Longford planners approve 93 house development for Ballinalee Road

Longford County Council planners have granted planning permission to developers for a large housing development in the county town.

Adaview Ltd submitted plans to Longford County Council to build 93 houses at Ard Michael, Longford last July, with the planners reaching a decision last week.

The approved plans are for dwellings comprising of two two-storey three-bed detached houses, 44 three-storey three-bed semi-detached houses, 28 three-storey three-bed terraced houses and 19 two-storey two-bed terraced houses.

Twenty-five of the houses will be accessed off the existing Ard Michael Road and 68 houses will be accessed off Oaklands Avenue.

The development will include cycle paths, landscaped open space, and all associated site works.

The planners received 12 submissions on the application. State bodies Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Irish Water made submissions to the local authority planners. Residents concerns about traffic management and the removal of mature oak trees, while the Board of Management of St Eimer's NS also referenced traffic management concerns.

The 16 conditions included measures to protect existing structures, adherence to submitted plans, landscaping, water and waste water considerations, the provision of a bond of €930,000 and a development fee of €225,990.