New Lidl development in Blackrock gets go ahead

Louth County Council has granted planning permission for a new Lidl development in Blackrock.

Lidl Ireland GmbH applied to Louth County Council in January of this year, for planning permission for the construction of a Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales, at Knock Shee Avenue, in Blackrock.

The proposed development comprises the construction of a single storey Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence use (with mono-pitch roof and internal mezzanine plant deck), measuring c. 2,295 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,499 sqm.

It also includes the provision of vehicular and pedestrian access, car and cycle parking, free standing and building mounted signage, trolley bay cover/enclosure, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment. The application also provides for items including roof mounted solar panels, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments. drainage infrastructure and connections to services/utilities.

Significant Further Information on the proposed development was received by Louth County Council in August which provides for, among other things, an updated Natura Impact Statement and a coffee shop.

Louth County Council granted planning permission for the development on 15 November, subject to 23 planning conditions.