Observation pack · Louth County Council
Ardara , Haggardstown Dundalk , Co. Louth
Permission for: (a) Change of use from residential dwelling to use as a community-based care and supported living dwelling for use by up to 5 No. persons with physical, sensory, and intellectual disabilities and associated staff. (b) Construction of a single storey extension to the side rear of the existing dwelling providing a new entrance lobby, side and rear of the existing dwelling providing 2 additional bedrooms, a bathroom and an attached self contained “granny flat” to accommodate 1 person. (c) Alterations to the front elevation of the existing dwelling. (d) All ancillary works associated with the above
Observations close 28 Oct 2026 6 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
- 2660654 · full record
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 2
- Floor area
- 115 m²
- Site area
- 1,053 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
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660654/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660654at 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 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.
- 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. | 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
- Recorded monument × 2Fulacht fia · Habitation site
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660314 | Conditional | 28 Aug 2026 | 1 | 465 m | Permission for single storey extensions to rear and side of existing dwelling house and all associated site development works |
| 2660338 | Conditional | 17 Jul 2026 | 0 | 42 m | Permission will consist of: Internal fit-out and occupation of the existing light-industrial building. (2) External alterations to the existing facility elevations, including the insertion of 3 no. new at-grade access, 3 no. outboard loading docks, and 2 no. personnel doors on the north elevation, together with 2 no. new at-grade access doors on the east elevation, and widening of existing at-grade access ramp to the south.(3) Formation of a new service yard to the north and east of the building, along with an extension of the existing yard area to the south, to facilitate vehicular circulation and to accommodate servicing, marshalling, and storage activities.(4) Provision of ancillary structures and external works, including: general storage areas, and marshalling activities to the north; general storage, a pump house (c.38sq.m. GFA), oil store (c.53.5sq.m GFA), paint booth (c.34sq.m. GFA), wash bay (c.25.5sq.m. GFA) and vehicular circulation to the east; and general storage (including pallet racking), battery storage containers, a services compound and plant, waste management areas, and marshalling activities to the south of the building.(5) Car parking and mobility provision, comprising the conversion of 19 no. existing standard car parking spaces to electric vehicle (EV) spaces and the conversion of 5 no. standard car parking spaces to 9 no. motorbike parking spaces, all within the existing car park located to the west of the building.(6) Site infrastructure works, including the replacement, repositioning, and installation of external lighting, security fencing, and access gates.(7) Building-mounted signage, located at the north-west corner of the building and adjacent to the main entrance on the west elevation.(8) Associated hard and soft landscaping works, including SuDS infrastructure, surface treatments, and boundary works.(9) All associated site development works, including above- and below-ground services, on a site of c.2.64ha |
| 2660299 | Conditional | 10 Jul 2026 | 0 | 85 m | Permission will consist of: A) The conversion of part of the former PJ Carroll's factory, a protected structure ref. D182, and the associated former boiler house building into 3487 sqm of apprenticeship teaching facilities. The Works to the main factory building consist of modifying the interior, stripping out some internal walls and the construction of new motor vehicle workshops, electrical workshops, classrooms and other ancillary spaces, and a new mezzanine office space. To facilitate these new teaching spaces minor modifications are proposed to the elevations. On the Eastern elevation, existing roller shutters will be removed and replaced with brick panels, new roller shutters and escape doors will be provided. On the Southern Elevation, one set of solid access doors is to be provided and two brick faced bays are to be replaced with new glazed screen and fire escape doors to match existing. Two new rooflights are proposed, to match the existing. B) The demolition of a small service building behind the former boiler house. C)The former boiler house will be refurbished to provide additional carpentry and joinery apprentice teaching spaces, a new mezzanine office space, associated modifications to the façade, replacement of the roof with a new membrane system, new fall restraint and arrest systems, access ladders and services. D) The removal of three obsolete boiler flues from the south elevation of the former boiler house. E) The construction of a new timber store and preparation building to the south of the former boiler house with steel structure, brick detailing and clerestory glazing to match the existing buildings adjacent. F) Modifications to an existing small garage building and provision of new roller shutters (88.6 sqm). E) Provision for 10 additional bike parking spaces. F) All associated ancillary site and landscaping works. |
| 2660217 | Conditional | 5 Jun 2026 | 0 | 465 m | Permission is sought for the construction of detached unit consisting of a work from home office, toilet and ancillary domestic storage to the rear of an existing dwelling |
| 2560823 | Conditional | 13 Feb 2026 | 1 | 415 m | Retention permission for a converted attic storage area and retention of changes to floor plans and all elevations and all associated site development works |
| 2560233 | Conditional | 17 Dec 2025 | 1 | 50 m | Permission for a single storey dwelling house, alterations of existing vehicular entrance and associated site development works. |
| 2560603 | Conditional | 7 Nov 2025 | 1 | 391 m | Retention of the conversion of the original attached domestic garage to habitable accommodation, a single storey rear extension and associated site development works |
| 2560321 | Refused | 3 Oct 2025 | 0 | 85 m | Permission for development for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) to modify a permitted (and under construction to be known as ‘Gullion Park’) Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permission (Ref: ABP-303891-19). The proposed development comprises the provision of 2 no. one bed apartment units at ground floor level of Block 1, and all associated and ancillary (internal and external) works and development in lieu and a change of use / conversion of permitted Creche. |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 323834 | — | Refused | 10 Feb 2026 | 85 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
- 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.