Observation pack · Louth County Council

Rathmullen Road , Drogheda , Co Louth

Permission for amendments to the permitted development as per reference 20/1069 as extended by extension of duration reference 26/3. The development will comprise as follows: (a) The construction of an apartment building comprising 14no. apartments in total comprising 7no. 1 bed units and 7no. 2bed units all with balconies or ground floor terraces. The apartment building ranges in height from part three storey to part four storey and includes for provision of solar panels at roof level. (b) The provision of an associated bulky storage room and plant room at lower ground floor level in the proposed apartment building. (c) The provision of associated works to include for communal space area at ground level and landscaping works. (d) The provision of associated entrance works. (e) The provision of an associated bin and bicycle storage facility at ground level. (f) Provision of internal footpaths and communal space areas at ground level to include all hard and soft landscape works with planting and boundary treatments. (g) Internal site works and attenuation systems. (h) All ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water and ESB networks

Observations close 30 Oct 2026 13 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 25 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 19 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660662 · 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: 1,600 m²
Received: 25 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 7 Oct 2026, 01:19
Decision due: 19 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/2660662/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660662 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 30 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
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

Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660503	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	308 m	Retention and Permission: (1) Retention of existing mobile food truck and add-on canopy and associated dry store lockup container; (2) construction of new perimeter palisade boundary fence & associated pedestrian & vehicular access gates; (3) re-construction and additional securing of the existing boundary enclosure associated with the existing sports and recreational facility & associated ground fixing, support posts and associated minor site works necessary for installation
2660399	Conditional	7 Aug 2026	0	308 m	Permission will consist of : i) change of use from existing restaurant to medical use: ii) alterations to elevation including new signage to the north elevation; iii) internal alterations to facilitate change of use; iv) all associated works to facilitate the development.
263	Conditional	27 Feb 2026	0	0 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 20/1069 - Permission the construction of an apartment block (3 storey to the southern Rathmullan Road elevation & 4 storey to the north Boyne River elevation), Apartment block comprises of 9 No. apartments in total (1 No. 2 Bed at lower ground floor level, 1 No. 2 bed & 2 no. 1 Bed at ground & first floor level and 2 No. 2 beds at second floor level), provision of open space, new vehicular entrance with entrance piers, access road, car parking, revised boundary treatments, landscaping and all associated site development works. Significant Further Information received on 16/08/2021 which includes: - Revised site layout plans and part site plans incorporating revised location for cycle store and various open spaces details. - Revised boundary details. - Revised floor plans, sections & elevations. - Revised building life cycle report. - Revised site lighting details. - Road/footpath, drainage & Irish Water details.
2561305	Refused	30 Jan 2026	1	439 m	Conversion of existing attic space to Office/Store comprising of modification of existing roof structure, raising of existing gable c/w window, new access stairs, 2no. roof windows to the front and flat roof dormer to the rear.
2560594	Conditional	17 Dec 2025	0	413 m	Retention and Permission: Retention of 4 no. containers for storage of equipment and permission will consist of the provision of two no. single storey portacabin buildings for use as toilets, changing rooms and office and all associated site development works
25147	Conditional	7 Nov 2025	0	375 m	Retention Permission of a freestanding sign at an Early Learning and School Aged Care facility. The sign is 2400mm(w) x 1400mm(h) fixed at a height of 2000mm above ground level on two 98mm diameter galvanized steel supports.
2560245	Conditional	31 Jul 2025	0	203 m	Permission for the change of use on ground level from Restaurant/Bar premises to office facilities, associated elevational changes and all associated ancillary site works.
2460345	Conditional	10 Jan 2025	0	12 m	Permission for the construction of a part single-storey, part two-storey sports facility including a General Purpose Sports Hall, a boxing arena, a fitness suite, social areas, changing rooms, circulation areas, administration areas, stores, service areas and other ancillary accommodation Significant Further Information Received on 11/12/2024

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
500869	—	Granted	22 Jun 2026	439 m
315460	—	Granted with conditions	17 Apr 2024	371 m
315072	—	Withdrawn	23 Dec 2022	371 m
312929	—	Granted with conditions	2 Jun 2022	347 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

25 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 30 Oct 2026
25 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.