65-home scheme proposed at Cheekpoint, Co., 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.

for the construction of a residential development containing 65No. dwelling units comprising of 13 No. two-storey 4 bed detached units, 40No. two-storey 3 bed semi-detached units, 4No. single-storey 3 bed semi-detached units and 8 No. single-storey detached units, site landscaping, boundary treatments, 2No. new vehicular and pedestrian entrances onto Cullens Hill (L4401), 2No. pedestrian entrances onto Strand Road (L4403), realignment and widening of the existing road and provision of a footpath to part of the Strand Road to north of the subject site, together with all associated site development works. (A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application).