GrantedCommercialDecided 27 June 2025

Premier Periclase production facility, Strand Road and Boyne Avenue, Drogheda Co. Louth

Demolition of industrial buildings to start a new enterprise campus in Drogheda.

2460674 · Louth County Council · Lodged 1 November 2024

Reference: 2460674
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Appealed
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 1 November 2024

Summary

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Permission is sought for a ten-year development to demolish existing processing and industrial buildings at the Premier Periclase facility. This will enable the first phase of a new sustainably powered enterprise campus.

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Development description

Permission for a ten year development on a site comprising the premier periclase production facility at strand road and boyne avenue, drogheda. Please see newspaper ad for full description. This application is includes an eiar and nis. The site comprises the main premier periclase production facility site, along with an existing wharf to the south of the main site area, and a portion of the public road adjacent to the wharf. The application site is located within the townland of newtownstalaban. The proposed development comprises the demolition of existing structures on site and the construction of the first phase of a new sustainably powered enterprise campus. The development will consist of the following: demolition of existing processing and industrial buildings, ancillary structures, and services associated with the premier periclase production facility, and associated site clearance and enabling works. The demolition works include the removal of an existing boiler house and store (with a gross floor area (gfa) of 2,827 sq. M), office building (with a gfa of 510 sq. M), security hut and locker room (with a gfa of 339 sq. M), diesel tanks and bund (with a gfa of c. 70 sq. M), oil store (with a gfa of 168 sq. M), 3 no. Pump houses (with a gfa of c. 65 sq. M, 50 sq. M and 75 sq. M respectively), bagging plant and elevator building (with a gfa of 616 sq. M), crane shed structure, periclase shed and old mill house (with an overall gfa of 4,025 sq. M), boiler house (with a gfa of 207 sq. M), slaker area (with a gfa of 398 sq. M), wharf db building (with a gfa of c. 44 sq. M), lime kiln building (with a gfa of 2,698 sq. M), canteen and toilets (with a gfa of 64 sq. M), db structure (pump house
(with a gfa of c. 25 sq. M), acid hut (with a gfa of c. 15 sq. M), db room (db
(with a gfa of c. 118 sq. M), control room building (with a gfa of 327 sq. M), briquette store (with a gfa of 825 sq. M), mhf db’s (with a gfa of c. 181 sq. M), brick shed (with a gfa of 1,042 sq. M), shaft kiln blower house (with a gfa of 256 sq. M), and nox analyzer (with a gfa of c. 9 sq. M). The demolition works include the removal of associated chimney stacks, gantries, kilns, silos, and plant, and an existing overhead conveyor structure between the main site area and the wharf to the south of strand road, along with associated ancillary sheds and structures on the wharf. The total gross floor area (gfa) of structures to be demolished is c. 14,954sq. M including ancillary structures. An existing work

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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Key dates

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Application received1 November 2024
Further information requested17 December 2024
Further information received8 May 2025
Decision due6 July 2025
Decision issued27 June 2025
Appeal submitted24 July 2025

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