Sportsmans Hall
Sportsmans Hall is a townland in the civil parish of Dundalk, barony of Dundalk Upper, Co. Louth. Its name in Irish is Halla na Croiche.
Parcel 1123341
- Area
- 1,142 m²
- Buildings
- 3 buildings touch it. Their footprint covers 118 m².
- Zoning
- C2.1 General Employment (Louth County Development Plan) The objective
- Townland
- Sportsmans Hall
Planning applications on this parcel
25 Jul 2025Conditional
The development will consist of: (1) Construction of a light industrial / manufacturing facility [c.15,967sq.m GFA / height c.14.57m]. The main facility will include manufacturing and warehousing areas at ground floor, with production offices and storage at first floor / mezzanine-levels. Ancillary uses will consist of research and development (R&D) and office space, a reception / showroom, stair and lift cores, circulation areas, and staff welfare amenities, all extending over two floors in the north and west of the facility. (2) A pedestrian and vehicular access and egress point to the west of the facility and a HGV access and egress point to the south-west of the facility, both connecting to the internal road network of the Dundalk North Business Park. (3) Provision of 200 no. car parking spaces, including 10 no. accessible spaces and 40 no. electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces, and 14 no. motorcycle parking spaces, located to the west of the facility. (4) Provision of 40 no. covered bicycle parking spaces, located to the north (10 no. spaces) and west (30 no. spaces) of the facility. (5) A service / marshalling yard to the east and south of the facility. (6) Provision of out / utility buildings [c.1,329.9sq.m. GFA], shelter structures, external storage, battery storage, plant, a generator, a transformer, sprinkler tank and pump house. (7) An ESB substation and switchroom to the north-west of the facility. (8) A R&D yard to the north of the facility, comprising of varying terrains and slopes, a viewing platform, a machine wash area, a machine compound, and a bio-retention SuDS area. (9) Provision of site lighting, security fencing, and gates. (10) Installation of PV panels at roof level. (11) Erection of building mounted signage on the north, east and west elevations [(c.5m high x c.3m wide) x 3 no. signs] and an illuminated totem sign located at the facilities main entrance [c.2m high x c.1m wide]. (12) The erection of a retaining wall, an acoustic fence, and a berm with screen planting along the eastern boundary, and a berm with screen planting to the north and west of the R&D yard. (13) All hard and soft landscaping works, including the provision of SuDS features, surface treatments, planting, and boundary treatments. (14) All associated site development works, including above and below ground services, on a site of c.6.39ha.
Permission · Louth County Council, 2560483
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- At the centre of this parcel, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_3027 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Download this parcel as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program. GeoJSON, in WGS 84, suits a map, and KML opens in Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 52.6 ha
- 130 acres
- Land parcels
- 22
- registered freehold, median 1,350 m²
- Zoning
- O1
- Strategic Reserve
- Planning
- 14
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
22 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sportsmans Hall, from 166 m² to 373,949 m² (37.39 ha, 92.4 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- O1Strategic Reserve (Strategic reserve, White land)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 16 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C2.1General Employment (Industrial, enterprise, employment)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 7 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - R1New Residential Phase 1 (New/proposed residential)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - C5Tourism and Leisure (Tourism and related)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1Open Space (Open space, park)
Louth County Development Plan, Louth · 1 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
23 Apr 2026Conditional
Permission for: The construction of 99 no. residential units, comprising of 10 no. 2 bedroom houses, 56 no. 3 bedroom houses and 33 no. 4 bedroom houses with associated private open space; The construction of a childcare facility with external play area; Provision of associated car and cycle parking; Boundary treatments, public open space and landscaping; 1 no. ESB sub-station; 3 no. vehicular access off Armagh Road and the provision of internal access roads; Provision of a shared pedestrian / cycle facility along Armagh Road and all associated site and infrastructural works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this planning application
Permission, 99 homes · Louth County Council, 2660229
25 Jul 2025Conditional
The development will consist of: (1) Construction of a light industrial / manufacturing facility [c.15,967sq.m GFA / height c.14.57m]. The main facility will include manufacturing and warehousing areas at ground floor, with production offices and storage at first floor / mezzanine-levels. Ancillary uses will consist of research and development (R&D) and office space, a reception / showroom, stair and lift cores, circulation areas, and staff welfare amenities, all extending over two floors in the north and west of the facility. (2) A pedestrian and vehicular access and egress point to the west of the facility and a HGV access and egress point to the south-west of the facility, both connecting to the internal road network of the Dundalk North Business Park. (3) Provision of 200 no. car parking spaces, including 10 no. accessible spaces and 40 no. electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces, and 14 no. motorcycle parking spaces, located to the west of the facility. (4) Provision of 40 no. covered bicycle parking spaces, located to the north (10 no. spaces) and west (30 no. spaces) of the facility. (5) A service / marshalling yard to the east and south of the facility. (6) Provision of out / utility buildings [c.1,329.9sq.m. GFA], shelter structures, external storage, battery storage, plant, a generator, a transformer, sprinkler tank and pump house. (7) An ESB substation and switchroom to the north-west of the facility. (8) A R&D yard to the north of the facility, comprising of varying terrains and slopes, a viewing platform, a machine wash area, a machine compound, and a bio-retention SuDS area. (9) Provision of site lighting, security fencing, and gates. (10) Installation of PV panels at roof level. (11) Erection of building mounted signage on the north, east and west elevations [(c.5m high x c.3m wide) x 3 no. signs] and an illuminated totem sign located at the facilities main entrance [c.2m high x c.1m wide]. (12) The erection of a retaining wall, an acoustic fence, and a berm with screen planting along the eastern boundary, and a berm with screen planting to the north and west of the R&D yard. (13) All hard and soft landscaping works, including the provision of SuDS features, surface treatments, planting, and boundary treatments. (14) All associated site development works, including above and below ground services, on a site of c.6.39ha.
Permission · Louth County Council, 2560483
26 Jun 2025Conditional
permission for a proposed residential development on 3.26ha hectares of lands in the townland of Lisdoo at Armagh Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth. The proposed development will consist of 99 no. residential units, comprising of 91 no. houses (including 4 no. 2-bed, 57 no. 3-bed, and 30 no. 4-bed units), and 8 no. duplex units arranged in 2 no. 3-storey blocks (including 4 no. 1-bed and 4 no. 2-bed units); ancillary open space; associated car and cycle parking; boundary treatment, public open space and landscaping; 1 no. ESB sub-station; 2 no. vehicular access off Armagh Road; a shared pedestrian / cycle facility along Armagh Road; and all associated site and infrastructural works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of this planning application.
Permission, 91 homes · Louth County Council, 2560399
3 Mar 2023Conditional
Permission is sought by Urban Green Private Ltd. acting for TrippierLtd to vary Condition 3 of the permission granted on 19/12/22 (Reg. Ref 22/524) for a warehouse development of 37,289 sq.m at Dundalk North BusinessPark, Armagh Road, Dundalk, County Louth. Condition 3 limited the hours of operation to 0800 hr - 1800hrs Monday - Saturday. This application seekds to vary this condition such that hours of operation of the facility shoud be unrestricted.
Permission · Louth County Council, 23103
16 Dec 2022Conditional
Permission for a 10 year permission on a site of 26.4778 hectares, to include: the provision of infrastructure utilising constructed and part constructed infrastructure carried out under ref.no. 04179, extended by 09803, 14109 and 18407. 14 no. warehouse/logistics/light industrial buildings each with ancillary offices, plant, parking and yards as per site and newspaper notices - the overall gross floor area of the warehouse/logistics/light industrial units is 68,531sqm; 1 no. fuel filling station (Unit 6) with associated retail, restaurant/cafe facilities, signage and car parking and car wash. Internal roads infrastructure; water infrastructure (potable water, surface water (incl. SuDS measures) and foul water. Utilities infrastructure and connections including substations. Provision of a river walk along the Castle town River. Landscaping works, including boundary treatments and cut and fill of the lands to provide for finished ground levels. All associated site development works. Unit 11 is subject of a seperate permission (ref. no. 22/524 refers). An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement have been submitted with this application **Significant further information received on 9.6.23**
Permission · Louth County Council, 22976
10 Nov 2022Conditional
Permission for the construction of 2.4m high security fence, 149.95m long, located in a ca.0.783ha site in the south-east section of the Dundalk North Business Park. Access to the development inside the site will be from the recently constructed internal road network
Permission · Louth County Council, 22876
29 Jun 2022Conditional
Permission for a warehouse of 37,289sq.m with internal 2 storey ancillary offices and canteen area of 960sq.m and a gate house of 42.2sq.m together with parking for 150 no. cars, 50 no. HGV parking spaces, 30 no. covered bicycle spaces, water sprinkler tank 290 m3, landscaping, attenuation area, ESB substation and all ancillary services in a c.11.33 ha site in the south section of the business park. In the permission previously granted (Reg. Ref. 04179 as extended) for a business park, this portion of the site contained 8 buildings with a combined floor area of 39, 763sq.m and this application if permitted and commenced will replace that element in that permission. Access to the development inside the site will be from the recently constructed internal road network. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.
Permission · Louth County Council, 22524
16 Apr 2020Conditional
Permission to demolish single storey extensions to the side and rear of dwelling and for a two storey extension to the back/side of existing dwelling and waste water treatment system with percolation area
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 20279
18 Jun 2019Refused
Permission to demolish single storey extensions to the side and rear of dwelling and for a two storey extension to the back/side of existing dwelling. *Significant further information received 13/01/2020**
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 19477
20 Dec 2018Conditional
EXTENSION OF DURATION: PARENT REF: 08/1013. Permission for development at Armagh Road, Lisdoo, Dundalk Co. Louth. The application is for Planning Permission for a period of 10 years. The development site is located within the administrative areas of both Louth County Council and Dundalk Town Council. That part of the development site located within the Louth County Council administrative area, for which Planning Permission is sought from Louth County Council, extends to 3.056 hectares (7.553 acres) and consists of 80 no. houses with associated parking (8 no. 2 bed; 24 no. 3 bed; 45 no. 4 bed; and 3 no. 5 bed) in the form of detached, semi-detached and terraced units 2 storeys in height and 8 no. apartment/duplex units (2 no. 1 bed; 4 no. 2 bed; 2 no. 3 bed) in 1 no. 3 storey building identified as Building 3. The proposal also incorporates open space areas, including terraced/balcony areas to serve apartment/duplex units and all associated site development works including alterations to ground levels, internal roads, landscaping and boundary treatment. A pedestrian/cycle access point is provided onto the Armagh Road.
Extension of duration, 1 home · Louth County Council, 181060
20 Jun 2018Conditional
The developmet will consist of: The demolition of an existing dwelling house, domestic garage and associated site development works.
Permission, 1 home · Louth County Council, 18477
24 May 2018Conditional
Extension of Duration Parent Ref: 04/179 - 1 (a)(p) 37 hectares (92 acres) of land for a business park,16no. 9m high wholesale warehouse showrooms (6 units @ 1045msq, 6 units @ 1190msq, 1 @ 1310msq & 1 @1845msq, 1 @ 1470msq, 1 @ 1345msq), 1no. 9m high enterprise centre & creche(5875msq), 2no. 9m high office units (1 @5875msq & 1@6430msq), 24no. 9m high incubator office units( all are 265msq), 18no. 9m high lockup units(units 90msq), 37no. 9m high incubator warehouses (25 at 295msq &12 at 400msq), 3no.14m high major warehouses(10205msq,9370msq,9335msq), 1no.14m high High Bay Distribution Ind Unit(at 22210msq), 11no. 14m high medium density ind units(5units at 955msq, 1@1220msq, 1@1350msq,1@1445msq,1@1480msq, 1@1740msq,1@2005msq), const new roundabout on the Armagh Rd to provide access to the proposed business park, assoc. internal roads,parking,siteworks,landscaping &site regrading,1 (b)Outline for the provision of a new wastewater pumping station, electricity substation, petrol filling station & shop
Extension of duration · Louth County Council, 18407
23 Nov 2017N/a
Permission for a revised entrance & internal road layout, revised drainage layout, part replacement of previously granted buildings with serviced sites and associated landscaping, signage, site regrading and site development works on lands previously granted planning permission REF:04/179 which included an environmental impact statement.
Permission · Louth County Council, 17861
24 Jul 2017N/a
Permission for revised entrance & internal road layout, part replacement of previously granted buildings with serviced sites and associated landscaping, signage, site regarding and site development works on lands previously granted planning permission (Reg. Ref. 04/179 which included an environmental impact statement).
Permission · Louth County Council, 17567
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Sportsmans Hall.
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sportsmans Hall.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sportsmans Hall.
Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- At the centre of the townland of Sportsmans Hall, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2990 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Sportsmans Hall with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Louth.
The townland
- Name
- Sportsmans Hall · Halla na Croiche
- Area
- 526,240 m² (52.62 ha, 130.04 acres)
- Civil parish
- Dundalk, and its townlands
- Barony
- Dundalk Upper
- Electoral division
- Dundalk Rural, the unit of the census
- Placenames
- Sportsmans Hall on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.