Plans for Large-scale Residential Development at Hill St in Dundalk

Plans are underway for a new Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) at Hill Street in Dundalk, that if given the go ahead, will see 193 new homes built.

Zirbac DLK Ltd (Part of the Cabriz Group), has sought an LRD meeting request with Louth County Council in relation to plans for a development comprising 193 residential units. 

While there are no further details available on the planned development at present, Louth County Council is required to facilitate a consultation meeting within four weeks of the date receipt of the meeting request. The LRD meeting request was received by Louth County Council on 21 August.

LRDs replace the previous Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process where applications went to An Bord Pleanála for determination. The LRD process is as follows: An LRD Meeting Request is made with the local planning authority as part of the process when seeking planning permission for an LRD.

Following the receipt of LRD consultation request, the planning authority is required to facilitate a consultation meeting with the applicant within four weeks of the date receipt of such a request.

Following the LRD Meeting, there is a period of four weeks for the planning authority to issue an LRD opinion on whether the proposals constitute a reasonable basis for submitting a planning application on the LRD proposals. This LRD opinion is valid for six months.

A planning application must then be submitted within six months of receipt of an LRD opinion. The developer must make the application documentation available for public viewing on a dedicated website set up for this purpose.