Waterunder , Mell , Drogheda

What’s proposed

Permission for RETENTION and full planning permission for development. Retention is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/ sales /servicing and repairs. Change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing / valeting. Alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage of neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), vehicular traffic access/egress, new portacabin office building (to replace temporary portacabin office structure), alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels

17869 is a planning application to Louth County Council for permission for RETENTION and full planning permission for development. Retention is, received on 24 Nov 2017; permission was refused on 18 Jan 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 17869
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 24 Nov 2017
Observations close: 8 Jan 2018 (closed 3178 days ago)
Decision due: 27 Jan 2018 · decided 18 Jan 2018
Decision: Refused on 18 Jan 2018
Proposed development: Permission for RETENTION and full planning permission for development. Retention is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/ sales /servicing and repairs. Change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing / valeting. Alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage of neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), vehicular traffic access/egress, new portacabin office building (to replace temporary portacabin office structure), alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels
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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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 418695). 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/17869/0.

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