Observation pack · Louth County Council

Carrickaneena , Mountpleasant , Dundalk

Permission for alterations to an existing vehicular entrance and all associated site development works

Observations close 10 Nov 2026 15 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 6 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 30 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660686 · 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: 1 m²
Site area: 348 m²
Received: 6 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 30 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/2660686/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660686 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 10 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560650	Conditional	1 Dec 2025	1	378 m	Permission for the demolition of attached outbuildings (stores) and a detached garage building, construction of various extensions and alterations to the existing dwelling house, new waste water treatment system / percolation area, soakaways, alterations to the existing vehicular entrance and all associated site development works
25107	Refused	5 Sept 2025	1	378 m	Permission for the demolition of an attached outbuilding and construction of an extension and alterations to an existing dwelling house, new waste water treatment system and associated site development works.
23434	Conditional	23 Nov 2023	1	431 m	Permission for the erection of a 6.94m (L) x 4.4m (W) x 3.51m (H) open-sided timber gazebo for leisure purposes only - not for commercial use - and a 7.6m (L) x 3.6m (W) x 3.58m (H) lightweight metal garden storage shed for leisure purposes only - not for commercial use
21329	Conditional	20 Jan 2022	1	198 m	Retention permission for an existing vehicular entrance onto public road, removal of topsoil forming access drive, alteration of site levels and associated site preparation works, including full planning permission for a proposed dwelling house, waste water treatment system and polishing filter percolation area, upgrading of existing vehicular entrance, subject of retention mentioned previously, to new domestic entrance onto public road, and all other associated site development works. Significant Further Information received on 22/12/2021 which includes relocation of the site access forming a shared access arrangement, alteration of house position and house floor level and other documents including site sections

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

6 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 10 Nov 2026
6 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.