Moorehall, Townparks, Ardee Co Louth

What’s proposed

Planning permission is sought for a mixed-use development on the sites of disused buildings of Odea Agri Seeds Limited (listed on the records of protected structures: LHS017-060) and the De La Salle Monastery (listed on the Record of Protected Structures: LHS017-031) in Moorehall. The development will consist of: (A) Demolition of existing derelict disused buildings and outbuildings/sheds on the existing site. (B) Construction of a 4-Storey commercial building to cater for a restaurant and retail unit at ground floor level and office spaces on upper floors. (C) Construction of a 3-Storey residential building that consists of 9No. of apartments with the following configuration: 1No. - 1 Bedroom (Studio Apartment) 6No. - 2 Bedroom Apartments 2No. - 3 Bedroom Apartments (D) Demolition of the structurally unsound concrete extensions and the 2-storey corner building attached to the existing protected structure and form new 2-Storey extensions to the sides within the existing building footprint. (E) Renovation and change of use of the existing disused Odea Agri Seeds building to form 14 No. of apartments with the following configuration: 5No. - 1 Bedroom Apartments. 5No. - 2 Bedroom Apartments, 4No. - 3 Bedroom Apartments. The development shall include removal of all derelict internal floors and creation of additional openings on external walls. It is also proposed to raise the existing roof to create a band of gazing around the outer profile of the building and to improve the floor heights inside the dwellings. (F) Conversion and extension of the existing Silos building to form a 22 bedroomed hotel building that will function ancillary to the already granted 18 bedroomed hotel proposed in De La Salle house (Final grant notification Ref No. 22806) (G) Modify the entrance to the site with the public road on William Street and to create internal vehicular and pedestrian paved routes and car parking. (H) Construction of refuse storage, bicycle storage, public plaza, and river side park. Permission is also sought to connect to the existing drainage and services and all ancillary site works associated with the above b*SFI received on the 8.8.24 includes changes to (C) Construction of a 3-Storey residential building that consists of 9No. of apartments with the following configuration:1No. - 1 Bedroom (Studio Apartment)6No. - 2 Bedroom Apartments2No. - 3 Bedroom Apartments, (E) Renovation and change of use of the existing disused Odea Agri Seeds building to form 12 No