71-home scheme proposed at Browneshill Road, Chapelstown, Co. Carlow

In context

It is one of 27 housing scheme applications Carlow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,603 nationally. Of the 3,048 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Carlow County Council until 16 November 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 7 December 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

The development description, as lodged

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

the construction of 71 No. residential units and all ancillary works comprising of: • 57 No. 2 storey houses comprising: 10 No. 4 bed semi-detached units (c. 140 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA)); 18 No. 3 bed semi-detached (c. 114 sqm GFA); 17 No. 3 bed terrace units (11 No. of c. 98 sqm and 6 No. of c. 114 sqm GFA); 12 No. 2 bed terrace units (c. 82 sqm); and • 6 No. 2 bed duplex apartment units within 2 No. 2 storey blocks (c. 83 sqm Ground Floor GFA, c. 91 sqm First Floor GFA); and • 8 No. single storey houses (2 bed bungalow units (c. 84 sqm GFA)). The development will also consist of: revisions to the existing vehicular entrance at Browneshill Road, 148 No. car parking spaces, 2 No. bicycle storage shelters, bin stores and facilitation of a future pedestrian and cyclist access to Browneshill Rise to the west. The development includes all associated landscaping works (including the provision of public and private open space areas), level changes, boundary treatments, site development works, site services (foul, surface water drainage, water supply) and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works