Observation pack · Louth County Council
Unit 3 , Dundalk Rd , Ardee Co. Louth
Permission for the change of use from Existing Factory to Wellness Studio with new external signage, together with all ancillary site development works
Observations close 23 Oct 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 18 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20
The application
- Reference
- 2660642 · 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
- 4,704 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/2660642/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660642at 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing residential communities. | LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan | 11 Nov 2021 → 1 Jan 2027 |
| R2 Existing residential | Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing residential communities. | LO-001:DP: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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660430 | Conditional | 11 Sept 2026 | 1 | 347 m | Retention and Permission: The development will consist of the change of use from Café to Residential and minor alterations comprising: a) Provision of a window to an existing rear extension, b) Provision of a kitchen, c) Associated site works and d) Retention permission for a lobby and 2 no. doors at first floor. This building is a Protected Structure listed as RPS No. LHS-017-002 |
| 2638 | Conditional | 30 Jun 2026 | 0 | 0 m | Permission for the change of use from disused warehouse to gym with new external signage and all associated site development works off existing entrance |
| 2560709 | Conditional | 6 Mar 2026 | 2 | 421 m | Permission for the construction of 2 no. two storey, two bedroom semi-detached townhouses, new footpaths, boundary treatments, with connections to the existing foul drainage system and watermains, new surface water soakaways & all associated site development works |
| 25159 | Conditional | 5 Dec 2025 | 1 | 92 m | Retention Permission of an attic conversion to habitable space with internal alterations and all associated site works. |
| 2560532 | Refused | 20 Oct 2025 | 45 | 279 m | Permission for the development to comprise of a total 45no. residential units as follows: (a) The provision of a total of 20no. two storey & 3no. three storey dwellings which will consist of 20no. 3 bed units and 3no. 4 bed units. (b) The provision of a total of 22no. apartments units consisting of 11no. 1 bed units and 11no. 2 bed units across 3no. buildings. (Block A comprises 4no. 1 bed & 4no. 2 bed units over two storeys, Block B comprises 3no. 1 bed & 3no. 2 bed units over two storeys, Block C comprises 4no. 1 bed & 4no. 2 bed units over two storeys). (c) Provision of associated car parking at surface level via a combination of in-curtilage parking for dwellings and via on-street parking for the apartment units. (d) Provision of electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure ducting to provide charge points for residents throughout the site. (e) Provision of associated bicycle & bin storage facilities at surface level adjoining the apartment units. (f) Creation of a new vehicular and pedestrian access from The Black Ridge road with associated upgrade works to sections of the existing adjoining access (Black Ridge) road including the provision of a new footpath. (g) Provision of internal access roads and footpaths and associated works. (h) Provision of residential communal & public open space areas to include a formal play area along with all hard and soft landscape works with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, railings & fencing. (i) Provision of 1no. ESB substation. (j) Internal site works and attenuation systems including a pumping station. (k) All ancillary site development / construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water, gas and ESB networks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application. |
| 2560396 | Conditional | 14 Aug 2025 | 3 | 419 m | Planning permission for development consisting of alterations to existing two storey dwelling incorporating internal modifications and changes to the elevations. Also to remove an existing 2m high front boundary wall. Also to construct 3 no. two storey terraced dwellings, one dwelling to incorporate a balcony at first floor level to the north elevation. Proposed site boundaries, provision of SuDs drainage. Connection the public foul and storm sewer networks and watermains connections. Proposed street lighting and all associated and ancillary site works and services. |
| 2560052 | Conditional | 14 Aug 2025 | 0 | 432 m | The development will consist of the refurbishment of an existing building, comprising of the change of use from vacant restaurant at upper floor with associated access stairwell and vacant dwelling to ground floor into 4 no number apartment units comprising of 1 no. one bedroom apartment, 1 no. two bedroom apartment and 2 no. three bedroom apartment units. The proposed works include the removal of a steel stair structure to the rear, addition of balconies, enlargement of openings and all associated site works. This structure is located within an ACA. |
| 2560175 | Conditional | 19 May 2025 | 0 | 287 m | Full Planning Permission for amendments to previously granted under planning reference 2360458 at Former McCabes Garage, The Glebe, Ardee, Co. Louth, A92 YW40. Alterations and extensions to include single-storey extension to the children’s activity centre at the north-east elevation of the building on site. Amendments to consist of reallocation of car parking spaces, electric charging points and associated infrastructure in compliance with Section 7.6.2 and Section 13.16.9 of the Louth County Development Plan 2021-2027. Alterations to foul and storm drainage layout and associated site development works to the north-east area of the site. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500292 | — | Refused | 30 Mar 2026 | 279 m |
| 323972 | — | pending | 19 Dec 2025 | 203 m |
| 317116 | — | Granted with conditions | 28 Aug 2024 | 421 m |
| 318988 | — | Granted with conditions | 20 Aug 2024 | 294 m |
| 314826 | — | Granted with conditions | 28 Feb 2024 | 489 m |
| 314176 | — | Granted with conditions | 10 Jan 2024 | 417 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.