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Observation pack · Louth County Council

Townley Hall Road , Tullyallen Drogheda , County Louth

Permission consequent on the grant of outline permission Ref. No. 2660248 for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, roadside vehicular entrance, connecting to existing public services and all associated works

Observations close 28 Oct 2026 10 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 23 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 17 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660653 · full record
Authority
Louth County Council
Type
PERMISSION CONSEQUENT
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
2
Floor area
304 m²
Site area
3,364 m²
Received
23 Sept 2026
We first saw it
7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due
17 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660653/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660653 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 28 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
R2
Existing residential
Existing Residential: To protect and enhance the amenity and character of existing residential communities.louth county development plan11 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
SourceLicenceFetchedLink
Louth County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560622Conditional2 Oct 20260117 mPermission for a new playing pitch, ball stop nets (x 2), additional car park together with all ancillary and associated site development works *Significant Further Information Received on 12/08/2026*
2660248Conditional19 Jun 202610 mOutline Permission for proposed dwelling house, domestic garage, roadside vehicular entrance, connecting to existing public services and all associated works
2560476Conditional28 Jan 20266415 mThe construction of 6 no. two storey terraced dwellings, connection to services, alterations to vehicular entrance of existing adjacent dwelling, together with all ancillary and associated site development works *Significant Further Information Received on 07/01/2026*
2560338Conditional3 Oct 20250269 mPermission for a metal profile, single storey shed as constructed for use as an indoor bowls facility with connection to existing services, use of existing entrance and associated works.
2460220Conditional13 Jun 20240425 mPermission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling and garage, outbuilding including construction of a single storey extension to the side of the dwelling, elevational & internal arrangement changes, new soakaways and all site development works
2360370Conditional29 Feb 20242248 mPermission for 2no. two-storey 5-bedroom detached dwellings, access driveways to each dwelling, boundary treatments and all associated site & civil development works
2360507Conditional1 Feb 20241215 mRetention of (1) existing two-storey dwelling house and domestic garage as laid out on site from that as granted under planning permission registered reference number 07560; (2) Retention of domestic garage as constructed from that as granted under planning permission registered reference number 07560; (3) Demolition of existing single-storey sun room from the rear elevation of the existing two-storey house and construction of a new two-storey rear extension and alterations to the existing two-storey dwelling house and all associated site works
23118Refused6 Apr 2023030 mEXTENSION OF DURATION OF 18268 - Permission for a two storey extension to an existing dwelling

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 23 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 28 Oct 2026
  • 23 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.