66-home scheme proposed at Monasteroris, Edenderry, Co. Offaly

In context

It is one of 41 housing scheme applications Offaly County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,573 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 Offaly County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

a Residential development of 66no. Dwellings consisting of:• 1no. Type A1 Semi Detached 2 Storey 4 Bed Dwelling • 5no. Type A Semi Detached 2 Storey 4 Bed Dwelling • 12no. Type B Semi Detached 2 Storey 3 Bed Dwelling • 7no. Type C End Terrace 2 Storey 3 Bed Dwelling • 6no. Type C1 Mid Terrace 2 Storey 3 Bed Dwelling • 5no. Type C2 End Terrace 2 Storey 3 Bed Dwelling • 10no. Type D Mid Terrace 2 Storey 2 Bed Dwelling • 10no. Type E Ground Floor 1 Bed Maisonette • 10no. Type E1 2 Storey 2 Bed Duplex Maisonette • access from Edenderry inner relief road • internal access roads and footpaths • foul sewers to connect to existing public sewers via on-site temporary treatment system • surface water sewers to connect to existing public sewers • boundary treatments, landscaping and all ancillary site services