Observation pack · Louth County Council

1 The Crescent , Blackrock Haggardstown , Co. Louth

Permission for the conversion and extension of an existing domestic outbuilding to a residential mews, with all associated site works, to the rear of Protected Structure

Observations close 13 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660616 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 442 m²
Received: 8 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: —
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/2660616/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660616 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 13 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

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing residential communities.	louth county development plan	11 Nov 2021 → 1 Jan 2027
R2 Existing residential	Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing residential communities.	louth county development plan	11 Nov 2021 → 1 Jan 2027

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Louth County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Louth County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 3
Field House · house · house

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660359	Conditional	25 Aug 2026	0	496 m	Permission for a new dwelling house, new site entrance and associated site works as previously granted under Planning Ref. No. 211083 and 2360141
2660442	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	1	155 m	Permission consists of the removal of 2 no. chimney stacks, alterations to the two side elevations and rear elevation, the creation of a new vehicular entrance from Rock Road East at the north eastern corner of the site, together with all associated site development works SPLIT DECISION 1. Grant permission for the removal of 2 no. chimney stacks and alterations to the two side elevations and rear elevation subject to the 4 conditions set out in Schedule 1 attached. 2. Refuse permission for the creation of a new vehicular entrance from Rock Road East at the north eastern corner of the site for the reason set out in Schedule 2 attached.
2660407	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	1	72 m	Retention permission is sought for elevational alterations to the existing dwelling together with retention of a single-storey rear extension, site boundary treatments and associated site development works
2660106	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	0	220 m	Retention of alterations to include the provision of 3 no. roof lights, the provision of a new circular window to west elevation and re-configuring of the kitchen window at the north elevation
2660063	Conditional	20 Mar 2026	1	17 m	Permission for a new sun room to replace the existing one and all associated site works
2622	Refused	20 Mar 2026	0	496 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 211083 - Permission for a new dwelling house and associated site works
2560732	Conditional	6 Mar 2026	1	285 m	Permission for a single storey detached dwelling house, new site entrance and associated site works
25180	Conditional	6 Feb 2026	1	270 m	Permission for extension, alterations and elevational changes to existing dwelling house and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321189	—	Granted with conditions	13 May 2025	218 m
319493	—	Granted with conditions	13 Mar 2025	395 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

8 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 13 Oct 2026
8 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.