Observation pack · Louth County Council

7 Roden Place , Dundalk , Co. Louth

Permission for development in an Architectural Conservation Area and consists of the following: 1. Adaptive reuse of existing protected structure (RPS No. D272, NIAH Ref No 13705017) from office/dentistry/residential to hostel accommodation, 2. New steps to the front elevation of the existing structure to lower ground floor, 3. Proposed rear extension and change of use of existing coach house/shed to wine bar and all associated site development works

Observations close 3 Dec 2026 18 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 29 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 23 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660737 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Site area: 267 m²
Received: 29 Oct 2026
Decision due: 23 Dec 2026

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/2660737/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660737 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 3 Dec 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
M1 Metro / rail economic corridor	Mixed Use: To provide for commercial, business and supporting residential uses.	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 within 100 m

NIAH-recorded building × 27
bank/financial institution · house · house
Recorded monument × 2
R174576 · R181341

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660397	Refused	4 Nov 2026		338 m	Permission for the change of use from retail/storage/commercial to residential, forming 2 No. one-bedroom apartments and 1 No. studio apartment on the 1st and 2nd floor, together with elevational changes including new entrance doors to existing ground floor retail unit and all associated alterations and site works
2660569	Conditional	9 Oct 2026		266 m	Retention Permission and Completion of Renovation Works to Protected Structure Reference number D103 ,Retention permission is sought for incomplete internal refurbishment works and the replacement of windows and Full permission is sought for the completion of internal refurbishment works.
2660240	Conditional	9 Oct 2026	1	331 m	Retention and Permission for: 1. The demolition of houses Nos 2, 3 and 4. 2. The partial demolition of houses 5 and 6. 3. The increase in width and raising the height of the entrance to the rear resulting in the elimination of the ground floor of house No. 2. 4. The reinstatement of the structural floors walls and roof of houses 3,4,5,and 6. 5. The incorporation of the first floor of house No. 2 into house No.3. 6. Raising the roof to the rear of Nos.5 and 6 by 1.0m 7. The removal of the timber paneling to the door of house No.6 and building up in blockwork. 8. Omission of the front canopy on house No.6. 9. The construction of a balcony at first floor level for houses 3 and 4. 10. The construction of a boundary wall to the rear of houses 5 and 6. 11. Alterations to front and rear facades 12. Connections of the four houses to existing services and all associated site works Significant Further Information received on 15/09/2026 and Revised notices received on 18/09/2026
26106	Refused	8 Oct 2026		426 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21/1432 - Permission to construct 4 no. 3 bed 2 storey dwellings, hard and soft landscaping modifications to existing boundary wall, connection to public services together with all ancillary and associated site works. This application relates to a site with a protected structure - NIAH Ref. No. 13702068
2660559	Conditional	2 Oct 2026		470 m	permission is sought for the change of use from an office unit to a creche. The crèche unit will then be used as an extension to the existing adjoining creche. the extension will include one day care room, one cot room and one staff room
2660516	Conditional	11 Sept 2026		265 m	Retention permission for the removal of the shopfront and windows facing onto Clanbrassil street and replacement with new shopfront and windows and all associated site development works
2660350	Conditional	4 Sept 2026		297 m	Permission for the change of use of a recorded protected structure (RPS Ref. No. D358) from a derelict commercial warehouse unit, to a student accommodation facility, comprising the refurbishment and conversion of the existing four-storey storage building to a three-storey residential building including – Access lobby / reception area, circulation areas and new access stairwell serving second and third floors, communal living space areas, storage and utility areas, second and third floor bedroom accommodation with 22 self-contained bedrooms, 11 per floor. Elevational changes. Connection to existing public services together with all associated site works. The proposed development is within an Architectural Conservation Area
2660486	Conditional	4 Sept 2026		154 m	Permission for the change of use from Retail to Financial Services for use by Dundalk Credit Union and fitout works and installation of new external fascia signage

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
323663	Granted with conditions	30 Mar 2026	155 m
500183	Granted	9 Mar 2026	42 m
321157	Granted with conditions	20 Feb 2025	36 m
319748	Granted with conditions	30 Dec 2024	214 m
318114	Granted with conditions	1 Nov 2024	380 m
317542	Granted with conditions	21 Aug 2024	466 m
317970	Granted with conditions	21 May 2024	168 m
315242	Granted with conditions	5 Apr 2024	324 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

29 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 3 Dec 2026
29 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Nov 2026, 23:00. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Louth County Council before relying on it.