GrantedHousing estateDecided 10 July 2026

Bridgegate & Fir Rois Rathgory & Mulladrillen, Drogheda Road Ardee, County Louth

Large-scale residential development in Ardee replacing 48 duplexes with 40 houses.

2660055 · Louth County Council · Lodged 6 February 2026

Reference: 2660055
Authority: Louth County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 6 February 2026
Residential units: 40
Floor area: 4307.079999999999 m²

Summary

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This LRD application proposes replacing 48 previously permitted three-storey duplex apartments with 40 two-storey houses. The changes will result in a total of 264 dwellings within the overall scheme, alongside reconfigured public open space, parking, and cycle facilities.

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Storeys: 2

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Official record

Development description

Lrd application: permission for large-scale residential development - details can be viewed on https://firrois. Ie/. The proposed development will consist of: (a) the replacement of 48 no. Three-storey duplex apartments (8 no. 1-bed, 24 no. 2-bed, 16 no. 3-bed) and communal open space at bridgegate avenue with 40 no. Two-storey residential dwellings (6 no. 2 bed, 34 no. 3-bed) each with rear garden private amenity space at bridgegate avenue and an extended bridgegate green. The proposals result in total of 264 no. Dwellings within the overall shd scheme. (b) an extension of bridgegate green (to facilitate access to 16 no. Proposed dwellings) resulting in a slight reduction in overall provision of public open space within the development by c. 0.6 ha to c. 4.86 ha, with reconfigured public park landscape layout. (c) the provision of 483 no. Surface car parking spaces (mix of on and off curtilage) to serve residential units (480 no. Spaces permitted), internal road and shared pedestrian/cycle paths and provision of 630 no. Cycle parking spaces (708 no. Permitted) with on curtilage parking provided for proposed replacement dwellings alongside bin and bike stores. (d) reconfiguration of site layout in the southern part of the development including amended landscaping and parking layouts to provide on curtilage parking, omission and amendments to rear laneways, elevational amendments to permitted house type 6 and duplex types d7/d8, minor repositioning of block layouts and building lines to provide for bin and bike stores. (e) provision of reconfigured water services infrastructure layout, public lighting, landscaping and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development. A natura impact statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New Residential Phase 1R1

“To provide for new residential neighbourhoods and supporting community facilities.”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

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

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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
42 Cherrybrook, Ardee, Louth	May 2025	€240,000	256 m
96 Cherrybrook, Ardee, Louth	Jul 2025	€246,000	278 m
37 Moorehall Close, Hale Street, Ardee	Jan 2025	€325,000	296 m
84 De La Salle Cresent, Ardee, Co Louth	Oct 2025	€231,000	299 m
28 Rathgory, Ardee, Louth	Nov 2025	€290,000	325 m
5 Bridgegate Park, Bridgegate, Ardee	Apr 2026	€375,000	333 m
11 Bridgegate Avenue, Ardeeprice excludes VAT	Dec 2025	€343,568	343 m
16 Bridgegate Avenue, Ardeeprice excludes VAT	Jan 2026	€348,018	360 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 received6 February 2026
Further information requested27 March 2026
Further information received25 May 2026
Decision due17 July 2026
Decision issued10 July 2026

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