Planning refused for 40% of rural homes in Louth

Louth County Council refused planning permission for 70 out of the 177 (40%) planning applications for rural dwellings in 2022.

The figure was revealed in a response to a question submitted by Louth's Cllr Declan Power for the Louth County Council May meeting.

Cllr Power had asked, “Can Louth County Council provide the number of Rural Housing applications and their location that successfully received planning permission and the number of unsuccessful applications to build their family homes in North, Mid and South Louth in 2021 and 2022.”

Director of Strategic Economic Development, Mr Thomas McEvoy provided the following details in response to Cllr Powers request:

2021

North Louth

Granted: 109

Refused: 89

Mid-Louth

Granted: 110

Refused: 72

South Louth

Granted: 54

Refused: 42

Entire County

Granted: 273

Refused: 203

2022

Granted: 45

Refused: 22

Granted: 44

Refused: 30

Granted: 18

Refused: 18

Granted: 107

Refused: 70