Go ahead for 89 homes at Red Barns Road in Dundalk

An Bord Pleanála has given the go ahead for a development of 89 new homes at the Red Barns Road in Dundalk to go ahead.

Louth County Council granted planning permission in September 2022 to Wonderglade Unlimited Company for the development, which includes 60 dwellings comprising 15 two-bed; 37 three-bed and eight, four-bed units, as well as 29 apartments in a three storey building comprising 14 one-bed and 15 two-bed units.

The planning permission also provides for a new vehicular access and a dedicated pedestrian access to be provided off Red Barns Road, as well as provision for car and bicycle parking, landscaping, open space and boundary treatments. It also grants planning permission for alterations to site levels, which would see the site raised to accommodate the proposed development.

A number of submissions had been lodged with the local authority objecting to the planned development, including from Hazel Close Residents and Residents of Springfield Manor. 

Following the decision from Louth County Council to grant planning permission, Hazel Close Residents appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála. Grounds for the appeal included that the appellants felt that the development would have a "profoundly negative impact upon the physical and peaceful character of Hazel Close to the detriment of their long established residential amenities and quality of life".

An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for the development to go ahead on 15 February, subject to 19 conditions. In making its decision An Bord Pleanála said that subject to compliance with the conditions, the development "would not seriously injure the residential or visual amenities of the area, would be acceptable in terms of the safety and convenience of pedestrians and road users and would not be prejudicial to public health. The proposed development would, therefore, be in accordance with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area."