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Observation pack · Louth County Council

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

Observations close 15 Oct 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 10 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 4 Nov 2026

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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660623/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660623 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660515Conditional11 Sept 20261307 mPermission 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
2696Refused9 Sept 20260375 mEXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/682 - Permission for the construction of a single storey dwelling house, a vehicular entrance and for associated site works
2560572Conditional6 Aug 20261253 mPermission 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
2660055Conditional10 Jul 202640406 mLRD 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
2560667Refused6 Mar 202600 mRetention 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
25165Refused2 Jan 20261217 mRetention permission for an unauthorised residential structure in the rear garden with all associated site works
2560701Conditional17 Dec 20250319 mRetention 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
2560535Refused17 Oct 20251150 mThe construction of a two storey dwellinghouse and for associated siteworks.

Appeals

ACP caseTypeOutcomeDecidedDistance
324546—pending6 Aug 2026408 m
500704—Refused19 May 2026217 m
500271—Refused20 Feb 2026150 m
313083—Granted with conditions15 Aug 2023408 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.