Observation pack · Louth County Council

Callystown , Clogherhead , County Louth

Permission for the alteration of house design as granted planning permission under planning file ref. No. 211454. The alterations involve the reduction of the floor area and associated alterations to window sizes and positions associated with a reduction in the floor area of the house originally proposed, the length of the house along with the width of the house has changed including a reduction in the roof height associated with a reduction in house width

Observations close 6 Oct 2026 13 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: 2660592 · 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: 3,386 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/2660592/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660592 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
2660198	Conditional	17 Jul 2026	1	150 m	Permission for the construction of a single storey detached dwelling house, a waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter, and for associated siteworks
2660076	Refused	2 Apr 2026	1	267 m	Permission for the development will consist of the renovation of an existing, single-storey derelict dwelling, and the construction of a new single storey extension, into a family home (with carport). The proposed works also involve the demolition of an existing lean-to on the road’s edge; to improve the existing site entrance sight lines and visibility; a new wastewater treatment system and percolation area; and a new bored well, together with all associated site development works.
2560746	Refused	16 Jan 2026	2	147 m	The construction of a single storey detached dwellinghouse, a single storey detached domestic garage, a waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter, and for associated siteworks
2560450	Refused	5 Sept 2025	2	147 m	The construction of a single storey detached dwellinghouse, a single storey detached domestic garage, a waste water treatment system and sand polishing filter, and for associated siteworks.
22823	Conditional	26 May 2023	2	315 m	Permission for the construction of a two storey dwelling house, a single storey domestic garage, a waste water treatment system and polishing filter, the closing up of an existing vehicular entrance and the construction of a new vehicular entrance and for associated site works. Significant Further Information received on 02/05/2023
211454	Conditional	18 Aug 2022	2	0 m	permission for a proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, new vehicular entrance and all associated site development works Significant further information received on 27.7.22

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.