Observation pack · Louth County Council

Priest Hill , Collon , Co. Louth

Permission for: 1) Construction of 1no. single storey detached dwelling house. 2) Upgrading the existing site entrance. 3) Installation of new wastewater treatment system and all associated site development works

Observations close 8 Dec 2026 23 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 3 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 6 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660758 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 83 m²
Site area: 4,120 m²
Received: 3 Nov 2026
Decision due: 6 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/2660758/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660758 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 8 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560763	Conditional	1 May 2026	2	173 m	Construction of one new detached storey and a half dwelling, new domestic garage, proprietary waste water treatment system and percolation area, new agricultural site entrance and all associated site works Significant Further Information Received on 05/04/2026 - Upgrading of the existing agricultural entrance to provide a new vehicular entrance to the proposed dwelling
2560033	Conditional	12 Sept 2025	2	130 m	The development will consist of Permission for the Retention and completion of existing dwelling house and garage granted under planning ref: 071557 new Septic Tank percolation area and all associated site works.
2460701	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	2	0 m	Permission Consequent of the Grant of Outline Permission 21913 for a split level storey and a half/two storey dwelling house with attached single storey domestic garage and new wastewater treatment plant and raised polishing filter and new vehicular entrance onto public road accessed via a right of way across an existing shared access with the dwelling to the east and all associated site and landscaping works and relocation of existing agricultural entrance to the eastern boundary of the landholding
22645	Conditional	24 Nov 2022	1	391 m	Permission for development consisting of alterations to an existing house including the construction of a single storey extension to the side and the construction of a two storey extension to the rear. Significant further information received on 4.11.22 which includes alterations to overall design to provide for proposed single storey side extension only (rear 2 storey extension omitted)

What has happened on this file

3 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 8 Dec 2026
3 Nov 2026 Decision

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