Drakestown , Ballapousta , Ardee

What’s proposed

The development applied for will consist of a change of use from a shop to a dwelling house including alterations, a new porch, a new effluent treatment system, and for all associated site works

18554 is a planning application to Louth County Council for the development applied for will consist of a change of use from a shop to a dwelling, received on 17 Jul 2018; permission was granted with conditions on 30 Aug 2018.

Planning details

Reference: 18554
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 17 Jul 2018
Observations close: 21 Aug 2018 (closed 2956 days ago)
Decision due: 10 Sept 2018 · decided 30 Aug 2018
Decision: Conditional on 30 Aug 2018
Proposed development: The development applied for will consist of a change of use from a shop to a dwelling house including alterations, a new porch, a new effluent treatment system, and for all associated site works
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

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Commencement

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 417013). 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/18554/0.

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Drakestown , Ballapousta , Ardee

What’s proposed

Planning details

Nearby 11 applications within 500 m in the last 5 years

Appeal

Commencement

Zoning at the site

Designations within 250 m

Provenance

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