Carlow County Council grants permission for 50-home scheme at Tullowbeg, Tullow, Co. Carlow

In context

It is one of 28 housing scheme applications Carlow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 18 August 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Carlow County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

extension of duration for the construction of 50 No.dwelling units comprising of, 19 No. 2 storey terraced 2-bedroom (Type A), 27 No. 2 storey terraced 3-bedroom (Type B), 2 No-storey semi-detached 3-bedroom (Type B) and 2 No. 2 storey semi-detached 4-bedroom (Type C) dwellings together with all associated ancillary site works, including roads, parking, footpaths, landscaping, boundary treatment and services to facilitate the development, with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Carlow Road (R725) via the existing access road located to the west of the subject site, all on a site of circa 1.78ha