Observation pack · Louth County Council

Dromin House Dromin , Dunleer , Co Louth

Retention permission for a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention of the refurbishment of the existing courtyard including the retention of six apartments for short term rental purposes and waste water treatment unit and percolation area in the curtilage of Protected Structure LHS018-003

Observations close 23 Oct 2026 4 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: 2660643 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.60 ha
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/2660643/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660643 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Dromin House

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560728	Refused	30 Jun 2026	1	0 m	Retention of a tennis court, the retention of a replacement agricultural shed, and the retention of the refurbishment of the existing courtyard including the retention of six apartments for short term rental purposes and waste water treatment unit and percolation area within the curtilage of Protected Structure LHS018-003
2560223	Conditional	26 Jan 2026	0	5 m	The development will consist of the construction of a solar PV development and Battery Energy Storage System facility (‘BESS’) on a ca. 167ha site consisting of: Solar PV panels laid out in arrays across the Site on ground mounted frames, with string inverters attached to selected ground mounted frames; 12 No. transformer units; The battery energy storage compound consisting of 368 No. BESS modules; 1 No. transformer unit; 8 No. Power Electronic Compact Twin Skids; 1 No. Control Unit (ca. 12m2); 2m high landscaping berm and perimeter security fencing (2.4m high); Electrical and communications cabling within private lands and within the L2254, R170 and R211/R132 public roads; Pole-mounted security cameras; Perimeter security fencing (2m high) and security gates; Upgrade of 3 No. existing Site entrances; Development of 2 No. new Site entrances; 3 No. temporary construction compounds; 3 No. clear span bridges; Internal access tracks; and, All associated ancillary development, landscaping and reinstatement works. Significant Further Information Received on 26/11/2025
2460821	Conditional	4 Apr 2025	0	343 m	Permission for a new shed to be used for storage & drying of onions, concrete apron to front of shed & use existing entrance onto public road and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500778	—	pending	12 Feb 2026	5 m
322402	—	Granted with conditions	20 Aug 2025	343 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.