Colpe Road, Colpe West, Drogheda Co. Meath
Demolition of a house and construction of a four-storey office building and new link street.
LB180620 · Meath County Council · Lodged 8 June 2018
- Reference
- LB180620
- Authority
- Meath County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 8 June 2018
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of the demolition of an existing habitable house and the construction of a 4-storey office building of 11,205 sqm. It also includes a new 720m link street with three roundabouts, road realignments, and cycle lanes.
- Storeys
- 4
- Floor area
- 11,205 m²
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 consist of the demolition of the existing habitable house and construction of 1 no. 4 storey office building consisting of 2 no. Blocks with a shared corner entrance/reception area and a screened plant area, solar panels and equipment at roof level, providing a total gfa of 11,205 sq. M. The proposed road infrastructure includes a link street approximately 720m in length, including 3 no. Roundabout junctions, and it is also proposed to extend a 230m long spur of the link street to the east to facilitate a connection to the existing school on mill road (gaelscoil an bhradain feasa). The road infrastructure also includes the realignment of a section of colpe road and the realignment of the southern section of mill road, and includes proposed cycle lanes/paths access road to the commercial development and associated car park, footpaths, grass verge, public lighting and the provision of a footpath and cyclepath/cycle lane on colpe road to tie-in with the existing shared footpath/cyclepath, to the south-west of the railway line. The associated site and infrastructural works include the demolition of the existing habitable house and associated structures, provision of foul water drainage, surface water drainage including surface water storage facilities above and below ground, watermains and utilities, 280 no. Total car parking spaces, including 6 no. Disabled parking spaces, 93 no. Cycle parking spaces, landscaping consisting of new tree planting, hedges, berms and grass planting, public lighting, bin stores, boundary walls and fences, cyclepaths and footpaths, ebs substation and switchroom, gas skid, pump house, and all associated site and infrastructural works on an application site area of c. 8.07 hectares
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“White Lands”
National zoning type: Strategic reserve, White land
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Pk Sq, Grangerath Colpe Cross, Drogheda | May 2026 | €365,000 | 130 m |
| 3 Park Ridge, Grange Rath, Drogheda | May 2025 | €315,000 | 189 m |
| 49 Park Ridge, Grange Rath, Drogheda | Apr 2026 | €280,000 | 203 m |
| 58 Park Ridge, Grange Rath, Dublin Rd Drogheda | Dec 2025 | €285,000 | 203 m |
| Apt 16, Park Ridge, Grangerath | Nov 2025 | €250,000 | 203 m |
| 22 Park Ridge, Grange Rath, Drogheda | Jan 2026 | €278,000 | 203 m |
| 47 Park Ridge, Grange Rath, Drogheda | Nov 2025 | €214,000 | 203 m |
| 4 Park Gate, Grange Rath, Colpe Cross | Jul 2025 | €380,000 | 208 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 received8 June 2018
- Decision due2 August 2018
- Decision issued31 July 2018
- Grant issued14 September 2018
- Permission expiry13 September 2028
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