Collon Business Park , Kells Road , Collon

What’s proposed

Retention permission for a development consisting of provisions of first floor office area (39 sq.m) together with planning permission for a development consisting of the amalgamation of 2 adjoining industrial units into a single unit, provision of 8 sq.m plant room and minor changes to elevations

1728 is a planning application to Louth County Council for retention permission for a development consisting of provisions of first floor office, received on 23 Jan 2017; permission was granted with conditions on 3 Mar 2017.

Planning details

Reference: 1728
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 23 Jan 2017
Observations close: 27 Feb 2017 (closed 3491 days ago)
Decision due: 19 Mar 2017 · decided 3 Mar 2017
Decision: Conditional on 3 Mar 2017
Proposed development: Retention permission for a development consisting of provisions of first floor office area (39 sq.m) together with planning permission for a development consisting of the amalgamation of 2 adjoining industrial units into a single unit, provision of 8 sq.m plant room and minor changes to elevations
As published by the register.
Site area: 99 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant: Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Appeal

Not appealed.

Commencement

Commencement notice CN0029024LH
26 Jun 2017Units 5 & 6, Collon Business Park, Collon, Louthmatched by ref_exact

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 417049). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/1728/0.

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Provenance

Collon Business Park , Kells Road , Collon

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 7 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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