Observation pack · Louth County Council
Danann Air Ltd. , Donore Road , Drogheda Co. Louth.
Permission for: (A) The construction of a single storey detached warehouse building (365sqm) located to the rear of the premises, (B) 52 no. additional surface car parking spaces located to the front of the existing buildings, (C) Additional hard standing yard areas located to the rear of the premises, (D) For all hard and soft landscaping works and for all connections to existing and proposed underground services and associated site works
Observations close 13 Nov 2026 19 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660697 · 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
- 7.52 ha
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
- Decision due
- 3 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
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/LouthCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660697/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660697at 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 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C2.1 Economic development and employment | General Employment: To provide for general enterprise and employment generating activities. | louth county development plan | 11 Nov 2021 → 1 Jan 2027 |
| G1 Open space with recreation | Open Space: To preserve, provide and improve recreational amenity and open space. | 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
- Radon risk area × 1About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660846 | Conditional | 6 Oct 2026 | 0 | 438 m | the development will consist of permission for replacement of 2No. internally illuminated fascia letter signs, 1No. replacement panel to existing high level entrance box sign. Replacement of 2No. high level internally illuminated box signs to sides of existing entrance tower and 2No. internally illuminated box signs to front and rear fascia of drive-thru canopy. Also, the addition of 1No. new internally illuminated bucket portal door surround at main entrance and 2No. internally illuminated hanging signs, to be mounted internally behind glazing. Also, the addition of 2No. new non-illuminated vinyl graphic signs applied to the existing cladding on side elevations. Permission is also sought for replacement sign panels to 2No. existing non-illuminated directional signs and 1No. existing non-illuminated height restrictor sign within the car park area |
| 2660503 | Conditional | 4 Sept 2026 | 0 | 227 m | Retention and Permission: (1) Retention of existing mobile food truck and add-on canopy and associated dry store lockup container; (2) construction of new perimeter palisade boundary fence & associated pedestrian & vehicular access gates; (3) re-construction and additional securing of the existing boundary enclosure associated with the existing sports and recreational facility & associated ground fixing, support posts and associated minor site works necessary for installation |
| 2560546 | Conditional | 25 Aug 2026 | 0 | 438 m | The development will consist of: 1). Retention is sought for use as a tyre shredding facility previously forming part of Advanced Environmental Solutions (Ireland) Ltd. 2). Permission for proposed purposely constructed Tyre Shredding Facility enclosed within 5 metre high perimeter reinforced concrete walls on a reinforced concrete base in a proposed excavation into an existing raised embankment area located to the south west of the existing industrial site. 3) Permission for one modular office and one modular canteen facility buildings joined together by a link corridor, two steel shipping containers housing parts and quarantine facilities. 4) Permission for purpose constructed foul and stormwater drainage facilities, and all associated site development works. The retention of development application relates to a development which is for the purposes of an activity which holds a Waste Facility Permit (WFP-LH-15-0002-05). The permission for development application relates to a development which is for the purposes of an activity requiring a Waste Facility Permit. |
| 2660408 | Conditional | 5 Aug 2026 | 0 | 71 m | Permission for development consisting of the continuous use of existing structure on site at An Post Drogheda DSU for a period of 5 years this is an existing single storey structure which measures 15 Lm x 20 Lm x 5m tall consisting of a hard shell marquee type structure with similar connecting link corridor to the main building and all associated site development works |
| 2660036 | Conditional | 1 May 2026 | 1 | 270 m | Retention permission for single storey garden room to rear garden |
| 2560594 | Conditional | 17 Dec 2025 | 0 | 228 m | Retention and Permission: Retention of 4 no. containers for storage of equipment and permission will consist of the provision of two no. single storey portacabin buildings for use as toilets, changing rooms and office and all associated site development works |
| 2560617 | Conditional | 18 Nov 2025 | 0 | 146 m | Permission for the demolition of Unit No. 9, Drogheda Industrial Park (a two storey building, 462 sq m) and removal of associated structures, and the removal of part of the existing service station forecourt canopy, and existing car wash; and the construction of single storey extension (275 sq m) onto the existing single storey forecourt building (155 sq m), resulting in a forecourt building of 430 sq m on a combined site of c. 0.35 ha. The resultant forecourt building will accommodate: a 100 sq m shop (net retail area, including a 9 sq m ancillary off-licence); 3 No. restaurant/café areas (which will include for the sale of hot and cold food for consumption on and off the premises) (one of which will include a drive-thru facility); associated restaurant/café seating area; ancillary kitchens, staff and customer facilities, plant, storage, back of house and circulation spaces. The development will also consist of 30 No. signs: 9 No. fixed signs (2 No. x 0.49 sq m, 1.85 sq m in area) including 6 No. internally illuminated fixed signs (2 No. x 0.41 sq m, 1.5 sq m, 2.14 sq m, 3.51 sq m, 12.92 sq m in area); 17 No. signs mounted on building facades (3 No. x 0.6 sq m and 3 No. x 1 sq m in area) including 11 No. internally illuminated signs (4 No. x 0.24 sq m, 0.58 sq m, 1.08 sq m, 2 No. x 2.25 sq m, 2 No. x 1.35 sq m, 3.75 sq m in area); 3 No. signs associated with car wash (4.9 sq m, 2.25 sq m, 1.42 sq m in area); and a replacement double sided internally illuminated Totem sign at revised location (35.4 sq m total area). The development will also consist of: elevational changes to the existing building; external lighting; revisions to the site layout (the provision of 43 No. car parking spaces (including 2 No. EV spaces), bicycle parking spaces, waste and plant storage area; new replacement car wash, vent pipes, offset fill point and air/water services point); changes to levels; hard and soft landscaping, including revised boundary treatments and an external public seating area; associated site servicing (water supply, foul and surface water drainage including surface water attenuation measures); all other associated site development works above and below ground; realignment of the existing vehicular access points at Donore Road; and closure of the existing vehicular access to the former garden centre site |
| 2560611 | Conditional | 7 Nov 2025 | 1 | 358 m | Permission for a two-storey side extension with a single-storey to the rear, and alterations to existing dwelling house and all associated site development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324562 | — | pending | 31 Jul 2026 | 22 m |
| 319319 | — | Refused | 29 Aug 2024 | 128 m |
| 315897 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Apr 2024 | 85 m |
| 311619 | — | Granted with conditions | 12 Oct 2022 | 266 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
- 9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
- 9 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.