GrantedCommercialDecided 18 November 2025

Maxol Service Station Donore Road A92 HX9A, Unit No. 9 Drogheda Industrial Park Donore Road A92 YD81, Drogheda Co. Louth

Demolition of an industrial building to facilitate the expansion of a service station forecourt building in Drogheda.

2560617 · Louth County Council · Lodged 1 October 2025

Reference: 2560617
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 1 October 2025

Summary

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The project involves the demolition of a 462 square metre industrial building and partial removal of a service station canopy and car wash. A 275 square metre extension will be built onto the existing forecourt building to accommodate a shop, an off-licence, and three restaurant/café areas, including a drive-thru.

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Floor area: 275 m²

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Official record

Development description

Permission for the demolition of unit no. 9, drogheda industrial park (a two storey building, 462 sq m) and removal of associated structures, and the removal of part of the existing service station forecourt canopy, and existing car wash; and the construction of single storey extension (275 sq m) onto the existing single storey forecourt building (155 sq m), resulting in a forecourt building of 430 sq m on a combined site of c. 0.35 ha. The resultant forecourt building will accommodate: a 100 sq m shop (net retail area, including a 9 sq m ancillary off-licence); 3 no. Restaurant/café areas (which will include for the sale of hot and cold food for consumption on and off the premises) (one of which will include a drive-thru facility); associated restaurant/café seating area; ancillary kitchens, staff and customer facilities, plant, storage, back of house and circulation spaces. The development will also consist of 30 no. Signs: 9 no. Fixed signs (2 no. X 0.49 sq m, 1.85 sq m in area) including 6 no. Internally illuminated fixed signs (2 no. X 0.41 sq m, 1.5 sq m, 2.14 sq m, 3.51 sq m, 12.92 sq m in area); 17 no. Signs mounted on building facades (3 no. X 0.6 sq m and 3 no. X 1 sq m in area) including 11 no. Internally illuminated signs (4 no. X 0.24 sq m, 0.58 sq m, 1.08 sq m, 2 no. X 2.25 sq m, 2 no. X 1.35 sq m, 3.75 sq m in area); 3 no. Signs associated with car wash (4.9 sq m, 2.25 sq m, 1.42 sq m in area); and a replacement double sided internally illuminated totem sign at revised location (35.4 sq m total area). The development will also consist of: elevational changes to the existing building; external lighting; revisions to the site layout (the provision of 43 no. Car parking spaces (including 2 no. Ev spaces), bicycle parking spaces, waste and plant storage area; new replacement car wash, vent pipes, offset fill point and air/water services point); changes to levels; hard and soft landscaping, including revised boundary treatments and an external public seating area; associated site servicing (water supply, foul and surface water drainage including surface water attenuation measures); all other associated site development works above and below ground; realignment of the existing vehicular access points at donore road; and closure of the existing vehicular access to the former garden centre site

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

Retail ParkRW

“To consolidate retail warehousing development.”

National zoning type: Retail warehouse

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
53 Cedarfield, Donore Rd, Drogheda	Jun 2026	€216,000	165 m
123 Cedarfield, Drogheda, Co Louth	Dec 2025	€330,000	294 m
192 Cedarfield, Drogheda, Louth	Feb 2025	€281,000	301 m
196 Cedarfield, Donore Rd, Drogheda	Apr 2025	€310,000	310 m
9 Cederfield Close, Drogheda, Louth	Apr 2025	€280,000	384 m
36 Marley Court, Drogheda, Louth	Mar 2025	€40,000	450 m
40 Marley Ct, Drogheda, Louthnot full market price	Nov 2025	€87,500	467 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 received1 October 2025
Decision due25 November 2025
Decision issued18 November 2025
Grant issued19 December 2025
Permission expiry18 December 2030

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