Decision issued29 August 2025
Appeal submitted23 September 2025
Appeal decided22 January 2026

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