Observation pack · Louth County Council

11/12 Earl Street , Dundalk , Co. Louth

Permission for signage to front of premises recently granted planning permission for brew pub/microbrewery and tap room granted permission under planning Ref. No. 2660086 and all associated site development works

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 18 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: 2660641 · 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: 358 m²
Received: 18 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/2660641/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660641 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 23 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
C1.1 Retail warehousing	Town or Village Centre: To support the development, improvement and expansion of town or village centre activities.	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 × 19
The Ph?nix Bar · Ulster Bank · Allied Irish Bank
Recorded monument × 3
Castle - tower house · Excavation - miscellaneous · R174576

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660569	Conditional	9 Oct 2026	0	424 m	Retention Permission and Completion of Renovation Works to Protected Structure Reference number D103 ,Retention permission is sought for incomplete internal refurbishment works and the replacement of windows and Full permission is sought for the completion of internal refurbishment works.
2660240	Conditional	9 Oct 2026	1	413 m	Retention and Permission for: 1. The demolition of houses Nos 2, 3 and 4. 2. The partial demolition of houses 5 and 6. 3. The increase in width and raising the height of the entrance to the rear resulting in the elimination of the ground floor of house No. 2. 4. The reinstatement of the structural floors walls and roof of houses 3,4,5,and 6. 5. The incorporation of the first floor of house No. 2 into house No.3. 6. Raising the roof to the rear of Nos.5 and 6 by 1.0m 7. The removal of the timber paneling to the door of house No.6 and building up in blockwork. 8. Omission of the front canopy on house No.6. 9. The construction of a balcony at first floor level for houses 3 and 4. 10. The construction of a boundary wall to the rear of houses 5 and 6. 11. Alterations to front and rear facades 12. Connections of the four houses to existing services and all associated site works Significant Further Information received on 15/09/2026 and Revised notices received on 18/09/2026
2660559	Conditional	2 Oct 2026	0	279 m	permission is sought for the change of use from an office unit to a creche. The crèche unit will then be used as an extension to the existing adjoining creche. the extension will include one day care room, one cot room and one staff room
2660516	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	0	220 m	Retention permission for the removal of the shopfront and windows facing onto Clanbrassil street and replacement with new shopfront and windows and all associated site development works
2660350	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	362 m	Permission for the change of use of a recorded protected structure (RPS Ref. No. D358) from a derelict commercial warehouse unit, to a student accommodation facility, comprising the refurbishment and conversion of the existing four-storey storage building to a three-storey residential building including – Access lobby / reception area, circulation areas and new access stairwell serving second and third floors, communal living space areas, storage and utility areas, second and third floor bedroom accommodation with 22 self-contained bedrooms, 11 per floor. Elevational changes. Connection to existing public services together with all associated site works. The proposed development is within an Architectural Conservation Area
2660486	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	95 m	Permission for the change of use from Retail to Financial Services for use by Dundalk Credit Union and fitout works and installation of new external fascia signage
2660376	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	1	380 m	Permission for alterations and extension to an existing house to include alterations to the front elevation, alterations to the roof facing onto Dublin Street, alterations and extensions to existing ground floor and first floor accommodation to the rear and all ancillary works required to facilitate the development
2660244	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	0	406 m	Permission consists of extending retail unit C by amalgamating existing retail units 1 & 2 with existing unit C, and extending retail unit B by amalgamating existing retail units 12, 13 & 14 with existing unit B, internal material alterations, external signage and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323663	—	Granted with conditions	30 Mar 2026	53 m
500183	—	Granted	9 Mar 2026	182 m
321157	—	Granted with conditions	20 Feb 2025	230 m
319748	—	Granted with conditions	30 Dec 2024	57 m
317542	—	Granted with conditions	21 Aug 2024	435 m
317970	—	Granted with conditions	21 May 2024	373 m
314627	—	Granted with conditions	28 Mar 2024	75 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

18 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 23 Oct 2026
18 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.