Waterford City and County Council grants permission for 99-home scheme at Newtown, Tramore, 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 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 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 6 March 2026. 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.

the construction of 99no. dwellings as phase 3 of the Sea Cove residential development comprising of 32no. semi-detached and 5no. detached two-storey 4-bedroom houses, 46no. semi-detached two-storey 3-bedroom houses, 2no. two-storey duplex blocks with a total of 8no. ground floor and 8no. first floor 2-bedroom apartments, together with all associated site works and the omission of a three-storey 6-bedroom detached house (type C1), a two-storey 4-bedroom detached house (type A1) and 2no. three-storey apartment buildings with 11no. units in each as previously approved under original application 22/398 for phase 1 of this development