Plans for 32 new homes at Doylesfort Road in Dundalk

Plans are underway for 32 new houses at the Doylesfort Road in Dundalk, with a planning application lodged with the local planning authority.

Hollywood Developments Ltd has applied to Louth County Council for planning permission for the construction of 32 dwellings on a site of circa. 1.249 hectares at Doylesfort Road and adjoining the Lios Dubh housing estate in Dundalk.

The 32 homes consist of 12 terraced, three-bed, two storey dwellings; eight, semi-detached, three-bed, two storey dwellings; two detached, four-bed, two storey dwellings; and 10, semi-detached, four-bed, two storey dwellings. All dwellings are provided with private amenity space in the form of private gardens.

The proposed development includes the widening of sections of the existing Doylesfort Road, along the frontage of the site to Doylesfort Road, and provision of a new vehicular entrances and access roads. Vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed development will be via the Doylesfort Road and the existing Lios Dubh housing estate.

The application also provides for items including all associated site development works including, the extension of the existing Lios Dubh estate road, parking areas, footpaths, development naming feature, and alterations to ground levels and retaining walls. 

The development also provides for a pedestrian/cycle connection to the proposed Large scale Residential Development (LRD) of 205 homes on lands at Lisdoo, for which planning permission was granted to F J Developments Ltd in August of this year, with the decision subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

A decision is due on this application, which is at a pre-validation stage, by 4 February 2025, with submissions due by 14 January.