Observation pack · Louth County Council

Townparks , Ardee , Co. Louth

Retention permission for alterations and amendments to extension to dwelling originally permitted under planning reference 96318 to include larger footprint, raised roof level, changes of material to external chimney stack and minor elevational changes. Retention Permission also sought to retain a domestic store and boiler house, and for 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: 2660711 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²
Site area: 1,278 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/2660711/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660711 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

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
2643	Refused	7 May 2026	0	81 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/26 - Permission for development that will consist of the construction of a two storey dwellinghouse, a domestic garage, a waste water treatment system and soil polishing filter, and for associated siteworks
2560538	Conditional	10 Oct 2025	1	211 m	The redevelopment of a former cottage and its change of use back to a dwellinghouse, for the construction of a single storey extension to same, for a new waste water treatment system, soil polishing filter and for associated siteworks.
22295	Conditional	24 Nov 2022	3	60 m	permission for a single storey extension to the front (south west) and side (south east) of an existing detached two storey dwelling. The works also include the conversion of the existing attic space into habitable accommodation with inclusion of 3 no. velux windows to the rear, 4 no. new windows to the south east gable, 3 no. new windows to the north west gable, minor elevational changes, the conversion of an existing detached garage into a home gym (including 2 no. new windows to the north west elevation of the garage), a new car port to the side of the existing property, the creation of 2 no. external patio areas (including 1 no. timber privacy screen), the erection of new rendered masonry boundary walls to the south east and north west site boundaries along with all other associated site works Further information received on 1.11.22
22580	Refused	8 Sept 2022	0	28 m	Retention Permission of unauthorised structures including garden room with a canopy and open-sided shed and associated site works.
211482	Unconditional	5 May 2022	0	130 m	Part 8 - Louth County Council hereby gives notice of it's intention to carry out the following development: Realignment of the N52 National Secondary Route in the townlands of Mandistown, Co Meath, Ballygowan, Bohernamoe, Townparks, Mullanstown and Glebe in County Louth, comprising the construction of a single carriageway road for a distance of 4.5km from a location 150m north of the N33/N2/R171 roundabout junction on the N2 in the townland of Glebe. The N52 realignment will typically consist of a 7.0m wide carriageway with 2 x 0.5m hard strips and a 2.5m wide verge. Where a footway/cycleway is provided, the verge will be widended to 5.0m to accommodate a 3.0m shared footway/cycleway facility on one side of the road. Ghost island junctions will be located at the L-5234 Silverhill Road staggered T junction, the L-5232 Townparks Road staggered T junction and the L-1233 Mullanstown Road T junction north, with the southern arm of the Mullanstown Road stopped up. A new multi-lane roundabout is provided at the junction with the N2 in the townland of Glebe. The L-5234 Silverhill Road is realigned for 500m and a new single lane roundabout is provided at the junction with the existing N52. South of the Silverhill Road roundabout, the existing N52 will be reclassified as a local road and stopped up south of Burley Bridge. Localised realignment of the Silverhill Road, Townparks Road and Mullanstown Road (north) is required to connect them to the proposed N52 Ardee Bypass. Two new bridge crossings, each with an approximate span of 30m are provided at the River Dee and River Garra, with monir watercourses cuverted under the proposed road. The remaining works will consist of earthworks, pavement works, attenuation features, the connecton of road/land drainage outfalls ot the new sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) network, completion of landscaping and accommodation works, implementation of environment measures and all other ancillary works. Full plans and particulars are available at www.louthcoco.ie

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
314762	—	Granted with conditions	8 Nov 2023	0 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

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