Decision due on Ardee Bread Company development
Plans for new retail units and apartments
A decision is due in the next month on plans for new retail units, apartments and a house, at the former Ardee Bread Company at Castle Street and Tierney Street in Ardee.
Ardee Bakery Investments Limited applied to Louth County Council last August, for planning permission for the development which is taking place at two protected structures, Ardee Bread Company, protected structure reference 13823007, and the former Sheridan’s Services house, protected structure reference 13823006.
Ardee Bakery Investments Limited has applied for planning permission for the demolition of rear projections and outbuildings associated and within the curtilage of the protected structures along with demolition of the boundary wall to Tierney Street.
It is planning the construction of two apartment buildings ranging in height from two storeys to four storeys which will comprise a total 20 apartments, of which there are six, one-bed and 14, two-bed units, all with balconies or ground floor terraces along with provision of a communal space at roof level. It also seeks to construct a three bed semi detached dwelling and associated garden area.
In the former Ardee Bread Company building it seeks to develop two retail units at ground floor, two one-bed apartments at first floor level and a one-bed duplex apartment, as well as carrying out associated refurbishment works of the former Ardee Bread Company building.
It is also planning the adaptation and change of use of the former Sheridans Services house to provide for a two-bed apartments and a one-bed apartment, along with the associated refurbishment works of the former Sheridans Services house.
The application also provides for items including the creation of a new pedestrian entrance from Tierney Street; associated bin and bicycle storage facility; and the provision of internal footpaths and communal space areas at ground level to include all hard and soft landscape works with planting and boundary treatments.
A decision was initially due in October 2023 but Louth County Council sought further information from the applicant on the planned development. Significant further information on the proposed development was provided to Louth County Council on 2 February. This included, among other items, a reduction in the height of the apartment buildings from four to three storeys and a reduction of the number of apartments by two.
A decision had then been expected from the local planning authority by 29 February, but the planning application subsequently was placed on hold for a time, pending the submission of further information. Following the submission of further information on 11 March, a decision is now due by 7 April.