Carlow County Council grants permission for 83-home scheme at Chapelstown, Co. Carlow

In context

It is one of 28 housing scheme applications Carlow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 1 December 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.

development at this site of c. 2.7 Ha. The development will comprise of the construction of 83 No. residential units and all ancillary works consisting of: 66 No. 2 storey houses (18 No. 3 bed terraced units (c. 98.16 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA)) 12 No. 2 bed terraced units (c. 82.32 sqm GFA); and 36 No. 3 bed semi-detached units (6 No. c. 113.66 sqm GFA and 30 No. c.114.37 sqm GFA); and 5 No. Single storey houses (5 No. 2 bed bungalow units (c. 85.4 sqm GFA)); and 12 No. duplex apartment units within 2 No. 2 storey blocks, consisting of: 6 No. 2 bed units (c. 83.1 sqm GFA); and 6 No. 2 bed units (c. 90.57 sqm GFA) with balconies on the eastern elevation at 1st floor level. The development will also consist of: a new vehicular access from Browneshill Road Lower; the provision of 2 No. new pedestrian accesses at the Link Road and Browneshill Road Lower; 166 No. grade level car parking spaces; 1 No. bicycle storage shelter (18 no. spaces); and 11 No. bin storage areas. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply) and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works