Waterford City and County Council grants permission for 51-home scheme at Duffcarrick, Ardmore, Co. Waterford

In context

It is one of 85 housing scheme applications Waterford City and County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 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 11 October 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Waterford City and County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

for construction of 51 No. dwellings. The development consists of 2 No. detached 4-bed bungalows, 5 No. detached 2-storey 4-bed houses, 9 No. pairs of 2-storey semi-detached 3-bed houses, 2 No. 2-storey terraces each with 1 No. 2-bed & 2 No. 3-bed houses, 5 No. 2-storey terraces each with 2 No. 2-bed houses and 2 No. 3-bed houses. Planning permission is also sought for all associated site works, connections to services including existing drainage, new vehicular entrance off the existing R673 Dungarvan Road incorporating the adjustment of an existing layby, estate signage and boundary treatments including a pedestrian access point to existing right of way to Ardmore beach