55-home scheme proposed at Gortnakesh, Fort Village, Co. Cavan

In context

It is one of 37 housing scheme applications Cavan 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 five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 8 October 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

for the construction of 55 dwelling units including: 12 no. two-bedroom semi-detached houses, 1 no. detached two-bedroom house, 30 no. three-bedroom semi-detached houses, 6 no. four-bedroom semi-detached houses , 6 no. four- bedroom semi-detached bungalows, Together with all associated site works including internal access roads, retaining walls, landscaping, boundary treatments, parking (97 no. spaces), footpaths, public open spaces, and connections to existing services. Access is off the existing Fortvillage and Ringview housing development road layout. The application site comprises approx. 3.19 hectares located south of Fort Village and north of Willow Ridge, Gortnakesh, Cavan Town, Co. Cavan. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) will be summitted to the planning authority with this application - SIGNIFICANT FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED