Observation pack · Louth County Council

37 Cypress Gardens , Bay Estate , Dundalk

Permission for extensions and alterations to existing dwelling house. Full permission is sought for a single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling. Permission also includes for the alterations to the interior of the existing dwelling, widening of existing driveway, storm water drainage improvement works and associated site development works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660646 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 20 m²
Site area: 352 m²
Received: 20 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 30 Sept 2026, 23:22
Decision due: 14 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/2660646/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660646 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 27 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

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 LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
LOUTH LO-001:DP:louth-county-development-plan	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

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
2660450	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	1	488 m	Retention permission for 1. extension to front and side of existing dwelling house (previously granted permission under planning Ref. No. 55523744), 2. Widening of existing entrance to public road and all associated site development works
25184	Conditional	29 May 2026	2	306 m	Retention & Permission: Retention of a single storey rear extension to the rear of an existing dwelling house, a domestic garage, an outbuilding which is used as a home office and associated site development works. Permission for the demolition of an existing domestic garage and replacement of same with a single storey side extension to existing dwelling house and associated site development works
2660089	Conditional	10 Apr 2026	0	362 m	Permission to modify a permitted apartment building within a residential development known as Bayview, permitted under ABP Ref. No. ABP314720-22 (Planning Ref: 22/259). Permission for the repurposing of communal space within a permitted apartment building to provide 4no. additional 1-bedroom apartments. The permitted apartment mix will be amended from 14no. 1-bedroom and 15no. 2-bedroom apartments (29no. in total) to 18no. 1-bedroom and 15no. 2-bedroom apartments (33no. in total). There will be no amendments made to the housing, roads or public open space as permitted and under construction. The total number of units across the Bayview Development will be increased from 89no. unit (60no. houses and 29no. apartments) to 93no. (60no. houses and 33no. apartments). The modifications include external alterations to part of the western façade of the permitted apartment building including window placement and balconies to serve the 4no. new apartments
2560123	Conditional	2 Dec 2025	0	433 m	Retention of the change of use of an existing warehouse to an industrial use building with ancillary offices & staff facilities (Area=1154m2, height= 10.21m) 4 no high level windows to the east facing elevation and associated site development works. Significant Further Information Received on 05/11/2025
25125	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	1	161 m	Permission for alterations and extension of existing property to provide (1) a ground floor extension to rear of the property to enlarge the existing dining room to include new kitchen dining room layout, (2) new bay window to the front elevation, (3) new gable wall and alterations to existing roof over the main front door
2560553	Conditional	17 Oct 2025	1	60 m	Retention permission for alterations to existing dwelling including the conversion of original domestic garage to living accommodation (additional bedroom), elevational changes including the replacement of the garage door with a window / door screen and all associated site development works.
2560402	Conditional	14 Aug 2025	1	139 m	I Saorlaith Duffy intend to apply for permission at 13 Ashdale, Bay Estate, Dundalk, Co. Louth for a two storey side extension and a single storey rear extension to the existing house and all and associated development works.
24183	Conditional	8 Aug 2025	1	273 m	Permission for an extension to the rear and side of existing dwelling including all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314720	—	Granted with conditions	15 Feb 2024	294 m
313455	—	Refused	18 Jul 2023	396 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

20 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 27 Oct 2026
20 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 30 Sept 2026, 23:22. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.