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Observation pack · Louth County Council

32 Maple Drive , Drogheda , Co Louth

Permission for a rear and side two storey extension, new front porch, attic conversion including dormer window to rear and skylights to front, modifications to front elevation, modifications to existing vehicular entrance and front garden and all associated site works

Observations close 29 Sept 2026 9 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee 20 · council decision due 19 Oct 2026

The application

Reference
2660576 · 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
323 m²
Received
25 Aug 2026
We first saw it
18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due
19 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/2660576/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660576 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 29 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
2660241Conditional11 Sept 20260298 mRetention permission for the following: 1. Retention of single storey outbuilding to the rear of Ivy Mews. 2. Retention of two storey outbuilding to the rear of 21 Lower Greenhills. 3. Retention of the use of existing building which consists of 2 no. community based residential units for supported living at 21 Lower Greenhills. 4. All associated site works *Significant Further Information received 29/07/2026* *Revised site notices received 20/08/2026*
2560698Refused28 Aug 20260277 mRetention permission for the extension of beer garden area to the south of the public house and beer garden area to the north of the public house which include retention of timber pergola structures, boundary fences, seating and fixtures within beer gardens and the retention of landscaping and all associated site development works. The access to the beer gardens are via existing doors from the public house with emergency egress gates onto car parking areas. Retention is also sought for the placement of a shipping container to serve as kitchen and Take Away collection point with signage and access gate from car parking area *Significant Further Information received on 24/07/2026 - Existing Container noted as Takeaway Collection Point to cease and the use of container to revert to storage unit*Revised Notices Received on 07/08/2026*
2660115Conditional23 Jun 20260464 mRetention and Permission: Retention of single storey kitchen extension to the rear of dwelling and single storey porch to the front of dwelling. Permission sought for two storey extension to the side of dwelling and all site works
2560438Conditional7 Nov 20251145 mPermission will consist of the following: 1.Demolition of existing dwelling and garage 2.Construction of new detached, 2 – storey replacement dwelling with dormer attic room 3.All associated site works. Sig FI Received 15/10/2025.
2560469Refused12 Sept 20253281 mRetention of alterations to and the conversion of a public house to three residential units including site works and a new footpath along Prospect Avenue
2560442Conditional29 Aug 20250236 mThe development will consist of the following: • Retention of existing single storey extension to rear of existing public house. • Retention of 4 no. existing shelters to rear and side of beer garden and proposed minor alterations • All associated site works.
2575Conditional11 Jul 20251430 mPermission for proposed vehicular access and off street parking area together with associated siteworks.
2560236Conditional12 Jun 20250491 mThe development will consist of the following: 1.Installation of 2no. ball stop nets at the existing school soccer pitch, one at the northern goal line and one at the southern goal line. Each ball stop net will have a height of 13m and a length of 60m, supported on 4no. vertical poles. 2.All associated site works.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
321591Other8 May 2025281 m
316379Granted with conditions10 Jun 2024203 m
312305Granted with conditions4 May 2022451 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

  • 25 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 29 Sept 2026
  • 25 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.