Observation Compound at Whitestown incorporating Ballagan Point Look Out Post 01 (WWII) and a 19th century Coastguard Signal Station., Whitestown, Greenore
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 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 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
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Louth County Council
- Decision due
- Not available
- Residential units
- 1
- Floor area
- 5.14 m²
Timeline
Application received
13 Jan 2025
Decision due
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Permission for development to comprise refurbishment and alterations including elevational changes to existing dwelling-house and outbuildings, change of use from dwellinghouse and attached outbuildings to guesthouse, conversion of existing detached outbuilding to one bedroomed studio, removal of greenhouse to rear, minor repair works and alterations to outbuildings, new landscaping proposals, signage, new pedestrian entrance gates, new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works, within the curtilage of a Protected Structure Ref LHS 009-050.
Permission to comprise of refurbishment and alterations including elevation changes to existing dwellinghouse and outbuildings, change of use from dwellinghouse and attached outbuildings to guesthouse, conversion of existing detached outbuilding to one bedroomed studio, removal of a greenhouse to rear, minor repair works and alterations to outbuildings, new landscaping proposals, signage, new pedestrian entrance gates, new effluent treatment system and percolation area and all associated site works.
Permission for development to comprise a new detached domestic garage, revised site boundaries and all associated site works.
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.
Permission for the provision of a new site entrance and two stone piers and associated works
Permission for the provision of a new site entrance and two stone piers and associated works