Observation pack · Louth County Council
Mounthamilton , Carrickmacross Road , Dundalk
Permission for one dwellinghouse, connection to existing sewerage system and all associated site development works
Observations close 9 Nov 2026 12 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 5 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 29 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660682 · full record
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 267 m²
- Site area
- 1,493 m²
- Received
- 5 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 29 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/2660682/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660682at 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 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660585 | Conditional | 16 Oct 2026 | 0 | 50 m | Permission to amend a previously granted cable route (Planning Reference Louth County Council: Ref. 22/453) for development at this site in the townlands of Kilcurly, Thomastown, Donaghmore, Mounthamilton, Lisnawully and Farrandreg. The development will consist of the laying of underground 38kV medium voltage electrical cables with associated ducting, 5 no. joint bays, with associated communication chambers and ancillary development within the R178 and An Bothair Dara public roads for a distance of approximately 4.090 meters. Approximately 560 m of cabling will be on private lands associated with the permitted Kilcurly Solar Farm. The underground cable is intended to connect the permitted 38kV substation in Kilcurly Solar Farm, in Kilcurly townland, with the Dundalk 110kV ESB substation, in Farrandreg townland. The solar farm and 38kV substation were granted permission by An Bord Pleanála (PL 15.309224) on the 2nd of November 2021. This followed the notification of provisional grant of planning permission from Louth County Council (Ref. 20/187) for Kilcurly Solar Farm. Permission is sought for a period of 10 years. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the Application |
| 2660018 | Conditional | 7 May 2026 | 2 | 396 m | Permission for development to existing dormer dwelling house for a two storey extension to the side and rear of existing dwelling, internal alterations and elevational changes, demolition of detached domestic garage, new single storey storage shed to the rear garden, revised site and landscaping works to consist of additional hard landscaped area for parking to the front of dwelling, revised boundary walls/hedges to eastern boundary and all associated site and landscaping works |
| 2560655 | Conditional | 5 Dec 2025 | 1 | 203 m | Permission for one two-storey dwelling house, connection to existing sewerage system and all associated site development works |
| 2560089 | Conditional | 18 Jun 2025 | 1 | 151 m | Outline planning permission for a house & all associated site works at Lisnawully, Carrickmacross Raod, Dundalk, Co. Louth. *Significant Further Information Received on 29/05/2025 - Outline planning permission for a house & all associated site works. The proposed development amounts to the subdivision of the site as approved under planning reference 21/469. The proposal involves reducing the site area & curtilage & amending the boundaries* |
| 24172 | Conditional | 17 Jan 2025 | 1 | 415 m | Permission for the demolition of existing domestic garage, extension and alterations to existing dwelling house, conversion of attic to living accommodation within existing dwelling house, widening of the site entrance, alterations to site boundary treatments and all associated site works |
| 2460104 | Conditional | 4 Jul 2024 | 1 | 203 m | Permission for further revisions to previous approved garage under planning Ref. No. 21/116 and all associated site development works *SFI received 11/06/2024 which proposes additional amendments to rear elevation to include extension of house with additional lounge area at rear and internal link to garage with roof garden above linked by doors to first floor accommodation.* |
| 2360405 | Conditional | 13 Jun 2024 | 1 | 445 m | Retention permission for rear extension to existing dwellinghouse, alterations to front elevation of existing garage and change of use of existing domestic garage to include utility room and study\office and all associated site development works |
| 2334 | Refused | 10 Mar 2023 | 1 | 309 m | EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 17/608 - Permission for development that will consist of a dormer dwelling house new waste water treatment system and percolation area and associated site works off existing entrance |
Appeals
No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.
What has happened on this file
- 5 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 9 Nov 2026
- 5 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.