Whitestown , Greenore , Co Louth

What’s proposed

Planning Permission for the proposed restoration, repair, and conservation of the former Observation Compound at Whitestown incorporating Ballagan Point Look Out Post 01(WWII) and a 19th century Coastguard Signal Station. Permission to include for; The reestablishment of use of the Compound as an observatory, together with a residential component on site. The existing Coastguard Signal Station building included bedroom, living, cooking, toilet (external), and storage (external) accommodation. The development will consist of: Appropriate and sensitive adjustments to the Coastguard Signal Station building contained within the compound to include the conservation, and if necessary, restoration of floors, roofs, parapets, cornices, walls, windows, shutters, doors, and adjacent groundworks. Repairs to perimeter walls (currently damaged). The authentic reinstallation of water storage external to the Coastguard Signal Station building. The provision of an appropriate contemporary wastewater treatment system. Adjustment of the existing external toilet & store so as to be incorporated within the revised plan layout of the Coastguard Signal Station building. The provision of appropriate levels of insulation. The provision of a new raised, removable viewing platform together with the creation of one glazed doorway opening replacing two existing windows of the eastern façade. The application site contains and is the stand of a Protected Structure which is a WWII Look Out Post (RPS Ref No. LHS009-055). Application site also includes Recorded Monument LH009-010. *Significant Further Information received on 02/12/2024*

2460025 is a planning application to Louth County Council for planning Permission for the proposed restoration, repair, and conservation of the former, received on 17 Jan 2024; the file is recorded as deemed withdrawn.

Planning details

Reference: 2460025
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Withdrawn or invalid · register status “DEEMED WITHDRAWN”
Received: 17 Jan 2024
Observations close: 21 Feb 2024 (closed 946 days ago)
Decision due: 7 Jan 2025
Decision: Not decided
Proposed development: Planning Permission for the proposed restoration, repair, and conservation of the former Observation Compound at Whitestown incorporating Ballagan Point Look Out Post 01(WWII) and a 19th century Coastguard Signal Station. Permission to include for; The reestablishment of use of the Compound as an observatory, together with a residential component on site. The existing Coastguard Signal Station building included bedroom, living, cooking, toilet (external), and storage (external) accommodation. The development will consist of: Appropriate and sensitive adjustments to the Coastguard Signal Station building contained within the compound to include the conservation, and if necessary, restoration of floors, roofs, parapets, cornices, walls, windows, shutters, doors, and adjacent groundworks. Repairs to perimeter walls (currently damaged). The authentic reinstallation of water storage external to the Coastguard Signal Station building. The provision of an appropriate contemporary wastewater treatment system. Adjustment of the existing external toilet & store so as to be incorporated within the revised plan layout of the Coastguard Signal Station building. The provision of appropriate levels of insulation. The provision of a new raised, removable viewing platform together with the creation of one glazed doorway opening replacing two existing windows of the eastern façade. The application site contains and is the stand of a Protected Structure which is a WWII Look Out Post (RPS Ref No. LHS009-055). Application site also includes Recorded Monument LH009-010. *Significant Further Information received on 02/12/2024*
As published by the register.
Site area: 6.00 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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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 424284). 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/2460025/0.

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