Drogheda IDA Business & Tech Park, Donore Road, Drogheda Co Meath
Installation of artificial lighting and a maintenance ladder at a substation in Drogheda.
22162 · Meath County Council · Lodged 9 February 2022
- Reference
- 22162
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 9 February 2022
Summary
AI-generatedThe development provides for artificial lighting to serve a permitted substation compound, transformers, GIS substation building, and client control building. It also includes an external maintenance access ladder to the roof of the control building.
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Official record
Development description
To provide for artificial lighting to serve the substation compound, transformers, 110kv gas insulated switchgear substation (gis) substation building and client control building permitted under abp ref: 308628-20 and also provides an external access ladder to provide for maintenance access to the roof of the permitted client control building along with all associated and ancillary works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Strategic Employment Zones (High Technology Uses)”
National zoning type: Office, business/technology park and related
Objective set by the Meath County Development Plan 2021-2027 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 The Downs, Highlands, Drogheda | Aug 2025 | €328,000 | 462 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 received9 February 2022
- Further information requested4 April 2022
- Further information received20 July 2022
- Decision due16 August 2022
- Decision issued10 August 2022
- Grant issued21 September 2022
- Permission expiry20 September 2027
In the area
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- Awaiting decision460 m away
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