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Observation pack · Louth County Council

30 Windmill Road , Drogheda , Co. Louth

Permission will consist of :1. Demolition of existing buildings. 2. Construction of new car park including designated areas for temporary mobile medical units. 3. All associated site works.

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 3 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 13 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660564 · full record
Authority
Louth County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
Site area
669 m²
Received
19 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
13 Oct 2026
Decision
N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660564/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660564 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
  3. Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Louth County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
  4. Submit before 23 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Louth County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
  5. Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660490Refused11 Sept 20261133 mRetention permission for the addition of an upper floor and a change of use from a residential accommodation to a Communal House of Faith and Prayer
2660472Conditional4 Sept 2026038 mPermission will consist of the installation of mechanical and electrical plant rooms within an existing building at the hospital. Works include internal alterations to facilitate mechanical and electrical upgrade works, alterations to the external façade, installation of louvered curtain walling, louvered switch room doors and replacement doors and windows. The works also include the installation of a galvanised steel external escape stair with associated pedestrian guardrail, removal of small ancillary plant enclosures and the installation of a new external generator, and all associated site and ancillary works to facilitate the development.
2660315Conditional28 Aug 2026140 mRetention permission for a front door set into existing recessed storm porch and a front canopy roof across the front elevation of the existing dwelling house
2660Conditional31 Jul 2026089 mRetention permission for alterations to existing house including attic storage space and single storey extension to the rear of the property and all ancillaries
2660095Conditional24 Jul 20260241 mPermission for the change of use of existing building from residential use to medical use with a proposed single-storey extension (150 m2) to the rear of the building. The building will contain an Ultrasound room, MRI scanner room and CT scanner room at ground floor level with administration ancillary facilities at first floor level. The development will also include for demolition of the existing garage, associated signage and ancillary site works
2660151Conditional13 May 20260218 mRetention permission is sought for two rear extensions to an existing dwelling house and all associated site development works
2660118Conditional24 Apr 2026038 mPermission for the construction of a single storey extension to existing two storey Oncology Building, together with all associated site works
2560729Conditional9 Jan 20260169 mPermission for 1. Removal of existing MRI Scanner prefabricated unit (53 SQ.M) and Modular prefabricated building (133 sq.m) with demolition of single-story link corridor building (55sq.m); 2. Construction of a two-storey building extension (624 Sq.m) comprising of two-number MRI scanner rooms and associated administrative accommodation; 3. Associated ancillary site works

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
323718Refused22 Jan 2026478 m
319594Refused28 Feb 202553 m
318889Granted with conditions17 Jul 2024338 m
317453Granted with conditions19 Mar 2024188 m
313100Granted with conditions17 Aug 2023475 m
312544Granted with conditions25 May 2023389 m
312481Invalid11 Jan 2022389 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

  • 19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 Sept 2026
  • 19 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.