86-home scheme proposed at Yellowbatter, Drogheda, Co. Louth

In context

It is one of 76 housing scheme applications Louth County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% 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.

Permission for a residential development, on a site in the townland of Yellowbatter, located to the south of the Port Access Northern Cross Route (“PANCR”), east of The Twenties / Twenties Lane, and north of the Old Twenties Lane, Drogheda, County Louth. The proposed development consists of 86 no. dwellings, comprised of 74 no. two-storey, 3 & 4 bedroom, semi-detached & terraced houses, and 12 no. apartments and duplex units in 1 no. three storey block (i.e. 6 no. 2 bed apartments & 6 no. 3 bed duplex units). Vehicular access to the development will be from Twenties Lane to the immediate west. The proposed development also includes public open spaces, landscaping and boundary treatments, internal roads and footpaths, car parking, public lighting, bin & bicycle storage, and all associated site development works etc. all on an overall site area of c. 2.83 hectares. Permission is also sought for the demolition of 2 farm out buildings & a silo (total c. 910 sq.m. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared with respect to proposed development and accompanies the planning application