Donore Road, Rathmullan, Drogheda
Partial demolition, facade alterations, and site upgrades to a commercial building on Donore Road.
2560454 · Louth County Council · Lodged 16 July 2025
- Reference
- 2560454
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 16 July 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThe development includes the demolition of outbuildings and partial demolition of the main building. It features facade alterations to increase height, recladding, new boundary fencing, sliding gates, and car park alterations with EV charging.
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 proposed development will include for the demolition of outbuildings, dock levellers and partial demolition of existing main building, facade alterations to include additional height and recladding entire retained building, recladding of existing security hut, alterations to existing carriageway within site curtilage, installation of sliding gates at both entrances, erection of 2.4m high wire mesh boundary fencing surrounding site, alterations/additions to car parking layout to provide ev charging, revised access path / ramp to entrance, bicycle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, advertising signage and all other associated site works.
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 110 Knockbrack Downs, Matthews Lane, Drogheda | Nov 2025 | €295,000 | 158 m |
| 114 Knockbrack Downs, Matthews Lane, Drogheda | Feb 2025 | €280,000 | 159 m |
| 123 Knockbrack Downs, Mathews Lane, Drogheda | Apr 2025 | €307,000 | 182 m |
| 124 Knockbrack Downs, Drogheda, Louth | Aug 2025 | €300,000 | 188 m |
| 144 Knockbrack Downs, Drogheda, Louth | Apr 2026 | €342,000 | 295 m |
| 50 Knockbrack Downs, Matthews Lane, Drogheda | Jul 2025 | €312,000 | 313 m |
| 151 Knockbrack Downs, Matthews Lane, Drogheda | May 2025 | €286,000 | 341 m |
| 53 Knightswood, Matthews Lane, Drogheda | Mar 2025 | €382,000 | 387 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received16 July 2025
- Further information requested2 September 2025
- Further information received29 September 2025
- Decision due26 October 2025
- Decision issued20 October 2025
- Grant issued20 November 2025
- Permission expiry19 November 2030
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