Observation pack · Louth County Council

Timullen , Monasterboice , Co. Louth

Permission for the construction of an agricultural shed consisting of feeding area with underground slatted slurry storage tank and all associated site works

Observations close 25 Sept 2026 1 day left

5 weeks from receipt (received 21 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 15 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660571 · 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: 6.09 ha
Received: 21 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 15 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

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660571/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660571 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.
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.
Submit before 25 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.
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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2682	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	1	243 m	Retention and Permission: Retention permission for a double garage and sunroom to the side of house. Permission for a proposed soakaway in the rear garden along with the ancillary site development works
2560211	Conditional	22 May 2025	1	415 m	Rentention permission for development consisting of extensions to sides and front of existing dwelling, with ancillary site works.
2360387	Conditional	19 Sept 2024	0	0 m	Planning Permission and Retention Permission for: a) Construction of an agricultural shed consisting of cubicles, straw bedded area & feeding area with underground slatted slurry storage tank; b) Construction of a calf rearing shed; c) Retention Permission of existing straw bedded calving shed; d) Retention Permission of 2 no. lean-to sheds consisting of cubicles and feeding area; e) Retention Permission of lean-to calf rearing shed; f) Retention Permission of geomembrane-lined slurry lagoon and all associated site works. Significant Further Information received on 15/08/2024 and revised notices received on 28/08/2024 which includes an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report and amendment to the site boundary
23431	Conditional	1 Aug 2024	1	486 m	Permission to construct a two storey type house, proprietary effluent treatment system/percolation area along with a new vehicular access from the public road and the ancillary site development works SFI received on 3/4/24 includes revised house plans and a revised site entrance location from the public road. The proposed entrance will combine as a dual shared entrance with the existing family entrance which is situated immediately to the west of the proposed site*
22241	Conditional	10 Mar 2023	0	0 m	Permission for development to consist of construction of a livestock underpass, effluent holding tank and all associated site works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

21 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 25 Sept 2026
21 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.