Observation pack · Louth County Council

Sandford Commons Road , Dromiskin , Co. Louth

Permission for a single-story extension, elevational changes to the existing dwelling house and all associated site works

Observations close 7 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 31 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660744 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 49 m²
Site area: 2,076 m²
Received: 31 Oct 2026
Decision due: 3 Jan 2027

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/2660744/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660744 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 7 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
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

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660461	Conditional	10 Nov 2026		218 m	The development will consist of: (a) construction of a single-storey gym building having a gross floor area of approximately 180 sq.m; (b) construction of a single-storey senior ladies dressing room facility adjacent including associated changing, shower and toilet facilities having a gross floor area of approximately 60 sq.m; (c) construction of a single-storey storage shed for club equipment having a gross floor area of approximately 160 sq.m; (d) installation of 4 no. 21 metre high floodlighting columns complete with LED sports luminaires serving the rear training pitch; (e) associated underground ducting, switchgear, electrical infrastructure and concrete foundations; (f) connection to existing on-site services; and (g) associated footpaths, hardstanding, drainage works, landscaping, boundary treatments and all ancillary site development works Significant Further Information received on 19/10/2026 - Retention permission sought for rear training pitch, Including ball stops, existing walking track within club grounds, together with revised surface water drainage details
2660195	Conditional	29 May 2026		169 m	Retention permission for, and use of existing shed for the storage of materials and plant for the duration of completion of development granted under planning permission reference 21/1218
2560153	Conditional	24 Jul 2025	1	141 m	Permission for development consisting of a new single storey dwelling, new vehicular entrance, boundary treatments, foul and surface water drainage, watermains and all associated site development works
2460774	Conditional	31 Jan 2025	1	292 m	Retention permission for rear/side extension to existing dwelling house
2460560	Conditional	24 Jan 2025	4	48 m	Permission for the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling with associated outbuildings and various agricultural structures and construction of 4no. single storey dwellings on a site of circa. 0.352 hectares. All dwellings are provided with private amenity space in the form of private gardens. The development includes provision of a new vehicular entrance and access road (vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be via The Commons Road), public open space, new boundary treatments, car parking areas, footpaths, foul and surface water drainage, watermains, site lighting, development naming feature, all associated / ancillary landscaping and site development works
2360438	Conditional	11 Oct 2024	1	396 m	Retention permission of the following: On-site living accommodation to be used for the duration of the build only and for it to be removed following completion of the construction works to the dwelling. Existing timber garden shed. Detached domestic garage. Planning permission for the following: Extensions and renovations to an existing dwelling to include for: A two storey extension to the rear. A single storey extension to the front and side. An increase in roof height of an existing domestic garage by 1.5m. A metal garden shed. Alterations to vehicular entrance and all associated site development works and services. Significant Further Information received on 17/09/2024
24117	Conditional	22 Aug 2024		458 m	Permission for change of house type (previous planning permission reference number 20993) and all associated site works
2460082	Conditional	2 May 2024	1	354 m	Permission for a single storey extension comprising living room and new kitchen on the east elevation of the existing dwelling, energy retrofitting of the existing dwelling including replacing windows and door on all elevations and associated site development works

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501554	Granted	1 Oct 2026	169 m
501505	Invalid	9 Jun 2026	169 m
321775	Other	13 Jan 2026	169 m
321922	Withdrawn	19 Mar 2025	48 m
321213	Withdrawn	12 Feb 2025	378 m
317617	Granted with conditions	25 Apr 2024	412 m
312591	Granted with conditions	2 Jun 2023	169 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

31 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
31 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.