Drogheda Road , Mullameelan , Ardee
Retention and Permission for: A) Retention permission sought for the as constructed car wash drive through facility, jet wash area with associated 3no. 10,000 litre water storage tanks, 1 no. 2,500 litre Adblue storage tank, hardstanding areas, site lighting, additional 2no. fuelling pump stations, petrol/car wash interceptors, revised boundary treatments and sliding gate. B) Full permission sought for new water attenuation unit with controlled discharge, and all site development works to the rear of our existing service station
The application
- Reference
- 2660623 · full record
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 2,573 m²
- Received
- 10 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 4 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/2660623/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660623at 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 15 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660515 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2026 | 1 | 307 m | Permission for the construction of a two storey extension to the side of existing semi-detached two storey dwelling, demolition of attached domestic garage to side of dwelling and all associated and ancillary site works |
| 2696 | Refused | 9 Sept 2026 | 0 | 375 m | EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/682 - Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a vehicular entrance and for associated site works |
| 2560572 | Conditional | 6 Aug 2026 | 1 | 253 m | Permission to construct a single storey dwelling with site development works including new front boundary wall with entrance and new entrance in to adjacent property, new public footpath & grass verge, and connection to all utilities incl. new soakaway |
| 2660055 | Conditional | 10 Jul 2026 | 40 | 406 m | LRD Application: Permission for Large-scale Residential Development - details can be viewed on https://firrois.ie/. The proposed development will consist of: (A) The replacement of 48 no. three-storey duplex apartments (8 no. 1-bed, 24 no. 2-bed, 16 no. 3-bed) and communal open space at Bridgegate Avenue with 40 no. two-storey residential dwellings (6 no. 2 bed, 34 no. 3-bed) each with rear garden private amenity space at Bridgegate Avenue and an extended Bridgegate Green. The proposals result in total of 264 no. dwellings within the overall SHD scheme. (B) An extension of Bridgegate Green (to facilitate access to 16 no. proposed dwellings) resulting in a slight reduction in overall provision of public open space within the development by c. 0.6 ha to c. 4.86 ha, with reconfigured public park landscape layout. (C) The provision of 483 no. surface car parking spaces (mix of on and off curtilage) to serve residential units (480 no. spaces permitted), internal road and shared pedestrian/cycle paths and provision of 630 no. cycle parking spaces (708 no. permitted) with on curtilage parking provided for proposed replacement dwellings alongside bin and bike stores. (D) Reconfiguration of site layout in the southern part of the development including amended landscaping and parking layouts to provide on curtilage parking, omission and amendments to rear laneways, elevational amendments to permitted House Type 6 and Duplex Types D7/D8, minor repositioning of block layouts and building lines to provide for bin and bike stores. (E) Provision of reconfigured water services infrastructure layout, public lighting, landscaping and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the planning application |
| 2560667 | Refused | 6 Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 m | Retention and completion permission for a car wash drive through facility, revised boundary treatments, hardstanding areas, site lighting, additional 2 no. fuelling pump station, water attenuation unit, petrol interceptors and all site development works to the rear of our existing service station |
| 25165 | Refused | 2 Jan 2026 | 1 | 217 m | Retention permission for an unauthorised residential structure in the rear garden with all associated site works |
| 2560701 | Conditional | 17 Dec 2025 | 0 | 319 m | Retention permission for the following: 1. Retention of a 40sq.m building to be used for valeting purposes and vehicle/ stock photography. 2. Minor alterations to the vehicle display area along the Drogheda Road frontage. 3 Modifications to the boundary wall treatment along the Drogheda Road area inclusive of all associated site development works |
| 2560535 | Refused | 17 Oct 2025 | 1 | 150 m | The construction of a two storey dwellinghouse and for associated siteworks. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324546 | — | pending | 6 Aug 2026 | 408 m |
| 500704 | — | Refused | 19 May 2026 | 217 m |
| 500271 | — | Refused | 20 Feb 2026 | 150 m |
| 313083 | — | Granted with conditions | 15 Aug 2023 | 408 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
- 10 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 15 Oct 2026
- 10 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.