Decision on Louth Village housing development appealed to An Bord Pleanála

The decision to grant planning permission for a development in Louth Village that would see the construction of eight new homes has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

Hollywood Developments was granted conditional planning permission on 20 April for the demolition of an existing derelict dwelling and the construction of eight dwellings on a site of c. 0.2863 hectares, at Richard Taaffes Holding, Green Road, Louth Village. 

The eight dwellings are provided with private amenity space in the form of private gardens, and consists of two types of houses. The first, type LOU1, comprises two detached, three bed two storey houses. The second, type LOU2, comprises four semi-detached three bed two storey houses; and two detached three bed two storey houses.

Vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be via the L1170 and the Green Road. The application also provides for items including new vehicular parking, EV charging points, public and communal/play spaces with associated landscaping, new boundary treatments, on street parking area long the L170 and in curtilage parking along the Green Rd, and new footpaths.

The decision to grant conditional planning permission was appealed to An Bord Pleanála by Third Party Appellants, Mr Michael Lindon and Mr Patrick Malone on 9 May. The case is due to be decided by An Bord Pleanála by 9 September 2023.