Go ahead given for 45 new homes at Market St in Ardee

Louth County Council has given the go ahead for a development in Ardee that will see a new retail unit and 45 new homes built, at Market Street and Market House Lane in Ardee.

MRM Structural Ltd had applied for planning permission in April 2022, for the demolition of three habitable dwellings/two with ground floor shop units and existing out buildings, the demolition of existing boundary walls to Market House Lane, an alteration to an existing road entrance to Market House Lane, and the construction of two retail units and 28 housing units comprising a mix of apartments and terraced dwellings.

Two submissions had been made against the application, for reasons including overshadowing and impact on privacy. Louth County Council sought further information on the application in June 2022. Significant Further Information was provided to the local authority on 23 March 2023.

Included in the Significant Further Information, was a provision for a reduction in the number of retail units from two to one, and an increase in the number of dwelling units from 28 to 45. Louth County Council granted conditional planning permission for the development on 17 April.