Go ahead given for large expansion of Carlingford Nursing Home

Louth County Council has granted planning permission for works at the Carlingford Nursing Home that will see a more than doubling in the number of bedrooms at the nursing home.

Cooley Nursing Home Limited applied to Louth County Council in September 2022 for planning permission for an extension to the existing nursing home consisting of a new two storey extension to the west side of the site.

The proposed extension would see an increase the bedroom count from 41 bedrooms to 98 bedrooms. The planning application also provided for a new external plant room to the north, landscaping, new bicycle shelter and minor alterations to land profiles, an increase in parking provisions from 33 to 51 spaces.

The local planning authority sought further information on the planned development on 20 October 2022. Significant further information was provided to Louth County Council on 23 December 2022, with the local authority granting conditional planning permission for the development on 23 January 2023.