Observation pack · Louth County Council

63 Beechwood Drive , Dunleer , Co. Louth

Retention permission for (1) extension to rear of dwelling, (2) elevational alterations, (3) replace pedestrian entrance with vehicular entrance at front of dwelling and provision of parking area and accessible ramp to front door, (4) replace vehicular entrance with pedestrian entrance at rear of dwelling, (5) site development works,

Observations close 14 Dec 2026 29 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 10 Jan 2027

The application

Reference: 2660769 · full record
Authority: Louth County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 1 m²
Site area: 176 m²
Received: 7 Nov 2026
Decision due: 10 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/2660769/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660769 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 14 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

Designations on or near the site within 100 m

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Saint Brigid's Catholic Church

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660147	Conditional	11 Sept 2026	1	254 m	Permission for a single storey dwelling. The site works are to include a surface water soakaway, entrance pillars and boundary walls
2660471	Conditional	28 Aug 2026		139 m	Permission for a mural painting to the entire side gable of the existing Centra Store
2660415	Conditional	5 Aug 2026	1	470 m	Permmission for a single storey side extension to an existing two storey semi detached dwelling
2667	Conditional	10 Jul 2026	1	306 m	Retention and Permission: Permission for the installation of soakaway. Retention permission for 2 no. existing detached single storey shedsfor use as domestic storage ancillary to existing dwelling, retention of existing detached single storey building for use as home gym incidental to the enjoyment of existing dwelling, retention of existing security sliding gateto side of existing dwelling driveway and retention of existing concrete apron together with associated site works
2663	Conditional	29 Jun 2026		103 m	EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 20/707 - Permission for the provision of 35 no. dwellings comprising 13 no. houses and 22 no. apartments. The proposed houses are located in the southern part of the site and consist of 5 no. detached, 4 no. semi-detached and 4 no. terraced dwellings, all 2 storeys in height. 4 of the proposed detached dwellings front Main Street R132 and incorporate south facing first floor roof terraces and individual new vehicular accesses off Main Street/R132 to serve each dwelling. The proposed apartments are accommodated in a two storey building located towards the northern part of the site, with balconies provided at first floor level. The development also provides for a new vehicular entrance onto Main Street/R132 to serve the apartments, semi-detached and terraced houses, a public footpath along the site frontage on the east side of Main Street/R132 and a pedestrian only entrance to the development off Main Street/R132. It is proposed to provide a riverside amenity path. The proposed development also provides for all site development works including alterations to ground levels and construction of retaining walls, internal roads and footpaths, electricity substation, car parking, open space, public lighting, landscaping and boundary treatments. Significant Further Information received on 08/04/2021 which comprises the extension of the site area to encompass the Motte at the Northern end of the site and the full extent of lands zoned Open Space, Recreation and Amenity. Other revisions include the realignment and redesign to limited sections of the internal access road and reconfiguration of car parking; revisions to landscape and boundary treatments; external and internal revisions to the apartment buildings including a reduction in level to Main Street/R132 (west) elevation and re-design of ground floor. The further information response also includes a Conservation and Management Plan for the Motte feature and a public lighting plan for the development
2660270	Conditional	29 Jun 2026	1	107 m	Permission for revisions consisting of relocation of approved site access road and removal of the single apartment block containing 22no. apartments, revised landscape plan and all associated site development works
2660227	Conditional	5 Jun 2026		116 m	Permission for the installation of a new shop front
2560584	Conditional	7 May 2026		327 m	The development at The Station Master’s Dwelling, Former Railway Station, Battsland, Dunleer, Co. Louth (within a curtilage of Protected Structure Ref. 13830005) will consist of change of use of the Former Station Master’s Dwelling from a Library to a gym/fitness facility internal alterations to the building and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Outcome	Decided	Distance
501450	Granted with conditions	15 Sept 2026	327 m
500603	Granted	15 May 2026	293 m
311355	Granted with conditions	13 Apr 2022	353 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

7 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 14 Dec 2026
7 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.