Rath Lower , Riverstown , Dundalk

What’s proposed

The development consists of the following: 1. Change of use from voluntary community workshop to showrooms to existing kitchen manufacturing business, 2. First floor extension to provide office accommodation and all Associated site development works. *Significant Further Information Received on 28/01/2026*

2560505 is a planning application to Louth County Council for the development consists of the following: 1. Change of use from voluntary community, received on 8 Aug 2025; permission was granted with conditions on 20 Feb 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2560505
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 8 Aug 2025
Observations close: 12 Sept 2025 (closed 376 days ago)
Decision due: 24 Feb 2026 · decided 20 Feb 2026
Decision: Conditional on 20 Feb 2026
Proposed development: The development consists of the following: 1. Change of use from voluntary community workshop to showrooms to existing kitchen manufacturing business, 2. First floor extension to provide office accommodation and all Associated site development works. *Significant Further Information Received on 28/01/2026*
As published by the register.
Site area: 3,728 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 426854). 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/2560505/0.

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