Planning Permission for the proposed restoration, repair, and conservation of the former Observation Compound at…

Application details

Planning reference

2560040

Council

Louth County Council

Proposal description

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 reestablishment of use of the Compound as an observatory, together with a residential component on site. 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 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.

Location / address

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

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

29 Jan 2025

Council status

APPLICATION FINALISED

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

14 Mar 2025

Appeal lodged

8 Apr 2025

Appeal decision

Grant permission with revised conditions

Appeal decision date

23 Jul 2025

Planning timeline

Key dated milestones from the council planning record and An Coimisiún Pleanála appeal records.

1. Application received

   29 Jan 2025

2. Decision: CONDITIONAL

   14 Mar 2025

3. Appeal lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála

   8 Apr 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case

4. Appeal decision: Grant permission with revised conditions

   23 Jul 2025Official An Coimisiún Pleanála dataView appeal case