Proposed Development
Permission for RETENTION and full planning permission for development. Retention is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/ sales /servicing and repairs. Change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing / valeting. Alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage of neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), vehicular traffic access/egress, new portacabin office building (to replace temporary portacabin office structure), alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels.
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Application received
24 Nov 2017
Decision: REFUSED
18 Jan 2018
Decision due
27 Jan 2018
Application Details
- Location
- Waterunder , Mell , Drogheda
- Applicant
- N/A
- Application Type
- RETENTION
- Planning Authority
- Louth County Council
- Site Area
- 0.3 ha
Timeline
- Registration Date
- 24 November 2017
- Status
- APPLICATION FINALISED
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Decision Date
- 18 January 2018
Location
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Retention and permission for the following development: Retention permission is sought for the following: use of site for vehicle display/sales/servicing and repairs, change of use of existing permitted building from shed manufacturing to washing/valeting , alteration to existing workshop building and change of use from workshop to car service and repair and alterations to elevations of that building, hard standing areas, external hoist, and signage. Full planning permission is sought for the following: alterations to residential curtilage and new vehicular access/egress to neighbouring dwelling (in ownership of applicant), new vehicular traffic access/egress from public road (R168), new portacabin office building (to replace temporary office structure), vehicle display area, alterations to elevations of car valeting building, fencing/walls, gates and boundary treatments, signage, public footpath to front of site, and all associated site development works including alterations to site levels. *Significant Further Information received on 06/09/2019, alterations to site boundary/increase in site size and change of use of the existing dwelling house to commercial and storage use associated with the car sales business currently operating onsite.*
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