Planning refused for six new houses at Mill Road in Dundalk

Louth County Council has refused planning permission for six new houses at Mill Road in Dundalk.

Talitha, Rafael and Gabriella Matthews applied to Louth County Council in December for planning permission for the development. The planned development comprised six, three bedroom semi-detached dwellings and all associated site development works, which would include the demolition of an existing dwelling on the site.

Louth County Council made the decision to refuse planning permission on 9 February for reasons including that "the proposal for six houses would result in overdevelopment of the site and would be out of character with the existing linear pattern of development in the vicinity of the site."

The other reasons cited for refusing planning permission included that the applicant failed to demonstrate that proposed surface water disposal arrangements on the site are in compliance with the Louth County Development Plan 2021-2027; the absence of a required Construction Environmental Management Plan; and that the applicant didn't adequately demonstrate that the development is capable of feasibility of connection to the public waste water infrastructure by way of a pre connection agreement from Uisce Éireann.