The proposed development is a mixed-use commercial scheme at Ballymakenny Rd Yellowbatter, Drogheda

Proposed development

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.

Planning status

Permission was granted on 13 Oct 2025. The four-week appeal period has passed with no appeal recorded, so the permission is final. Works can start once a commencement notice is lodged; the register gives its end as 12 Nov 2030.

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