The proposed development will consist of the demolition of the existing habitable house…

Application details

Planning reference

LB180620

Council

Meath County Council

Proposal 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

Location / address

Colpe Road, Colpe West, Drogheda Co. Meath

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

8 Jun 2018

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

31 Jul 2018

Final grant date

14 Sept 2018