Observation pack · Louth County Council

The Shamrock Bar , Seatown Place , Dundalk.

Permission for the material change of use from commercial use at ground floor only to residential use comprising 4 No. Apartments and ancillary works

Observations close 3 Nov 2026 5 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660667 · 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: 315 m²
Received: 29 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 23 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/2660667/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660667 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 3 Nov 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
M1 Metro / rail economic corridor	Mixed Use: To provide for commercial, business and supporting residential uses.	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 × 19
house · house · house
Recorded monument × 3
Castle - tower house · R174626 · R174630

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660025	Conditional	16 Oct 2026	0	411 m	Permission for an extension and alterations to an existing residential accommodation to include for: A 3 storey high extension to the northern gable end of the existing building to provide a new stairwell and access. Alterations to the internal layout of first and second floor to include an increase in floor area at first & second floor levels. Alterations to external elevations.Off street car parking, bicycle parking, bin storage area, landscaping and associated site development works. Significant Further Information received on 24/09/2026
26106	Refused	8 Oct 2026	0	463 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/1432 - Permission to construct 4 no. 3 bed 2 storey dwellings, hard and soft landscaping modifications to existing boundary wall, connection to public services together with all ancillary and associated site works. This application relates to a site with a protected structure - NIAH Ref. No. 13702068
2660078	Conditional	4 Sept 2026	0	396 m	Retention & Permission for development to consist of: the construction of a three-storey building which is to include truck maintenance and workshop facilities, ancillary offices, Bio-mass boiler and associated flue, staff canteen and changing facilities; demolition of existing structures on site including tank farm wall structure, diesel loading bay facility with standalone canopy structure with associated fuel infrastructure features and removal of toilet block and existing portacabins; the retention of existing screened palisade fence and gate to the front (northern boundary) of the site; all associated drainage infrastructure with proposed SUDS features and associated landscaping, boundary and site development works
2660274	Conditional	29 Jun 2026	1	467 m	Permission for: (A) Demolition of existing single storey extension to rear. (B) Construction of a part two storey/part single storey extension to rear. (C) Together with all associated site works, all to the rear of existing dwelling
2560326	Conditional	19 Jun 2026	0	17 m	Permission for change of use of the site to residential use and alterations to the current structure to provide 3 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 11 no. 1 bedroom apartments. The proposed development includes all associated site development works including; the retention and conservation of the historic elements of the facade of the Windmill Bar, landscaped communal open space, secure bicycle storage, bin storage, boundary treatments and all associated site strip and excavation works above and below ground. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is required and has been prepared by the applicant. Significant Further Information received on 29/04/2026 - a reduced number of apartments, to provide a total of 13 no. apartments.
2657	Conditional	5 Jun 2026	0	358 m	Retention permission for a garage extension to the side elevation and a porch extension to the front elevation of an existing dwelling house and all associated site works
2632	Conditional	24 Apr 2026	0	51 m	Permission for the revision of the proposed extension approved under planning ref. no. 2560761. The revision includes the increase in floor area of the proposed first floor extension and associated site development works
2560619	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	0	331 m	Permission for demolition of existing vacant dwelling and construction of 3 no. 2 Bedroom Apartment units. Full permission to include for bin and cycle storage to rear and all associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501679	—	pending	6 Jul 2026	17 m
501047	—	pending	26 Mar 2026	281 m
317970	—	Granted with conditions	21 May 2024	488 m
315242	—	Granted with conditions	5 Apr 2024	253 m
315402	—	Refused	15 Feb 2024	136 m
311279	—	Granted with conditions	21 Sept 2022	273 m
312680	—	Granted with conditions	21 Jun 2022	389 m
310894	—	Granted with conditions	14 Mar 2022	227 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

29 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 3 Nov 2026
29 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.