Louth County Council grants permission for 94-home scheme at Moneymore, Drogheda, Co. Louth

In context

It is one of 76 housing scheme applications Louth County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 14 March 2025. 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.

Ballymakenny Residential Properties Limited intends to apply for Planning Permission at this site in the townland of Moneymore, Drogheda, County Louth. The proposed development is an amendment to development permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 2360494 and comprises: - Replacement of 28no. permitted 3-bed houses with proposed 10no. 3-bed and 14no. 4-bed houses (resulting in revised scheme of 94no. dwellings total); - Localised alterations to car parking arrangement, with a reduction in car parking spaces for the overall scheme from 176no. spaces to 168no. car parking spaces; - Reduction in cycle parking spaces for the overall scheme from 152no. spaces to 148no. cycle parking spaces; - Associated alterations to localised site works, including minor adjustments to rear private garden areas, streetscape, defensible planting, street trees and a minor reduction in carriageway width. The residential development permitted under LCC Reg. Ref. 2360494 remains otherwise unchanged.