Observation pack · Louth County Council

Togher House , Togher , County Louth

Retention and Permission: Retention permission for the change of use of an existing outbuilding to a residential Air B & B designed for short term stays, retention permission also sought for rear extension to outbuilding and planning permission sought for proposed waste water treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works

Observations close 5 Nov 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660675 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 9,566 m²
Received: 1 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: —
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/2660675/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660675 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 5 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 2
house · Togher House

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2672	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	0	493 m	Permission for the demolition of the existing outbuildings to the rear of the dwelling, construction of a single storey extension in their place, new porch to the front elevation, two roof windows to the front roof elevation, new onsite parking area, widening of the existing vehicular entrance, landscaping to the garden area and all associated site works
2460542	Conditional	1 Nov 2024	0	52 m	Permission Consequent on a grant of outline permission in relation to planning ref . no. 21687 for dwelling house, septic tank and percolation area and all associated site works. Permission for detached domestic garage

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
319799	—	pending	24 May 2024	49 m
310692	—	Granted with conditions	2 Nov 2021	129 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

1 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 5 Nov 2026
1 Oct 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.