Waterford City and County Council grants permission for 88-home scheme at Kilbarry, Co. Waterford

In context

It is one of 86 housing scheme applications Waterford City and County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,641 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% 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 25 March 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 development which is an amendment to the previously permitted application – Planning Ref: 22-385. The application will consist of a proposed change to the permitted house type mix, plus minor alterations to house types A, C, D E, the introduction of two new house types G and H, and alterations to rear garden boundary walls.