Waterunder , Mell , Drogheda

What’s proposed

Retention and permission for the following development: Retention permission 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 and new vehicular access/egress to neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), new vehicular traffic access/egress from public road (R168), new portacabin office building (to replace temporary office structure), vehicle display area, 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. *Significant Further Information received on 06/09/2019, alterations to site boundary/increase in site size and change of use of the existing dwelling house to commercial and storage use associated with the car sales business currently operating onsite.*

1978 is a planning application to Louth County Council for retention and permission for the following development: Retention permission is sought, received on 8 Feb 2019; permission was granted with conditions on 30 Sept 2019.

Planning details

Reference: 1978
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 8 Feb 2019
Observations close: 15 Mar 2019 (closed 2747 days ago)
Decision due: 3 Oct 2019 · decided 30 Sept 2019
Decision: Conditional on 30 Sept 2019
Proposed development: Retention and permission for the following development: Retention permission 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 and new vehicular access/egress to neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), new vehicular traffic access/egress from public road (R168), new portacabin office building (to replace temporary office structure), vehicle display area, 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. *Significant Further Information received on 06/09/2019, alterations to site boundary/increase in site size and change of use of the existing dwelling house to commercial and storage use associated with the car sales business currently operating onsite.*
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 419845). 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/1978/0.

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