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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

Restoration and conservation of a WWII lookout post and 19th-century Coastguard Signal Station for occasional occupation.

2360337 · Louth County Council · Lodged 7 September 2023

Reference
2360337
Authority
Louth County Council
Register status
Invalid or incomplete
Type
PERMISSION
Received
7 September 2023

Summary

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The proposal involves sensitive repairs and conservation of the former Observation Compound at Whitestown. Works include restoring floors, roofs, and walls of the Coastguard Signal Station, repairing perimeter walls, and installing a contemporary wastewater treatment system to allow for occasional occupation.

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Development 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 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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AddressDatePriceDistance
Whitestown, Greenore, Co. LouthJan 2026€650,000249 m
Whitestown Shore, Greenore, LouthAug 2025€226,500382 m

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  1. Application received7 September 2023

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