Observation pack · Louth County Council
Donore Road Industrial Estate Rathmullen , Drogheda , Co. Louth
Retention permission for the following works: 1. Retain alterations to elevations of existing building. 2. Retain existing smoke shelter and temporary prefab building
Observations close 12 Oct 2026 15 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660607 · 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
- 1.85 ha
- Received
- 7 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 1 Nov 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/2660607/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660607at 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 12 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
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560546 | Conditional | 25 Aug 2026 | 0 | 88 m | The development will consist of: 1). Retention is sought for use as a tyre shredding facility previously forming part of Advanced Environmental Solutions (Ireland) Ltd. 2). Permission for proposed purposely constructed Tyre Shredding Facility enclosed within 5 metre high perimeter reinforced concrete walls on a reinforced concrete base in a proposed excavation into an existing raised embankment area located to the south west of the existing industrial site. 3) Permission for one modular office and one modular canteen facility buildings joined together by a link corridor, two steel shipping containers housing parts and quarantine facilities. 4) Permission for purpose constructed foul and stormwater drainage facilities, and all associated site development works. The retention of development application relates to a development which is for the purposes of an activity which holds a Waste Facility Permit (WFP-LH-15-0002-05). The permission for development application relates to a development which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit. |
| 2560241 | Conditional | 23 Mar 2026 | 0 | 481 m | the construction of surfaced Car Park of 169 total spaces including 9 number accessible spaces, 80 bike and scooter parking, 36 e-charging spaces landscaping works, site fencing, access from existing entrance off public road and existing private access road and all associated site works on a site of 0.4960 hectares. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application |
| 2560617 | Conditional | 18 Nov 2025 | 0 | 177 m | Permission for the demolition of Unit No. 9, Drogheda Industrial Park (a two storey building, 462 sq m) and removal of associated structures, and the removal of part of the existing service station forecourt canopy, and existing car wash; and the construction of single storey extension (275 sq m) onto the existing single storey forecourt building (155 sq m), resulting in a forecourt building of 430 sq m on a combined site of c. 0.35 ha. The resultant forecourt building will accommodate: a 100 sq m shop (net retail area, including a 9 sq m ancillary off-licence); 3 No. restaurant/café areas (which will include for the sale of hot and cold food for consumption on and off the premises) (one of which will include a drive-thru facility); associated restaurant/café seating area; ancillary kitchens, staff and customer facilities, plant, storage, back of house and circulation spaces. The development will also consist of 30 No. signs: 9 No. fixed signs (2 No. x 0.49 sq m, 1.85 sq m in area) including 6 No. internally illuminated fixed signs (2 No. x 0.41 sq m, 1.5 sq m, 2.14 sq m, 3.51 sq m, 12.92 sq m in area); 17 No. signs mounted on building facades (3 No. x 0.6 sq m and 3 No. x 1 sq m in area) including 11 No. internally illuminated signs (4 No. x 0.24 sq m, 0.58 sq m, 1.08 sq m, 2 No. x 2.25 sq m, 2 No. x 1.35 sq m, 3.75 sq m in area); 3 No. signs associated with car wash (4.9 sq m, 2.25 sq m, 1.42 sq m in area); and a replacement double sided internally illuminated Totem sign at revised location (35.4 sq m total area). The development will also consist of: elevational changes to the existing building; external lighting; revisions to the site layout (the provision of 43 No. car parking spaces (including 2 No. EV spaces), bicycle parking spaces, waste and plant storage area; new replacement car wash, vent pipes, offset fill point and air/water services point); changes to levels; hard and soft landscaping, including revised boundary treatments and an external public seating area; associated site servicing (water supply, foul and surface water drainage including surface water attenuation measures); all other associated site development works above and below ground; realignment of the existing vehicular access points at Donore Road; and closure of the existing vehicular access to the former garden centre site |
| 2560582 | Conditional | 3 Nov 2025 | 0 | 284 m | Retention of a lightweight storage building on existing hardstanding. The dimensions of the proposed building will be 80.3M x 15M x 5.3M |
| 2560958 | Conditional | 31 Oct 2025 | 0 | 394 m | the development will consist of revisions to the existing approved 26no 1-bedroom apartment block under granted permission LB/200484. The revisions will consist of replacement of 16no. one-bedroom apartments with 16no. two-bedroom apartments between ground and third floor and associated revised elevations |
| 2560454 | Conditional | 20 Oct 2025 | 0 | 91 m | The proposed development will include for the demolition of outbuildings, dock levellers and partial demolition of existing main building, facade alterations to include additional height and recladding entire retained building, recladding of existing security hut, alterations to existing carriageway within site curtilage, installation of sliding gates at both entrances, erection of 2.4m high wire mesh boundary fencing surrounding site, alterations/additions to car parking layout to provide EV charging, revised access path / ramp to entrance, bicycle parking, landscaping, boundary treatments, advertising signage and all other associated site works. |
| 2560766 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2025 | 0 | 369 m | the development will consist of converting the attic to storage space, to include all associated site and development works |
| 2560358 | Conditional | 3 Jun 2025 | 0 | 369 m | the development will consist of an upper floor side extension, alterations to existing main roof and provision for a roof window, to include all associated site and development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321918 | — | Refused | 24 Jun 2025 | 445 m |
| 315897 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Apr 2024 | 157 m |
| 311619 | — | Granted with conditions | 12 Oct 2022 | 311 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
- 7 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 12 Oct 2026
- 7 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.