Observation pack · Louth County Council

Bavan , Omeath , Co. Louth

Permission for one dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system 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: 2660591 · 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: 4,092 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/2660591/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660591 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
2560657	Refused	13 Feb 2026	1	380 m	Permission for one dwelling house, waste water treatment system and all associated site development works
2460558	Conditional	8 Nov 2024	0	375 m	Permission for one storage shed on site of existing fish processing facility and all associated site development works
211152	Conditional	16 Mar 2022	1	400 m	Outline permission for development that will consist of one dwellinghouse, waste water treatment system and all associated development works Further Information received on 23/02/2022
2233	Conditional	3 Mar 2022	0	436 m	permission for extension to existing factory to provide new cold store and all associated site development works
211476	Conditional	10 Feb 2022	0	246 m	Permission for development to consist of a single storey extension to provide one new classroom together with ancillary accommodation, internal modifications, and all associated site development works.
211422	Conditional	14 Jan 2022	1	378 m	permission for the following: (A) to demolish an existing front porch and an attached domestic garage, (B) to construct a new front porch and a two storey extension to the side of the existing two storey dwelling house, (C) to make alterations to existing window opes at the front of the house and fit new windows, to replace existing roof tiles with slates and to replaster the exterior of the house with napped render finish, (D) to replace an existing lean-to roof with a new zinc roof and (E) complete all ancillary site works
211087	Conditional	14 Oct 2021	0	438 m	Permission for a rooftop solar photovoltaic installation on the existing roof totalling 272.4sqm and all associated site works and ancillary services

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

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.