Ballymakenny Road
Ballymakenny Road , Drogheda · Yellowbatter · Drogheda Rural · Louth
97 homes permitted, not started. 97 homes granted 05 Jun 2024, expires 05 Jun 2029
- Site area
- 2.93 ha (7.23 acres)
- Zoning
- R1
- Homes permitted
- 97, permission to 5 Jun 2029
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Why this site
- Permitted, not started· live grant, no commencement notice
Planning on this site
Permission granted to Housing Section Louth County Council · 97 homes · see all 2 of their schemes →
- 2456 · Permitted, not started · 97 homes · granted 5 Jun 2024 · expires 5 Jun 2029
- 2460454 · conditional · lodged 9 Aug 2024
- 2460366 · n/a · lodged 2 Jul 2024
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Questions about Ballymakenny Road
- When does the planning permission at Ballymakenny Road expire?
- Its planning permission 2456 for 97 homes, granted 5 Jun 2024, expires on 5 Jun 2029.
- Has building started at Ballymakenny Road?
- No. No commencement notice has been filed for planning permission 2456.
Who owns it
The registered owner is on the Land Registry folio. Search the map on landdirect.ie at 53.73126, -6.34777 and buy a copy of the folio: €5 online, and it names the owner and any charge on the land. Most land in Ireland is registered; older unregistered titles are in the Registry of Deeds.
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Planning around the site, deadlines, zoning and constraints in full
Planning on and around the site
- Radius m
- 250
Near
- Total
- 18
- Years
- 5
Appeals
- Total
- 0
- Tagged
- 0
Inspector recommendations are shown only where the inspector's report has been read and tagged; "not extracted" is not the same as "no recommendation". Sources: npad, 12 Oct 2026; acp, 9 Oct 2026; bcms, 11 Oct 2026
Deadlines running
- Count
- 1
- Radius m
- 250
Clocks (1)
| Kind | Basis | Summary | Days left | Deadline at | Deadline kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| permission_expiry | signal | Permission 2456 expires unless works start (s.40 PDA 2000) | 967 | 5 Jun 2029 | permission_expiry |
Deadlines are computed once, by the connector that saw the event, from the statutory rule; never estimated here. Sources: acp, 9 Oct 2026; consult, 12 Oct 2026; moderngov, 12 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Zoning and the RZLT map
Rzlt
- Note
- This land is on the council's final map for the vacant land tax. Unless it is a home someone lives in (or its garden), the owner pays 3% of the land's value a year until homes are built or the zoning changes.
- On site
- Yes
- Available
- Yes
Zones (5)
| Code | Label | Meaning | Plan id | Valid to | Fetched at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | New residential | Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit… | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 1 Jan 2027 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R1 | New residential | Zoned for new residential communities. This is where large housing schemes are expected to go, subject to the social and physical infrastructure arriving wit… | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 1 Jan 2027 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 1 Jan 2027 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 1 Jan 2027 | 27 Sept 2026 |
| R2 | Existing residential | An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour'… | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 1 Jan 2027 | 27 Sept 2026 |
Objective text is quoted from the development plan as published on MyPlan (GZT). The plain-English line is our gloss. Sources: zoning, 11 Oct 2026; rzlt, 11 Oct 2026
Constraints
- Buffer m
- 50
- Available
- Yes
- Flood close m
- 100
- Opw flood extent close
- No
- Opw flood extent nearby
- No
Kinds (1)
| Kind | Count | Label |
|---|---|---|
| smr | 1 | Recorded monument |
Flood extents are OPW data we may not redistribute: shown as a yes/no and a link to floodinfo.ie. Sources: constraints, 27 Sept 2026; constraints.smr, 27 Sept 2026
Homes planned nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
As of
- Computed at
- 2026-10-10T22:02:23+00:00
- Sites in table
- 4,197
Totals
- Homes
- 3,461
- Sites
- 40
- Lapsed
- 145
- Started
- 2,328
- Unbuilt
- 988
- Not started
- 988
- Started pct
- 67
- Sites lapsed
- 2
- Sites lapsing
- 0
- Sites started
- 22
- Sites unbuilt
- 16
- Sites appealed
- 0
Sites (15)
| Council | Lat | LEA | Lon | Ref | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2560797 | Yellowbatter |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2460367 | Ellwood Park |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.34 | 2660456 | Greenbatter and Newtownstalaban |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2456 | Ballymakenny Road |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2360492 | Moneymore and Yellowbatter |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.36 | 2360493 | Moneymore and Yellowbatter |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.34 | 2660283 | Listoke Avenue |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2360494 | Moneymore and Yellowbatter |
| LOUTH | 53.74 | Drogheda Rural | -6.34 | 2560745 | 'G. Morgan & Sons Limited' Linenfields |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.34 | 2660279 | Listoke Avenue |
| LOUTH | 53.73 | Drogheda Rural | -6.34 | 22894 | Yellowbatter and Greenbatter |
| LOUTH | 53.74 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2360548 | Ballymakenny Park |
| LOUTH | 53.74 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 2460056 | Yellowbatter |
| LOUTH | 53.74 | Drogheda Rural | -6.34 | 2560017 | Listoke Drive Listoke Avenue |
| LOUTH | 53.74 | Drogheda Rural | -6.35 | 23328 | Yellowbatter |
Applicants (5)
| Name | Homes | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Ballymakenny Residential Properties Limited | 307 | 6 |
| Ballymakenny Developments Limited | 126 | 2 |
| Ballymakenny SW Limited | 97 | 1 |
| Housing Section Louth County Council | 97 | 1 |
| BMK Properties Limited | 17 | 1 |
Grants of 10+ homes. "Unbuilt" means no commencement notice has been matched; "lapsing" expires within a year. Sources: bcms, 11 Oct 2026; npad, 12 Oct 2026
Public land nearby
- Radius m
- 1,000
Transport and schools
- Radius m
- 1,000
- Stop count
- 15
- Facility count
- 3
Stops (10)
| Name | Agency | Stop id | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymakenny Coll | nta | 8300B104011 | 198.7 |
| Ballymakenny Coll | nta | 8300B104411 | 205.5 |
| Mill Haven | nta | 8300B103991 | 300.1 |
| Mill Haven | nta | 8300B104571 | 322 |
| Grange Rise | nta | 8300B103731 | 506.8 |
| Grange Rise | nta | 8300B103781 | 577.5 |
| Brookville | nta | 8300B103621 | 720.8 |
| Brookville | nta | 8300B136681 | 722.6 |
| Drogheda Inst | nta | 8300B139311 | 742.1 |
| Drogheda Institute | nta | 8300B0139841 | 743.3 |
Schools (3)
| Council | Ref | Kind | Name | Path | Distance m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOUTH | 91573N | school_postprimary | Ballymakenny College | /school/ballymakenny-college-91573n | 206.2 |
| LOUTH | 20349H | school_primary | SCOIL OILIBHÉIR NAOFA | /school/scoil-oilibheir-naofa-20349h | 218.3 |
| LOUTH | 00851C | school_primary | PRESENTATION CONVENT | /school/presentation-convent-00851c | 315.2 |
Other sites nearby
- Residential land off Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Ballymakenny Road, Yellowbatter · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Residential land off Ballymakenny Road, Yellowbatter · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
- Ballymakenny Road Housing Development (KS) · Stalled build
- Ellwood Park · Permitted, not started
- Residential land off White House, Ballymakenny Road · On the RZLT map (3% land tax)
Figures as of 11 Oct 2026. Sources: acp (9 Oct 2026); bcms (11 Oct 2026); constraints (27 Sept 2026); constraints.smr (27 Sept 2026); consult (12 Oct 2026); gtfs (11 Oct 2026); lda_lands (11 Sept 2026); moderngov (12 Oct 2026); npad (12 Oct 2026); parcels (11 Sept 2026); places (4 Oct 2026); rzlt (11 Oct 2026); schools (27 Sept 2026); zoning (11 Oct 2026).
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