64-home scheme proposed at Link Road (L1026), Chapelstown, Co. Carlow

In context

It is one of 25 housing scheme applications Carlow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,584 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Carlow County Council until 6 December 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 5 January 2027, 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 development will consist of the development of 49 no. two storey dwelling units (6 no. two bedroom; 39 no. three bedroom and 4 no. four bedroom dwellings), on a site to the north of the permitted development that was granted for 64 houses under Carlow County Council Planning Ref. 2460145 / ACP Ref. ABP-322614-25. The proposed development will consist of the following mix of two storey semi-detached and terraced housing units within an overall mix of: - 6 no. two storey semi-detached 3 bedroom dwelling units; - 28 no. two storey terraced dwelling units that are contained within 7 no. terraces of 4 units containing 2 no. 4 bedroom; 20 no. 3 bedroom; and 6 no. 2 bedroom dwelling units; as well as - 15 no. two storey terraced dwelling units that are contained within 5 no. terraces of 3 units containing 2 no. 4 bedroom; and 13 no. 3 bedroom dwelling units. The development will be accessed via the permitted vehicular and pedestrian access into the site off the Link Road (L1026) that was permitted under Carlow County Council Planning Ref. 2460145 / ACP Ref. ABP-322614-25. The proposed development will extend this permitted access into the application site to provide vehicular access to all dwelling units that will each be served by two car parking spaces with an additional 6 visitor parking spaces to provide 104 car parking spaces overall. The development will include all internal access roads and footpaths; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatments and all infrastructural and ancillary site development works.