Louth County Council grants permission for 60-home scheme at Bayview, Red Barns Road, Co. Louth

In context

It is one of 76 housing scheme applications Louth 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 applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 10 April 2026. 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 to modify a permitted apartment building within a residential development known as Bayview, permitted under ABP Ref. No. ABP314720-22 (Planning Ref: 22/259). Permission for the repurposing of communal space within a permitted apartment building to provide 4no. additional 1-bedroom apartments. The permitted apartment mix will be amended from 14no. 1-bedroom and 15no. 2-bedroom apartments (29no. in total) to 18no. 1-bedroom and 15no. 2-bedroom apartments (33no. in total). There will be no amendments made to the housing, roads or public open space as permitted and under construction. The total number of units across the Bayview Development will be increased from 89no. unit (60no. houses and 29no. apartments) to 93no. (60no. houses and 33no. apartments). The modifications include external alterations to part of the western façade of the permitted apartment building including window placement and balconies to serve the 4no. new apartments