Bellingham Castle , Castlebellingham , Co Louth

What’s proposed

Permission is sought to convert existing 1960s ballroom block into 11 no. ensuite bedrooms, storage areas and circulation, including passenger lift, alterations to existing 1960s ballroom elevations, re-surfacing of adjoining carpark, landscaping, re-location & screening of gas tanks & bins storage zone, the demolition of existing single storey shed to south of the site, and construction of replacement single storey building, containing 9 no. ensuite bedrooms, cleaners store, construction of boat house and machinery store building, retention of security gates and associated site works at Protected Structure ID No. LHS015-005, A Natura Impact Statement has been included as part of this application

181018 is a planning application to Louth County Council for permission is sought to convert existing 1960s ballroom block into 11 no. ensuite, received on 13 Dec 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 9 Aug 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 181018
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Commenced · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 13 Dec 2018
Observations close: 28 Jan 2019 (closed 2795 days ago)
Decision due: 11 Aug 2019 · decided 9 Aug 2019
Decision: Conditional on 9 Aug 2019
Proposed development: Permission is sought to convert existing 1960s ballroom block into 11 no. ensuite bedrooms, storage areas and circulation, including passenger lift, alterations to existing 1960s ballroom elevations, re-surfacing of adjoining carpark, landscaping, re-location & screening of gas tanks & bins storage zone, the demolition of existing single storey shed to south of the site, and construction of replacement single storey building, containing 9 no. ensuite bedrooms, cleaners store, construction of boat house and machinery store building, retention of security gates and associated site works at Protected Structure ID No. LHS015-005, A Natura Impact Statement has been included as part of this application
As published by the register.
Site area: 6.26 ha 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 CN0059056LH
14 Nov 2019Bellingham Castle,, Castlebellingham,, Louthmatched by ref_exact

Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 417723). 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/181018/0.

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