Observation pack · Louth County Council

Millgrange , Greenore , Co. Louth

Retention permission for the conversion of an existing detached domestic garage to rear of existing dwelling house to dependent relative accommodation and all associated site development works

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 10 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660588 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2,080 m²
Received: 1 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 26 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/2660588/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660588 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 6 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
2660079	Conditional	24 Jul 2026	1	154 m	Permission for a dwelling house, waste water treatment system and associated site development works
2460434	Conditional	11 Oct 2024	0	152 m	Retention permission for extension to rear of existing dwelling house and all associated site development works
2460280	Refused	10 Jul 2024	0	308 m	The development will consist of: 1. Retention permission for minor alterations to position of agricultural building granted under 15/349. 2. Retention permission for change of use of agricultural building to warehouse with associated ancillary office, workshop and staff facilities. 3. Planning permission for the change of use of part of existing warehouse to manufacturing/milk processing area (100 sqm) specifically for the manufacture of ice cream mixes. 4. Planning permission for new roadside boundary and entrance details, new soakaways, new wastewater treatment system, new site layout arrangements with designated parking areas and vehicle turning areas, together with new landscape details and all associated site development works. 5. Planning permission for alterations to front boundary treatment adjoining house in the ownership of the applicant
22296	Refused	1 Jun 2022	0	348 m	Retention and Permission: Retention of existing light industrial unit, concrete hardstanding yard with car parking facilities. Permission for new waste water treatment system, new vehicular entrance, new front boundary wall to the industrial unit and adjacent residential property to provide sight lines, landscaping and all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320480	—	Refused	26 Mar 2025	308 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

1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
1 Sept 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.