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Observation Compound at Whitestown incorporating Ballagan Point Look Out Post 01 (WWII) and a 19th century Coastguard Signal Station. , Whitestown , Greenore

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Planning application 2360337

Louth - Louth County Council

Proposed Development

Planning Permission for the proposed restoration, repair, and conservation of the former Observation Compound at Whitestown incorporating Ballagan Point Look Out Post 01(WWII) and a 19th century Coastguard Signal Station. Permission to include for; The restoration of the use of the Observation Compound to allow for its occupation as and when necessary. The existing Coastguard Signal Station building included bedroom, living, cooking, toilet (external), and storage (external) accommodation. The development will consist of: • Appropriate and sensitive adjustments to the Coastguard Signal Station building contained within the compound to include the conservation, and if necessary, restoration of floors, roofs, parapets, cornices, walls, windows, shutters, doors, and adjacent groundworks. • Repairs to perimeter walls (currently damaged). • The authentic reinstallation of water storage external to the Coastguard Signal Station building. • The provision of an appropriate contemporary wastewater treatment system. • Adjustment of the existing external toilet & store so as to be incorporated within the revised plan layout of the Coastguard Signal Station building. • The provision of appropriate levels of insulation. • The provision of a new raised, removable viewing platform together with the creation of one glazed doorway opening replacing two existing windows of the eastern façade. The application site contains and is the stand of a Protected Structure which is a WWII Look Out Post (RPS Ref No. LHS009-055). Application site also includes Recorded Monument LH009-010

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Application Details

Location
Observation Compound at Whitestown incorporating Ballagan Point Look Out Post 01 (WWII) and a 19th century Coastguard Signal Station. , Whitestown , Greenore
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
PERMISSION
Planning Authority
Louth County Council
Site Area
5.8 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
7 September 2023
Status
INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Decision
N/A

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