Observation pack · Louth County Council

Lower Point Road , Dundalk , Co Louth

Permission for proposed two storey dwelling house to include a new vehicular entrance, new boundary treatment, landscaping and associated site development works

Observations close 16 Oct 2026 20 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 11 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660628 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 153 m²
Site area: 1,000 m²
Received: 11 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
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/2660628/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660628 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 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.

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

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560387	Refused	8 Aug 2025	0	200 m	Planning Permission is sought for the construction of a four-bay dry sheep shed, including a concrete driveway, associated concrete aprons, and all ancillary site works.
2460742	Refused	24 Jan 2025	1	205 m	Retention Permission for: 1) A change of use of an agricultural shed, previously granted planning permission under reference number 18/141, to a domestic dwelling. 2) Retention Permission for an effluent treatment system and purpose-built percolation area, the continued use of the existing entrance onto the public road, along with all associated site works
22922	Conditional	10 Mar 2023	2	46 m	Permission for 2 no. 2 storey (4 bedroom) dwelling houses and associated site works
22483	Conditional	4 Aug 2022	1	470 m	Permission for a window to the side of dwelling house
211329	Conditional	15 Dec 2021	2	377 m	permission for conversion of garage to granny flat and extension to the side of dwelling

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319738	—	Granted with conditions	18 Dec 2024	60 m
316150	—	Granted with conditions	19 Mar 2024	46 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 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.