Cement Road, Mell, Drogheda Co Louth
Approved in 2024. Building started in 2026.
- 20 Jul 2023Received
- 5 Jan 2024Conditional
- 5 Feb 2024Final approval
- 14 Sept 2026Building started
- Status
- Building startedi
- Decision
- Conditional · 5 Jan 2024
- Council
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 2.35 ha
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 9586 sqm. 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. queuing spaces, together with boundary treatments, 20 no. bicycle stands, ancillary infrastructure works, ESB sub-station landscaping and a stormwater connection including upgrade works to the existing drainage network located in the public road and footpath in Riverview
Planning details
- Reference
- 2360225
- Local authority
- Louth County Council
- Status
- Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 20 Jul 2023
- Observations close
- 24 Aug 2023 (closed 1138 days ago)
- Decision due
- 12 Jan 2024 · decided 5 Jan 2024
- Decision
- Conditional on 5 Jan 2024
- 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 9586 sqm. 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. queuing spaces, together with boundary treatments, 20 no. bicycle stands, ancillary infrastructure works, ESB sub-station landscaping and a stormwater connection including upgrade works to the existing drainage network located in the public road and footpath in RiverviewAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 2.35 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Nearby 20 · 500 m · 5 years
- Open28a Rosehall , Crosslanes , Drogheda
- Granted1 The Court , North Road , Drogheda Co. Louth
- OpenRosehall Bog Lane , Cross Lanes Moneymore , Drogheda Co. Louth
- Appealed3 SINGLETON COTTAGES , DROGHEDA , CO. LOUTH.
- Withdrawn3 SINGLETON COTTAGES , DROGHEDA , CO. LOUTH.
- CommencedSmiths of Drogheda , North Road (Moneymore & Mell) , Co. Louth
- Appeal decidedIDA Drogheda North Business Park , Mell and Moneymore , Drogheda Co. Louth
- GrantedRosehall Bog Lane , Cross Lanes Moneymore , Drogheda Co. Louth
Show all 20
- CommencedUnits 1 & 2 , North Road Drogheda , Co. Louth
- RefusedSmiths of Drogheda , North Road (Moneymore & Mell) , Co. Louth
- WithdrawnCement Road , Mell , Drogheda Co Louth
- GrantedMell National School , Mell , Drogheda Co Louth
- GrantedMell National School , Mell , Drogheda Co Louth
- CommencedNorth Road , Moneymore , Drogheda Co. Louth
- Commenced76 Fountain Hill , Mell , Drogheda Co Louth
- Commenced209A Mellifont Park , Drogheda , Co Louth
- Granted'Sheelin' , North Road Mell , Drogheda Co Louth
- GrantedThe Court , North Road , Drogheda Co Louth
- Commenced6 Ashleigh Heights , North Road , Drogheda Co Louth
- Withdrawn2 Singleton Cottages , Drogheda , Co Louth
Homes nearby
- For sale58 Riverview, Mell, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 A0V5
- For sale2 Fountain Cottages, Lower Mell, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 D61F
- For sale12 Saint Joseph's Terrace, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 D79Y
- For saleSaint Augustines, North Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 RR7V
- For saleSeven Winds, North Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth
- For sale3 Trinity Gardens, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 TW1A
- For sale8 Laburnum Square, North Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 HDY0
- For sale11 Loughboy, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 VWX4
- For sale12 Georgian Close, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 HVX9
- For saleApartment 3, Windmill Court, Windmill Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 VW30
- For sale43 Windmill Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 NXY5
- For sale40 Mayfield, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 KTN3
Building started
- 14 Sept 2026 · Builder told the council work was starting CN0147351LH
Zoning
Zoned for employment uses. Housing is not the intended use here.
Open space with active recreational amenities — pitches, courts, play areas.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Reserved for the schools, creches, community and health facilities a neighbourhood needs.
Protections nearby 250 m
No mapped flood area nearby.
Nothing else protected nearby.
Where this comes from
National planning feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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Summary
2360225 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 20 Jul 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 5 Jan 2024.