Upper Mell , Drogheda , Co Louth

What’s proposed

Retention Permission for the change of use from the established commercial garage/filling station (formerly Loughboy Service Station) to a car wash/valeting service and the ancillary site development works

1928 is a planning application to Louth County Council for retention Permission for the change of use from the established commercial, received on 18 Jan 2019; permission was refused on 26 Sept 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 1928
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 18 Jan 2019
Observations close: 22 Feb 2019 (closed 2765 days ago)
Decision due: 29 Sept 2019 · decided 26 Sept 2019
Decision: Refused on 26 Sept 2019
Proposed development: Retention Permission for the change of use from the established commercial garage/filling station (formerly Loughboy Service Station) to a car wash/valeting service and the ancillary site development 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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Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 417217). 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/1928/0.

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Upper Mell , Drogheda , Co Louth

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