SAINT JUDES , BALRIGGAN , KILCURRY
Retention permission for extensions & alterations to rear of existing dwelling, front porch, domestic garage/outbuilding and associated site development works
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
- 2660627 · 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
- 985 m²
- Received
- 11 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
- Decision due
- 5 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/2660627/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660627at 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 16 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| O1 Green belt and strategic open land | Strategic Reserve: To provide a land reserve for the orderly expansion of the settlement into the future. | 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
- Recorded monument × 2Enclosure · R174913
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560839 | Conditional | 13 Feb 2026 | 1 | 42 m | Permission for restoration work to the original single storey vacant house to install energy upgrades and building improvement work to include 1) The demolition of two existing flat roof extensions, 2) The construction of a hipped roof and structure with a new sky light to the rear of the roof. This is a replacement of one of the original flat roof extensions. 3) Demolition of the outbuildings (sheds). 4) Repairs of all internal and external walls and removal of the existing chimney. 5) Repair to all rainwater goods and connect into existing soakaways. 6) The installation of a new wastewater/percolation system within the site and 7) Undertaking all associated site works and provision of services |
| 2560386 | Conditional | 8 Aug 2025 | 0 | 474 m | Proposed 28.5m long by 5m high precast concrete wall (wall ball) and associated site development works. |
| 2560289 | Conditional | 4 Jul 2025 | 1 | 360 m | Permission for a new single storey dwelling, a new vehicular entrance, an effluent treatment system with percolation area and all associated site development works. |
| 22882 | Refused | 6 Jan 2023 | 1 | 143 m | Retention permission for an attic conversion, alterations to the front, sides and rear façades of the dwelling house inclusive of all associated site development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315690 | — | Granted with conditions | 26 Mar 2024 | 124 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
- 11 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 16 Oct 2026
- 11 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.