Bridgegate & Fir Rois Rathgory & Mulladrillen, Drogheda Road Ardee, County Louth
Proposed development
LRD Application: Permission for Large-scale Residential Development - details can be viewed on https://firrois.ie/. The proposed development will consist of: (A) The replacement of 48 no. three-storey duplex apartments (8 no. 1-bed, 24 no. 2-bed, 16 no. 3-bed) and communal open space at Bridgegate Avenue with 40 no. two-storey residential dwellings (6 no. 2 bed, 34 no. 3-bed) each with rear garden private amenity space at Bridgegate Avenue and an extended Bridgegate Green. The proposals result in total of 264 no. dwellings within the overall SHD scheme. (B) An extension of Bridgegate Green (to facilitate access to 16 no. proposed dwellings) resulting in a slight reduction in overall provision of public open space within the development by c. 0.6 ha to c. 4.86 ha, with reconfigured public park landscape layout. (C) The provision of 483 no. surface car parking spaces (mix of on and off curtilage) to serve residential units (480 no. spaces permitted), internal road and shared pedestrian/cycle paths and provision of 630 no. cycle parking spaces (708 no. permitted) with on curtilage parking provided for proposed replacement dwellings alongside bin and bike stores. (D) Reconfiguration of site layout in the southern part of the development including amended landscaping and parking layouts to provide on curtilage parking, omission and amendments to rear laneways, elevational amendments to permitted House Type 6 and Duplex Types D7/D8, minor repositioning of block layouts and building lines to provide for bin and bike stores. (E) Provision of reconfigured water services infrastructure layout, public lighting, landscaping and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Decision due
- 17 Jul 2026
- Residential units
- 40
- Floor area
- 4307.079999999999 m²
Timeline
Application received
6 Feb 2026
Council asked for further information
27 Mar 2026
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
25 May 2026
Decision due
17 Jul 2026
Decision: conditional
10 Jul 2026
Appeal lodged (ACP-324546-26)
Not available
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Planning history within 750 m
Permission for an attic conversion with hip to gable roof and dormer to rear roof to accommodate stairs to allow attic conversion as non habitable storage space with roof windows to front all with associated ancillary works
Retention and Permission for: A) Retention permission sought for the as constructed car wash drive through facility, jet wash area with associated 3no. 10,000 litre water storage tanks, 1 no. 2,500 litre Adblue storage tank, hardstanding areas, site lighting, additional 2no. fuelling pump stations, petrol/car wash interceptors, revised boundary treatments and sliding gate. B) Full permission sought for new water attenuation unit with controlled discharge, and all site development works to the rear of our existing service station
Permission for the construction of a two storey extension to the side of existing semi-detached two storey dwelling, demolition of attached domestic garage to side of dwelling and all associated and ancillary site works
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/682 - Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a vehicular entrance and for associated site works
Retention and Permission: Retention permission for a car wash drive through facility, jet wash area with associated 3no. 10,000 litre water storage tanks, 1no. 2500 litre tank, revised boundary treatments, hardstanding areas, site lighting, additional 2no. fuelling pump stations, petrol / car wash interceptors and sliding gate. Full permission sought for new water attenuation unit with controlled discharge and all site development works to the rear of our existing service station
Permission for: (a) The change of use of the existing derelict building from that as a monastery to office use. (b) The formation of new site boundaries. (c) The provision of additional car parking spaces.(d) All ancillary site works associated with the above at De La Salle Monastery, a Protected Structure - LHS017-031 *Significant Further Information received on 16/10/2026 - Amended site boundary & use of entrance as approved under P.D. ref. No 22/806*