Observation pack · Louth County Council

Four Seasons Hotel , The Liberties of Carlingford , Carlingford Co. Louth.

Permission for the Change of Use of Existing Basement Area to Gym & Fitness Area, Changing Rooms and Meeting Rooms & Existing Ground Floor Gym Area and Playroom to 5 No. of En-Suite Bedrooms and associated site development works

Observations close 27 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 22 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 16 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660650 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 2.12 ha
Received: 22 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 16 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/2660650/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660650 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
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
G1 Open space with recreation	Open Space: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity and open space.	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.	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 × 2
Ghan House · worker's house
Recorded monument × 2
House - 18th/19th century · R175147

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660474	Conditional	9 Oct 2026	1	308 m	Permission for extensions to rear and side of existing dwelling house and all associated site development works
2660524	Conditional	18 Sept 2026	1	389 m	Permission for: Alterations to proposed elevations previously granted permission under planning reference number 2460360. Removal of existing single storey annex to rear of dwelling and maintain the existing garden retaining walls. Reduction in proposed car parking area to front of the property to that previously granted under planning reference number 2460360 and associated site development works
25153	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	1	389 m	Permission for a new dwelling house and all associated site works within the curtilage of Protected Structures - LHS005-054 and LHS005-055
25151	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	2	7 m	Outline Permission for two dwelling houses and all associated site works Significant Further Information Received on 14/08/2026
2660114	Conditional	28 Aug 2026	0	155 m	Retention permission for 3 No. training lights fixed to existing building and all associated site development works
2660417	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	0	192 m	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
2660280	Refused	29 Jun 2026	1	446 m	Permission for the demolition of an existing dwelling house and the construction of a replacement dwelling house, the installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area, alterations to site boundaries and vehicular/pedestrian access arrangements, and all associated site development works
2660258	Conditional	19 Jun 2026	0	279 m	Retention and Permission: Retention permission for 1. alterations to the external facades of an existing building. Permission for: 1. The change of use of the ground floor area of an original B&B & stores to coffee shop/tea room to include a food preparation area, cold store, staff room/toilet facilities and office. 2. Re-configuration of first floor to 6no. bedsits with independent rear access and external landing. 3. 12no. conservation grade rooflights. 4. A new traditional shop front. 5. New bicycle parking & bin storage area. 6. And associated site development works SPLIT DECISION 1. GRANT PERMISSION for retention of alterations to the external facades of an existing building. 2. REFUSE PERMISSION for the change of use of the ground floor area of an original B&B & stores to coffee shop/tearoom to include a food preparation area, cold store, staff room/toilet facilities and office, Re-configuration of first floor to 6no. bedsits with independent rear access and external landing, New bicycle parking & bin storage area and associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500405	—	Refused	14 May 2026	258 m
500069	—	Granted	19 Feb 2026	178 m
318711	—	Granted with conditions	27 Jun 2024	186 m
314202	—	Refused	3 Nov 2023	356 m
310908	—	Refused	21 Mar 2022	186 m
311695	—	Granted with conditions	1 Mar 2022	231 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

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

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 7 Oct 2026, 01:19. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.