Meath County Council has asked for more information from the consortium behind the new €30 million stadium proposed for Drogheda United football club. The development includes a four-kilometre road linking it to the M1 motorway.
One of the developers is Bill Doyle, who earlier this year outlined his plans for the 360-acre site on the southside of Drogheda and within the boundary of Co Meath to local councillors.
In addition to the 10,068-seat stadium it is proposed to build a three-storey leisure centre, a three-storey cinema complex, a mezzanine-style retail park, a petrol station and a fast-food outlet in addition to a waste water treatment plant and the link road from the N1, the former Dublin to Drogheda road, to the motorway.
The application is in the name of Doyle Developments Ltd and Drogheda Utd FC and a decision is due to be made by the council today.
However, a council spokesman yesterday confirmed more information will be sought and considered before a decision is made.
A report on the planning file from the council's engineering staff seeks more information on provision for parking, saying that 1,809 car parking spaces are provided, but it is up to 3,376 short of what is required.
It says the traffic impact assessment and the retail impact assessment accompanying the planning application do not "take into account peak shopping times such as Christmas, where the need for private transport is higher than normal".
The developers have six months to reply to the request.