Apartments at landmark Earl Street site in Dundalk get go ahead

Louth County Council has given the go ahead for new apartments and a commercial unit at a landmark building on the corner of Earl Street and Market Square in Dundalk.

Arabtec Capital Unlimited applied to Louth County Council in May of this year, for planning permission for the development at 9, 9a and 10 Earl Street, Townspark, Dundalk.

The applicant sought the go ahead for the refurbishment, extension and partial demolition of the existing buildings to accommodate a new ground floor commercial unit, with new shopfront to include new entrance doors off corner Earl Street & Market Square.

Arabtec Capital Unlimited also sought planning permission for a new ground floor apartment entrance lobby off Earl Street, and the refurbishment, alteration and extension to first, second and third floors to form: nine one bedroom / two person apartments, a first floor terrace; the addition of two floors to form two, two bedroom / three person apartments; and two, two bedroom / four person apartments.

Louth County Council granted planning permission for the development to go ahead on 8 November, subject to 21 planning conditions.