Marymount National School , Ballsgrove , Drogheda Co Louth
EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/760 - Proposed development consisting of a new two storey 24 classroom school including all ancillary teacher and pupil facilities, delivered on a phased basis, will include the phased demolition/removal of the existing school building on the site including the relocation of 1 no. prefabricated building and eventual removal of all prefabricated buildings. Vehicular access to the site will be reconfigured with the existing entrance removed and a new pedestrian and vehicle entrance and exit formed off Donore Avenue providing access to a new drop off area the new entrance also accesses a new one-way coach and staff car park along the southern boundary exiting out onto Highfield Road. The development will include the provision of bicycle and scooter parking, hard and soft play areas, piped infrastructure and ducting, plant landscaping and boundary treatments, disabled car parking spaces, e-car charging points, ancillary pedestrian access ramps and stairs, signage, attenuation tank, changes in level and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground
The application
- Reference
- 26115 · full record
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Type
- EXTENSION OF DURATION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 1.04 ha
- Received
- 2 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 26 Nov 2026
- Decision
- N/a
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/26115/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
26115at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Louth County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 6 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Louth County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Community Facilities: To provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure. | louth county development plan | 11 Nov 2021 → 1 Jan 2027 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Louth County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louth County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660525 | Conditional | 18 Sept 2026 | 0 | 493 m | Retention and Permission for development to Protected Structure Ref. No. DB-239 (NIAH Ref. No. 13618011) and located within an ACA (Ref. No. 14 - West Street & Surrounding Streets). The development will consist of the following: 1. Retention of the part reconstruction/reinstatement of the front façade of existing building. 2. Repair and replacement of existing pitched roofs. 3. Proposed internal alterations to existing commercial unit on the ground floor. 4. Provision of 4 no. apartment units, 2 no. 1-bed units to first floor and 2 no. 1-bed units to second floor. 5. Provision of new bicycle and bin store for apartments to ground floor with external access provided along Scholes Lane. 6. Provisions of commercial and apartment storage to basement level of existing building. 7. Minor alterations to fenestration of elevations along with restoration of front shopfront and repair/replacement of windows to all elevations. 8. All associated landscaping, ancillary and site works |
| 2660404 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2026 | 1 | 10 m | Permission for a change of use from a residential dwelling to a community dwelling for people with an intellectual disability. The development will consist of a change of use of the existing dwelling as described above, a new accessible ramp to the front, a new external door to the Utility Room on the East Elevation, minor internal alterations and associated site works |
| 2673 | Conditional | 17 Jul 2026 | 0 | 395 m | Retention permission for a single storey rear extension to include kitchen, dining area, bathroom, playroom and utility room and all associated site works |
| 2660074 | Conditional | 3 Jul 2026 | 1 | 463 m | Permission fro changes to the previously granted permission PA Ref: 24/ 60116 with internal and elevational alterations to accommodate the refurbishment of an existing vacant apartment and all associated site works |
| 2660111 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2026 | 0 | 141 m | Retention of a single storey flat roof extension and single storey domestic stores all located to the rear of the existing dwelling house, inclusive of all associated site development works |
| 2660069 | Conditional | 2 Apr 2026 | 1 | 321 m | Retention permission for an existing outbuilding/garden shed to the rear of the property and all associated site development works |
| 2560825 | Refused | 13 Feb 2026 | 0 | 144 m | Permission for the demolition of existing buildings for a new unmanned service station development containing 3no. fuel dispensers/islands, forecourt canopy, underground tank farm and interceptors, 2no. entrances/exits for one way circulation, 1no. new freestanding totem, 1no plant/storage structure, forecourt signage, and all associated site development, lighting, and landscaping works |
| 2560822 | Conditional | 13 Feb 2026 | 1 | 468 m | Permission for ground floor internal alterations. Partial ground floor rear extension with flat roof over. Resizing of 1 No. front ground floor window |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500970 | — | Refused | 10 Jul 2026 | 144 m |
| 322008 | — | Refused | 5 Aug 2025 | 243 m |
| 318758 | — | Granted with conditions | 20 Feb 2025 | 346 m |
| 319899 | — | Refused | 3 Jul 2024 | 492 m |
| 312639 | — | Granted with conditions | 19 Jun 2023 | 119 m |
| 312251 | — | Granted with conditions | 22 Apr 2022 | 0 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026
- 2 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.