Go ahead given for 63 houses in Dundalk

Louth County Council has given the go ahead for 63 new houses in Dundalk, at a site located on the eastern side of Mount Avenue.

Moffett Investment Holdings ULC applied for planning permission last December, for the development at Mount Avenue, at a site located on the eastern side of Mount Avenue and which is bounded to the north by an, at the time, under construction residential development of 93 homes, and to the south and east by agricultural fields.

The proposed 63 houses are in semi-detached and terraced format ranging in height from two-three storeys.

The application proposed that a single new vehicular access off Mount Avenue would be provided to serve the development, with three separate pedestrian only accesses also provided off Mount Avenue. It was also proposed to construct a pedestrian connection across the stream to adjoining residential lands to the north that are currently under construction.

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The planning application also provided for items including, alterations to ground levels across the site and the undergrounding of ESB powerlines; as well as public lighting; Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points and an ESB sub-station; all landscaping and boundary treatments, including the construction of retaining walls in addition to all associated site development works.

Louth County Council granted planning permission on 8 December subject to 28 planning conditions.