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Protected structure · Co. Louth

Permission will consist of, Dublin Road, Co. Louth

Granted 10 Jul 2026

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This application has left our current planning lists, so this page is no longer updated. We last saw it in the council's register on 9 Sep 2026. The details below are as they were then. The council's register has the current status.

What and where

Permission will consist of

Permission will consist of: A) The conversion of part of the former PJ Carroll's factory, a protected structure ref. D182, and the associated former boiler house building into 3487 m² of apprenticeship teaching facilities. The Works to the main factory building consist of modifying the interior, stripping out some internal walls and the construction of new motor vehicle workshops, electrical workshops, classrooms and other ancillary spaces, and a new mezzanine office space. To facilitate these new teaching spaces minor modifications are proposed to the elevations. On the Eastern elevation, existing roller shutters will be removed and replaced with brick panels, new roller shutters and escape doors will be provided. On the Southern Elevation, one set of solid access doors is to be provided and two brick faced bays are to be replaced with new glazed screen and fire escape doors to match existing. Two new rooflights are proposed, to match the existing. B) The demolition of a small service building behind the former boiler house. C)The former boiler house will be refurbished to provide additional carpentry and joinery apprentice teaching spaces, a new mezzanine office space, associated modifications to the façade, replacement of the roof with a new membrane system, new fall restraint and arrest systems, access ladders and services. D) The removal of three obsolete boiler flues from the south elevation of the former boiler house. E) The construction of a new timber store and preparation building to the south of the former boiler house with steel structure, brick detailing and clerestory glazing to match the existing buildings adjacent. F) Modifications to an existing small garage building and provision of new roller shutters (88.6 m²). E) Provision for 10 additional bike parking spaces. F) All associated ancillary site and landscaping works.

Location
Dublin Road, Co. Louth Map
Planning reference
2660299
Applicant
Dkit Dundalk Institute of Technology
Agent
Pany Inthaxoum

Key facts

Floor area
3,576 m²
Indicative value
€3m–10mPlanningBrief estimate
Project type
Protected structure
Received
19 May 2026
Granted
10 Jul 2026
Protected structure
Yes

Timeline

  1. Application received
  2. Granted

Outlook

What happens next

Permission was granted on 10 Jul 2026 and no site start has been filed yet. The next step is a commencement notice, filed before building work begins; the start date and who will build it are not known yet.

Work packages named so far

  • Conservation work to a protected structureNamed in the application description
  • Services and drainageNamed in the application description

An outlook from the planning record, not a tender or a confirmed start date.

Documents and evidence

Check the record

  • Council planning fileThe application file 2660299 on eplanning.ie: drawings, reports and the decision.Open the council's file

How we know this

From the Louth County Council planning register, as last seen on 9 Sep 2026. The council's own file is the official record.

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