An Taisce has lodged a formal appeal against the planning permission granted by Louth County Council for a new data centre in Drogheda.
It is due to be built on a new data and energy industrial campus at the former Premier Periclase factory along the Boyne Road in the town.
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All of the old factory is scheduled to be demolished as part of the development.
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Louth County Council granted permission despite previous objections from An Taisce, the Irish national trustÂ
One of the heritage group’s main objection to the project was it would facilitate a breach of the emissions reduction obligations under the Climate Act.
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However planning consultants the PM Group acting for the developers said the proposed regeneration of the site would represent a major improvement in the overall carbon emissions for the country.
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The new campus would also have other commercial mixed use units.
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An Taisce made a third party appeal against the development to An Bord Pleanala on July 24 last
The original conditional planning permission was granted by Louth County Council last June.
