Fane Valley , Allardstown , County Louth

What’s proposed

Retention and Permission: (a) Retention of use of the site as a joinery workshop as farm diversification. (b) Retention of shed No. 01 & ancillary sanitary facilities. (c) Retention existing timber cutting shed No. 02. (d) Retention of existing commercial timber joinery workshop Shed 04. (e) Retention of an existing single office and meeting room building which is ancillary to the joinery workshop. The development seeking permission consists of: (f) Demolition/removal of existing shed 03, temporary canteen, office block B, store building B and toilet facilities. (g) Permission for extension to timber joinery workshop Shed no. 04. (h) Alterations to and part change of use of Shed no. 01 from timber store to office and staff facilities with associated elevational changes. (i) Provision of new car parking, EV charging points, bike store, yard areas with all hard and soft landscape works with external lighting, planting and boundary treatments. (j) Provision and upgrade of access roads, including extended / passing area. (k) Installation of a New effluent treatment system and percolation area. (l) New soakaways. (m) All ancillary site development works

2660370 is a planning application to Louth County Council for retention and Permission: (a) Retention of use of the site as a joinery workshop as farm, received on 12 Jun 2026; permission was refused on 31 Jul 2026.

Planning details

Reference: 2660370
Local authority: Louth County Council
Status: Refused · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
Received: 12 Jun 2026
Observations close: 17 Jul 2026 (closed 70 days ago)
Decision due: 6 Aug 2026 · decided 31 Jul 2026
Decision: Refused on 31 Jul 2026
Proposed development: Retention and Permission: (a) Retention of use of the site as a joinery workshop as farm diversification. (b) Retention of shed No. 01 & ancillary sanitary facilities. (c) Retention existing timber cutting shed No. 02. (d) Retention of existing commercial timber joinery workshop Shed 04. (e) Retention of an existing single office and meeting room building which is ancillary to the joinery workshop. The development seeking permission consists of: (f) Demolition/removal of existing shed 03, temporary canteen, office block B, store building B and toilet facilities. (g) Permission for extension to timber joinery workshop Shed no. 04. (h) Alterations to and part change of use of Shed no. 01 from timber store to office and staff facilities with associated elevational changes. (i) Provision of new car parking, EV charging points, bike store, yard areas with all hard and soft landscape works with external lighting, planting and boundary treatments. (j) Provision and upgrade of access roads, including extended / passing area. (k) Installation of a New effluent treatment system and percolation area. (l) New soakaways. (m) All ancillary site development works
As published by the register.
Site area: 6,118 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

Not appealed.

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Provenance

Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 425267). 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/2660370/0.

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