Site planning risk brief

Development on lands located east of Ballymakenny Road, north and south of Listoke Avenue, and west of the Listoke Avenue estate, in the townland of Yellowbatter, Drogheda, County Louth. The proposed development consists of 85 no. residential dwellings comprised of 69 no. three & four bed, two-storey, detached and semi-detached houses and 16 no. two & three bed apartments and duplex units in 2 no. three storey duplex blocks, and a one storey childcare facility measuring c. 769 sq.m. Vehicular access to the development will be from Ballymakenny Road, via Listoke Avenue (as previously constructed under Planning Refs. 08/274 & 18/872). The proposed development also includes for public open spaces, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, internal roads and footpaths, car parking, bin storage, bicycle storage, public lighting, pedestrian and vehicular connections to adjoining lands, drainage infrastructure etc. and all associated site development works etc. all on an overall site area of c. 3.36 hectares.

Permission for development, on a site area of c.0.6Ha, located east of Ballymakenny Road, south of Listoke Avenue, within the overall Listoke residential estate, in the townland of Yellowbatter, Drogheda, County Louth. The proposed development consists of modifications to the permitted access arrangements, surface car parking, open space and landscaping associated with the adjoining permitted creche, under Planning Ref. 23314. The proposed development includes 22 no. car parking spaces, with access off Listoke Avenue, hard and soft landscaping, and all associated site development works

Permission for development, consisting of the construction of 12 no. 2 storey, 3 bed semi-detached houses and 5 no. 2 storey, 4 bed detached houses and all associated development works, car parking, open spaces etc. on a site area of c. 0.6Ha, located within the “Listoke Drive” residential development. Access to the proposed development will be via Listoke Avenue, off Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, County Louth and the effect of the proposed development will be a modification to part of an extant permission under Ref. 23/314

Permission for the construction of a total of 53 dwelling houses (10 no. 4-Bed 3 Storey Semi Detached Houses, 42 no. 3-Bed 2 Storey Semi Detached Houses and 1 no. 3-Bed 2 Storey Detached House) on a site of circa. 1.95 Ha. at Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth. The proposal includes for all associated site development works including car parking, public open spaces with associated landscaping, roads, footpaths, drainage, public lighting etc. The proposed site layout overlaps with development granted permission under Planning Reference 20/1084. It seeks to replace 26 no. permitted dwellings (units 32 – 57) with a revised layout and unit type. This will result in an entire scheme of 96 dwellings (i.e. 43 no. dwellings permitted under 20/1084, currently under construction, and the 53 no. dwellings included in this application) *Significant Further Information Received on 07/05/2025*

The proposed development is a mixed-use commercial scheme consisting of 2 buildings with a combined gross floor area of 3,340sq.m. Building No.1 is a three-storey building with a gross floor area of 2273.6sq.m. and a maximum height of 15.95 m. It will have 2 retail units at ground floor level and a medical centre on the upper floors providing for separate medical and dental suites, consulting rooms and diagnostic scanning and imaging. Building No. 1 will also have a service yard at ground floor level including ESB substation and switch room with plant at roof level. Building No. 2 will be a two-storey building with a gross floor area of 1066.4sq.m. and have a maximum height of 9.225m. It will have 4 retail units on the ground floor, one of which will be reserved for takeaway food use, and office use at first floor level. The proposed scheme includes for bin & bike stores and 31 no. car parking spaces, a loading bay, landscaping, boundary treatments, all associated access roads, footpaths and cycle facilities, foul and surface water drainage, and public lighting etc.

Permission for development that will consist of the construction of 69 no. residential units on a site of c. 1.985 hectares. All units are provided with private amenity space in the form of gardens or balconies/terraces. The 69 no units consist of 49 no. terraced and end of terrace houses and 20 no. duplex units. The proposed houses are 2 to 3 storeys in height while the duplex building are 3 storeys in height. The 49 no. houses consist of the following: 4no. 2 bedroom units, 39 no. 3 bedroom units and 6 no. 4 bedroom units. The 20 no. duplexes consist of the following: 4 no. 1 bedroom units, 6 no. 2 bedroom units, 10 no. 3 bedroom units. The proposal includes the provision of car parking and bicycle parking, public and communal open space with associated landscaping, boundary treatments, all associated internal access roads, footpaths and cycles facilities, bin stores, foul and surface water drainage, lighting and all associated and ancillary site works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) was submitted to the planning authority with the planning application. *Significant Further Information which includes an updated Natura Impact Statement was received on 27/04/2021*