Decision on Dundalk housing development appealed to An Bord Coimisiún

Louth County Council's decision to grant planning permission for 63 new houses in Dundalk, at a site located on the eastern side of Mount Avenue, has been appealed to An Bord Coimisiún.

Moffett Investment Holdings ULC was granted conditional planning permission in 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.

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.

Read also: Safe Routes to School works finally begin Bellurgan in north Louth

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

A third party appeal against the decision was lodged by Wild Ireland Defence CLG on 6 January 2026. It is not yet known when the case will be decided upon.