Observation pack · Louth County Council
Bayview , Blackrock , Co. Louth
Permission for a 2 storey extension to the rear of the existing dwellinghouse and all associated site development works
Observations close 7 Dec 2026 23 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 5 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2660750 · full record
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Units
- 1
- Floor area
- 48 m²
- Site area
- 150 m²
- Received
- 2 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 5 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/2660750/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660750at 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 |
| S5 Sustainable neighbourhood infrastructure | Community Facilities: To provide for and protect civic, religious, community, education, health care and social infrastructure. | 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 × 1Saint Oliver Plunkett's Catholic Church
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660620 | Conditional | 30 Oct 2026 | 1 | 31 m | Retention of alterations to the rear extension including pitched roof replacing flat roof and all associated site works |
| 2660442 | Conditional | 21 Aug 2026 | 1 | 196 m | Permission consists of the removal of 2 no. chimney stacks, alterations to the two side elevations and rear elevation, the creation of a new vehicular entrance from Rock Road East at the north eastern corner of the site, together with all associated site development works **SPLIT DECISION** 1. Grant permission for the removal of 2 no. chimney stacks and alterations to the two side elevations and rear elevation subject to the 4 conditions set out in Schedule 1 attached. 2. Refuse permission for the creation of a new vehicular entrance from Rock Road East at the north eastern corner of the site for the reason set out in Schedule 2 attached. |
| 2660407 | Conditional | 5 Aug 2026 | 1 | 320 m | Retention permission is sought for elevational alterations to the existing dwelling together with retention of a single-storey rear extension, site boundary treatments and associated site development works |
| 2619 | Conditional | 29 May 2026 | 4 | 186 m | Permission comprises the construction of 4no. new 3-bedroomed semi-detached dwellinghouses, new temporary waste water treatment plant which will be connected to the mains wastewater network and all ancillary and all associated site development works including site clearance works, new vehicular entrances off the Main Street, car parking spaces, hard and soft land scaping and boundary treatment works. |
| 2660106 | Conditional | 17 Apr 2026 | 173 m | Retention of alterations to include the provision of 3 no. roof lights, the provision of a new circular window to west elevation and re-configuring of the kitchen window at the north elevation | |
| 2660063 | Conditional | 20 Mar 2026 | 1 | 357 m | Permission for a new sun room to replace the existing one and all associated site works |
| 2621 | Refused | 13 Mar 2026 | 396 m | EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 21172 - Permission for a single storey rear extension, a two storey side extension and a porch to the front of the dwelling, together with all associated site works | |
| 2560732 | Conditional | 6 Mar 2026 | 1 | 220 m | Permission for a single storey detached dwelling house, new site entrance and associated site works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501575 | pending | 22 Jun 2026 | 186 m | |
| 321189 | Granted with conditions | 13 May 2025 | 174 m | |
| 319493 | Granted with conditions | 13 Mar 2025 | 452 m | |
| 315240 | Granted with conditions | 28 Nov 2023 | 472 m | |
| 311001 | Refused | 22 Nov 2022 | 249 m | |
| 310893 | Granted with conditions | 23 Nov 2021 | 374 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
- 2 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 7 Dec 2026
- 2 Nov 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.