98-home scheme proposed at Kilbarry, 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 1,568 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 Waterford City and County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

development consisting of the proposed construction of 98no. dwelling units consisting of; 20no. 4-bed 7-person 2-storey House Type D, 8no. 3-bed 5-person 2-storey House Type F, 38no. 3-bed 5-person 2-storey House Type G, a 4-storey apartment block consisting of 32no. apartment dwelling units comprising 8no. 1-bed 2-person units, 4no. 2-bed 3-person units, and 20no. 2-bed 4-person units, site landscaping, public open space, boundary treatments, approximately 190m of LIHAF road, proposed vehicle and pedestrian access directly onto the LIHAF road, pedestrian link through to adjoining Foxwood residential development to the west, public lighting, drainage, provision of foul and surface water connections, and all associated site works.