Observation pack · Louth County Council

Grange Close , Muirhevna Mor , Dundalk

Permission for alterations to previously granted Planning Application Ref. No. 24-086, comprising revisions to the previously approved three-storey residential building (containing 6 No. Apartments), to provide a two-storey residential building containing 8 No. one-bedroom apartments, together with detached single storey ancillary storage building, associated elevational and design changes, and all associated site development works

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 27 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660659 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 817 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 18 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/2660659/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660659 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 29 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
2660487	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	230 m	Retention permission for an extension/raising of a section of the existing facility roof with all associated elevational changes and associated site development works
2660478	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	274 m	Permission for alterations to a development previously granted under planning reference numbers 2460740 & 2660058 and currently under construction. The alterations to include: a. Provision of a second floor storage area; b. Associated elevational changes; c. All associated site development works
2660250	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	323 m	Permission for the construction of a granny flat to the side of existing dwelling house, a rear utility room extension and all associated site development works
2660448	Conditional	21 Aug 2026	0	410 m	Permission for replacement of 3No. internally illuminated fascia letter signs, 1No. replacement panel to existing high level entrance box sign. and 1No. new high level box sign to front elevation of existing entrance tower. The addition of 1No. new internally illuminated bucket portal door surround at main entrance and 1No. internally illuminated hanging sign, to be mounted internally behind glazing. Also, the addition of 4No. new non-illuminated vinyl graphic signs applied to the existing cladding and brickwork on side elevations. Permission is also sought for replacement sign panels to 3No. existing nonilluminated directional signs and 1No. existing non-illuminated height restrictor sign within the car park area as well replacement sign panels for 1No. existing internally illuminated totem site sign
2660361	Conditional	24 Jul 2026	0	76 m	Retention permission for: (1) a porch to the side elevation of the dwelling; (2) a pedestrian opening in the rear boundary wall; (3) a single-storey detached garage to the rear of the site; and (4) a single-storey enclosed lean-to and adjoining covered area to the rear of the dwelling; together with all associated site works
2661	Conditional	19 Jun 2026	2	354 m	Permission for the demolition of an existing attached domestic garage and replacement of same with a two storey side extension, a new front porch to an existing dwelling house, a domestic garage and associated site development works
2560803	Refused	19 Jun 2026	0	0 m	Permission for alterations to previously granted Planning Application – Ref No. 24-086. These alterations will consist of revisions to the 6 No. apartment, three-storey residential building to include provision of 8 No. own door apartments including 4 No. one bedroom ground floor apartments and 4 No. three bedroom two storey apartments (to first and second floors) including associated elevational/design changes in place of that previously granted. Alterations to previously granted associated site development works Significant Further Information received 26/05/2026
2660103	Conditional	12 Jun 2026	0	32 m	Retention permission for rear shed to dwelling house, permission for conversion of shed to living accommodation including connection of same to dwelling and raising of roof to same. Permission for front extension to existing dwelling and all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
312619	—	Withdrawn	23 Feb 2022	336 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

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 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.