Observation pack · Louth County Council
30A Windmill Road , Drogheda , Co. Louth
Permission for: 1. Change of use of 30A Windmill Road from existing residential to community-based residential for supported living. 2. Proposed first floor extension & external escape staircase to the rear of existing building. 3. Alterations to previously granted development (LCC ref no: 25110) including internal walls, roof, site boundary and boundary treatments. 4. All associated site works
Observations close 14 Dec 2026 30 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Nov 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 12 Jan 2027
The application
- Reference
- 2660774 · full record
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Status
- PRE_VALIDATION
- Site area
- 307 m²
- Received
- 9 Nov 2026
- Decision due
- 12 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/2660774/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660774at 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 |
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660603 | Conditional | 28 Oct 2026 | 443 m | Permission for the change of use of the existing retail unit to office use, together with associated internal alterations and external works. The external works will include new signage, modifications to material finishes around the windows of the front façade with 3 new windows on the western elevation along with a new accessible pedestrian ramp and new gate | |
| 2660599 | Conditional | 16 Oct 2026 | 239 m | Permission for alterations to shopfront of existing pharmacy shop, including removal of existing signage entablature, pilasters, associated lead flashings, roller shutter, glazed entrance door, glazing and associated plinth walls and concrete entrance ramp, to be replaced with new signage entablature and pilasters, hardwood framed and polycarbonate coated, with backlit and internally illuminated signage on raised stalks, new projecting internally illuminated polycarbonate sign, new concealed and recessed roller shutter, new lead flashings, new aluminium framed glazing extending to floor level and new aluminium entrance door to match, all with polyester powder coating, and localised adjustment of ground levels to provide level threshold and provision of stainless steel anti-ram bollards to front curtilage | |
| 2660564 | Refused | 9 Oct 2026 | 0 m | Permission will consist of :1. Demolition of existing buildings. 2. Construction of new car park including designated areas for temporary mobile medical units. 3. All associated site works. | |
| 2660568 | Conditional | 9 Oct 2026 | 76 m | Permission for development which is in the curtilage of a protected structure - Ref. DB-310 (NIAH Registration No.13616003). The development will consist of the following: The development will consist of the following: 1.Construction of 7no. 2 storey & 2.5 storey dwellings consisting of 4no. semi-detached 3-bedroom dwellings and 3no. terraced 4-bedroom dwellings 2. Demolition of 2 no. existing outbuildings 3.New internal circulation road, pedestrian footpaths, carparking, public open space, boundary treatments and landscaping 4.All associated site development and infrastructure works. | |
| 2660116 | Conditional | 2 Oct 2026 | 26 m | Permission for the construction of a first floor extension on top of existing single storey building, together with all associated site works at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Windmill Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth, A92 VW28. In addition to the above, permission is also sought for the following a) Retention permission for the existing modular building (area 110.52 sqm), b) Planning permission to demolish existing ground floor extension (area 15.30 sqm). *Significant Further Information received on 24/08/2026* *Revised notices received 14/09/2026* | |
| 2660490 | Refused | 11 Sept 2026 | 1 | 137 m | Retention permission for the addition of an upper floor and a change of use from a residential accommodation to a Communal House of Faith and Prayer |
| 2660472 | Conditional | 4 Sept 2026 | 26 m | Permission will consist of the installation of mechanical and electrical plant rooms within an existing building at the hospital. Works include internal alterations to facilitate mechanical and electrical upgrade works, alterations to the external façade, installation of louvered curtain walling, louvered switch room doors and replacement doors and windows. The works also include the installation of a galvanised steel external escape stair with associated pedestrian guardrail, removal of small ancillary plant enclosures and the installation of a new external generator, and all associated site and ancillary works to facilitate the development. | |
| 2660315 | Conditional | 28 Aug 2026 | 1 | 60 m | Retention permission for a front door set into existing recessed storm porch and a front canopy roof across the front elevation of the existing dwelling house |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502382 | open | 28 Oct 2026 | 76 m | |
| 323718 | Refused | 22 Jan 2026 | 498 m | |
| 319594 | Refused | 28 Feb 2025 | 76 m | |
| 318889 | Granted with conditions | 17 Jul 2024 | 353 m | |
| 317453 | Granted with conditions | 19 Mar 2024 | 199 m | |
| 313100 | Granted with conditions | 17 Aug 2023 | 467 m | |
| 312544 | Granted with conditions | 25 May 2023 | 403 m | |
| 312481 | Invalid | 11 Jan 2022 | 403 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
- 9 Nov 2026 New application · observations close 14 Dec 2026
- 9 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.