64-home scheme proposed at Gibbet Hill, Quarry Road, 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.

64 residential units, comprising; 26 No. semi-detached 4 bed 2 storey houses, 3 No. 4 bed 2 storey terraced units, 1 No. detached 4 bed 2 storey house, 1 No. 3 storey apartment block consisting of 14 No. 2 bed units and 1 No. 4 storey apartment block consisting of 1 No. 1 bed unit and 19 No. 2 bed units. The development will include new vehicular and pedestrian access from the public road (Bowefield), along with all associated site development works including roads, paths, vehicular and cycle parking, landscaping, open spaces, boundary treatments, estate signage, service provisions, public lighting, connections to public utilities, and all ancillary works.