Observation pack · Louth County Council

SHANMULLAGH HACKBALLSCROSS , DUNDALK , CO. LOUTH

Permission for 1. Excavation of soil and stone material (9,794 cu.m) for re-use as engineering fill material on the N53 (Hackballscross-Rassan) Road Realignment Scheme. 2. Backfilling of the void (9,794 cu.m) created by the excavation referred to in Item 1 using soil and stone material excavated along the route of the N53 (Hackballscross-Rassan) Road Realignment Scheme. 3. Raising ground levels within the overall site using further soil and stone material (52,645 cu.m) excavated along the route of the N53 (Hackballscross-Rassan) Road Realignment Scheme. 4. Associated Site Development works

Observations close 5 Oct 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660586 · 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: 3.10 ha
Received: 29 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 23 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/2660586/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660586 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 5 Oct 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
2560508	Conditional	6 Mar 2026	1	391 m	Permission to construct a one & a half storey dwelling house, new entrance to public road, install a waste water treatment system and for all ancillary site works
2560135	Conditional	7 Nov 2025	2	406 m	Permission for proposed dwelling house and a detached domestic garage, new site entrance, wastewater treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works. Significant Further Information Received on 17/10/2025
23428	Conditional	12 Jan 2024	1	416 m	Permission for construction of two storey detached dwelling house, single storey detached garage, waste water treatment system, new entrance onto public roadway and associated site works
211349	Refused	7 Jan 2022	1	438 m	outline permission sought for a dwelling house and waste water treatment system with percolation area
211348	Refused	7 Jan 2022	1	472 m	outline permission sought for a dwelling house and waste water treatment system with percolation area
21397	Conditional	1 Oct 2021	1	328 m	Permission for a dwelling house and waste water treatment system with percolation area

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

29 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 5 Oct 2026
29 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.