Louth County Council grants permission for 205-home scheme at Lisdoo, Dundalk, Co. Louth

In context

It is one of 76 housing scheme applications Louth County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,549 nationally. Of the 3,022 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 August 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

A Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) Application for the provision of a total of 205 no. residential units along with provision of a crèche. See www.lisdoolrd.com. Particulars of the development comprise as follows: (a) Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include excavation and general site preparation works which will include for infilling and raising of existing ground levels via importing inert material. (b) The provision of a total of 78 no. residential dwellings which will consisting of the following unit mix: - 38 no. 3bed semi-detached dwellings (house type A) -20 no. 3 bed semi-detached dwellings (house type B) - 8 no. 3bed semi-detached dwellings (house type C) - 8 no. 4bed semi-detached dwellings (house type C) - 4no. 4bed detached dwellings (house type D) (c)The provision of a total of 127no. apartments/duplex units consisting of 10no.1 bed units, 113no. 2bed units and 4no. 3bedunits across 6no. buildings which will range in height from 2 storeys to 5 storeys; (d) Provision of a creche; (e) Provision of associated car parking at surface level via a combination of in-curtilage parking for dwellings and via on-street parking for the creche, duplexes and apartment units; (f)Provision of electric vehicle charge points with associated site infrastructure ducting to provide charge points for residents throughout the site; (g) Provision of associated bicycle storage facilities at surface level throughout the site and bin storage facilities; (h) Creation of a new access point for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists from Newry Road to incorporate junction upgrade works; (i) Provision of a pedestrian and cyclist access from Forkhill Road; (j) Provision of internal access roads and footpaths and associated works; (k) Provision of residential communal open space areas and public open space areas to include a formal play area along with all hard and soft landscape works with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments to include boundary walls, railings &fencing; (l) Provision of 1no. ESB substation; (m) Internal site works and attenuation systems to include for a headwall along with a hydrocarbon and silt interceptor on the storm network prior to discharge to the storm outfall pipe from the site; (n)All ancillary site development/construction works to facilitate foul, water and service networks for connection to the existing foul, water, gas and ESB networks. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and ac