Louth County Council grants permission for 84-home scheme at Dundalk Road, Mountaintown, 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 21 November 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.

Permission for development of the construction of 84 no houses (18 No. 2-Bed, 52 No. 3-Bed and 14 No. 4-Bed houses) and a creche on a site of circa. 3.08 hectares, together with all associated site development works including landscaping, boundary treatments, footpaths, internal access roads, public lighting, foul and surface water drainage, etc. *Significant Further Information Received on 10/10/2025*