Observation pack · Louth County Council

Chapel Road , Mullagharlin , Dundalk

Permission for alterations and extensions to existing dwelling house, new boundary wall within the site curtilage and all associated site development works

Observations close 20 Nov 2026 14 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 16 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660710 · 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: 22 m²
Site area: 2,000 m²
Received: 16 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 10 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/2660710/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660710 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 20 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
2660548	Conditional	25 Sept 2026	0	406 m	Permission for a single storey extension to the side of existing dwelling and all associated works
2660517	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	1	496 m	Permission for proposed alterations to an existing dwelling house to include: Alterations to external facades to include a new external finish, additional window openings to rear elevation, alterations to windows openings on front elevation and the blocking up of existing windows on both side elevations at first floor level. Proposed canopy roof over the front door and adjoining window. New pitch roof above existing single storey garage. Change of use of the existing garage to a habitable use. And associated site development works
2660401	Conditional	10 Aug 2026	0	161 m	Permission consists of the following works:1.The provision of a new manufacturing and assembly facility including production and storage are-as at ground floor, main office area in adjoining 3 storey block consisting of office space, reception, meeting rooms, canteen, staff welfare facilities and circulation areas and production office facilities within adjoining 2 storey block. 2.The provision of a new service road with footpath and cycle lane connecting existing service road to new proposed service road as granted under planning reference 2560200.3.Pedestrian and vehicular access and egress points along with HGV access and egress point onto the new proposed service road along with an additional proposed HGV access and egress point onto new proposed service road granted under planning reference 2560200.4.The provision of associated car parking spaces along with provision for electric vehicle charging spaces. 5.The provision of a covered bicycle storage space. 6. Associated service yards which will cater for parking, loading along with associated security ac-cess barrier and skip storage.7.Ancillary structures including for an ESB substation building, an external plant area, a security hut, a bin storage compound, smoking shelters and a forklift charging compound.8.Provision of associated site lighting, security fencing, boundary treatments and gates. 9. The installation of PV panels at roof level. 10.The installation of associated façade signage, directional signage and an illuminated totem sign.11.The provision of all hard and soft landscaping works and associated site works for service connections along with attenuation works.
2660143	Conditional	8 May 2026	0	62 m	Permission for the renovation and alteration of an existing dwelling, a new one and a half storey extension with mezzanine floor to the rear of the existing dwelling, all associated elevational changes to the house, the installation of a proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area including all ancillary site works
2560750	Refused	23 Jan 2026	0	462 m	Permission for: (i) Construction of a Stationary Battery Storage Facility which includes forty eight 20ft containers and twelve medium voltage transformers, (ii) Construction of single storey Substation building and bund to facilitate transformer plant, (iii) All associated site and development works, (iv) This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement
2560200	Conditional	17 Dec 2025	0	130 m	Permission for the provision of access roads, a wastewater pumping station and all associated services. The proposed access roads are approximately 574m in length, with an overall width of 20.7m comprising carriageway, verge, cyclepath, footpath and associated services. The wastewater pumping station comprises new hardstand area, kiosks, vent columns, light poles, underground tanks and chambers, landscape reinstatement works, connections to electricity supply network and water supply network and site drainage. The proposal includes all ancillary site development works including surface water drainage, foul water drainage, water supply, lighting, gas, communication services, signage and landscaping
2460649	Refused	7 Oct 2025	91	486 m	Permission for the construction of 91 houses comprising of 4 no. end of terrace 2 storey 3 bedroom dwellings (Type A), 53 no. terraced 2 storey 3 bedroom dwellings (Type B), 12 no. semi-detached 2 storey 3 bedroom dwellings (Type C2), 3 no. semi-detached 2 storey 3 bedroom dwellings (Type C3), 1 no. detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dwelling (Type D), 3 no. detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dwellings (Type E),10 no. semi-detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dwellings (Type F), 1 no. detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dwelling (Type G1), 1 no. detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dwelling (Type G2), 1 no. detached 2 storey 4 bedroom dwelling (Type H), 2 no. detached 2 storey 3 bedroom dwellings (Type J), and all associated ancillary site development works, boundary treatments, landscaping, open spaces and ESB sub-station on lands of circa 3.18Ha. (Previous Permission 03/1754) via the existing approved vehicular and pedestrian access from the Western Relief Road and the approved pedestrian/ cycle path from the Marlbog Road at Raynoldstown Village, Haynestown
2560510	Conditional	3 Oct 2025	0	169 m	Permission to extend St. Fursey's existing cemetery to consist of 1) change of use from agricultural land to graveyard; 2) extension of existing internal access roads and footpaths; 3) creation of 2no. landscaped peace gardens; 4) planting of boundary hedgerow and trees; and 5) associated site development works. St. Fursey’s Church (RPS Ref. No. Lhs012-020 & NIAH Ref. No. 13901219) and the Haggardstown Parochial House (RPS Ref. No. Lhs012-051 & NIAH Ref. No. 13901218) are Protected Structures

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323202	—	Other	28 Nov 2025	208 m
500206	—	pending	3 Nov 2025	486 m
320542	—	Granted with conditions	25 Feb 2025	495 m
316990	—	Granted with conditions	31 Jul 2023	208 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

16 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 20 Nov 2026
16 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.