Waterford City and County Council refuses permission for 53-home scheme at 18-21 Ballybricken, Waterford City, 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 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 3 June 2025. 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.

demolition of the existing buildings and construction of a mixed-use development comprising No.3 buildings ranging in height from 4 to 5 storeys with 53 residential units. Building A will comprise four storeys with No.20 apartments and No.2 commercial units on the ground floor; Building B will comprise 4-storey including two communal units on the lower ground floor, two apartments on the ground floor with two duplexes above; Building C will include No.29 residential apartment units over five floors. This application also proposes the provision of open space, provision foul and surface water connections & surface water attenuation systems, boundary treatments, bicycle storage, soft and hard site landscaping and all other associated and ancillary development works