92-home scheme proposed at Knightswood, Williamstown, Co. Waterford

In context

It is one of 86 housing scheme applications Waterford City and County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,577 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Waterford City and County Council until 10 September 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 1 October 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

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.

Phase 4 of the Knightswood Estate, comprising 92 no. residential units, consisting of: • 1 no. four-bedroom semi-detached dwelling, Type A • 1 no. four-bedroom semi-detached dwelling, Type B • 6 no. three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, Type C • 8 no. three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, Type J • 4 no. four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, Type L • 2 no. three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, Type F • 2 no. three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings, Type G • 16 no. two-bedroom duplex units in 4 no. two-storey duplex blocks, each consisting of 4 no. two-bedroom duplex units • Apartment Block A, a 4-storey building containing 28 no. apartment units, comprising 7 no. one-bedroom apartments and 21 no. two-bedroom apartments, together with a 75no. child crèche at ground floor level • Apartment Block B, a 4-storey building containing 24 no. apartment units, comprising 4 no. one-bedroom apartments and 20 no. two-bedroom apartments The development will also consist of vehicular and pedestrian connections to previous phases of the development, a pedestrian link to the existing residential development to the north of the application site, internal roads and footpaths, public open space, communal amenity space, site landscaping, parking provision, refuse and bicycle storage, provision of foul and surface water connections, and all associated site works.