Proposed restoration, repair, and conservation of the former Observation Compound…
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 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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The council recorded a decision on 14 Mar 2025. The official file has the outcome; a third-party appeal is possible within four weeks of the decision.
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