Cement Road , Mell , Drogheda Co Louth

What’s proposed

Permission for a new school building for St Ita's and St Mary's Special Schools, provided in a part single, two and three storey building arranged as 2 linked blocks, including upgraded access road to be constructed for shared use with the adjacent Pitch & Putt club. The proposed building will contain 20 no. classrooms for St Ita's, 17 no. classrooms for St Mary's, associated clinician and educational support rooms, external rooftop play areas, hydrotherapy pool and all ancillary spaces with total floor area of circa 9586sqm. Proposed site works to include the construction of new hard and soft play areas, Multi Use Games Area and multisensory gardens, together with all associated paths and paving, 145 no. car parking spaces, 8 no. covered minibus set down bays and a further 12 no. queing spaces, together with boundary treatments, 20 no. bicycle stands, ancillary infrastructure works, ESB substation and landscaping

23253 is a planning application to Louth County Council for permission for a new school building for St Ita's and St Mary's Special Schools, received on 23 May 2023; the file is recorded as incompleted application.

Planning details

Reference: 23253
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “INCOMPLETED APPLICATION”
Received: 23 May 2023
Observations close: 27 Jun 2023 (closed 1189 days ago)
Decision due: No due date published
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Permission for a new school building for St Ita's and St Mary's Special Schools, provided in a part single, two and three storey building arranged as 2 linked blocks, including upgraded access road to be constructed for shared use with the adjacent Pitch & Putt club. The proposed building will contain 20 no. classrooms for St Ita's, 17 no. classrooms for St Mary's, associated clinician and educational support rooms, external rooftop play areas, hydrotherapy pool and all ancillary spaces with total floor area of circa 9586sqm. Proposed site works to include the construction of new hard and soft play areas, Multi Use Games Area and multisensory gardens, together with all associated paths and paving, 145 no. car parking spaces, 8 no. covered minibus set down bays and a further 12 no. queing spaces, together with boundary treatments, 20 no. bicycle stands, ancillary infrastructure works, ESB substation and landscaping
As published by the register.
Site area: 99 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 424135). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/23253/0.

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