Housing development at Dowdallshill in Dundalk gets go ahead

An Bord Pleanála has given the go ahead for a 19 unit housing development at Dowdallshill in Dundalk to go ahead, following an appeal against Louth County Council's decision to grant planning permission for the development in 2023.

Louth County Council granted planning permission to Kieran Projects Ltd in May 2023, for a 19 unit housing development at Dowdallshill, Newry Road, Dundalk, consisting of five blocks of housing units, on a site area of 0.63 hectares.

Block one consists of seven, two storey dwellings, comprising two, three bedroom units and five, two bedroom units. Block two consists of five, two storey dwellings, comprising two, three bedroom units and three, two bedroom units.

Block three consists of two, two storey dwellings, comprising one, three bedroom unit and one, two bedroom unit. Block four consists of two, two storey dwellings comprising one, three bedroom unit and one, two bedroom unit, and Block five consists of three, two storey dwellings, comprising three, three bedroom units.

The planning application also provided for an access roadway, car parking, public footpaths, landscaping and the construction of a low stone wall with the estate name at the entrance of the development.

Louth County Council granted planning permission for the development to go ahead on 5 May 2023, subject to 17 conditions.

A third party appeal against the local authority's decision was made to An Bord Pleanála on 1 June 2023 by Residents of Byrne's Lane Newry Road & Arran Court. An Bord Pleanála made the decision to grant planning permission with revised conditions on 12 June 2024.