Changes sought to permitted 74-home scheme at Ballymakenny Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth

In context

It is one of 79 housing scheme applications Louth County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

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

EXTENSION OF DURATION OF 211212 - Permission for amendments to part (approx. 2.79 HA) of a permitted mixed-use development previously approved under planning ref. 07/1399 (ABP Ref PL 15.228370), extended by planning ref. 18/668. This proposed development seeks to amend Clusters B & C of the approved scheme to include for the provision of a total of 74 residential units including 6 no. 4 bed houses; 42 no. 3 bed houses and 26 no. apartments (1-3 bed) in a single 3 & 4 storey block. The proposed amendments to the permitted scheme reduce the overall number of residential units proposed from 659 to 643 (a reduction of 16 residential units). The proposed alterations include for revised public open spaces and landscaping details, provision of ESB substation, revised roads and services layout, together with all associated site development works. The proposed development also seeks to amend the wording of condition 6 attached to planning ref. 071399 (ABP Ref PL 15228370)