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Littlemill , Ballybarrack Dundalk , Co. Louth

Permission to construct part single story/part two-storey dwelling with detached domestic garage/store, install a wastewater treatment system and percoulation area and all associated site development works

Observations close 12 Nov 2026 18 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 8 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 2 Dec 2026

The application

Reference
2660693 · full record
Authority
Louth County Council
Type
PERMISSION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
2
Floor area
291 m²
Site area
2,821 m²
Received
8 Oct 2026
We first saw it
21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due
2 Dec 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660693/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660693 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 12 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.
  5. 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

  • Recorded monument × 1
    R187345

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2560076Conditional28 Mar 202510 mPermission for development will consist of a detached one-&-half-storey domestic shed to include storage and work-from-home office along with all associated site development works.
2447Conditional11 Jul 20241470 mPermission for a detached domestic garage to rear of dwelling and associated site development works off existing entrance *SFI received on 19.6.24 includes reduction in size of detached domestic garage and relocation of detached domestic garage on site*
2460267Conditional27 Jun 20240460 mPermission to demolish and remove existing single storey extension to gable end and rear extension also detached domestic shed and garden shed, full planning permission is sought for storey and half extension to rear of dwelling and connection to existing services and all associated site works
22415Conditional30 Jun 20222156 mPermission for extension and alterations to an existing dwelling house, a domestic garage, a new waste water treatment system and associated site development works
211170Conditional10 Nov 20211394 mRetention and Permission: Retention permission for a one and a half storey dwelling, permission for removal of Occupancy Condition 6(a) of Planning Ref. No. 16/286 and all associated site development works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 8 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 12 Nov 2026
  • 8 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.