Planning refused for 85 new homes outside Dundalk

Louth County Council has refused planning permission for 85 new houses at Haynestown, just outside Dundalk.

Groveview Builders Ltd applied to Louth County Council in December 2024 for planning permission for the development at Raynoldstown Village, Haynestown, Dundalk.

The applicant sought the go ahead for the construction of 85 new houses, comprising 65, three bedroom, two-storey semi detached houses; two, three bedroom, two-storey detached houses; 15, four bedroom, two-storey semi detached houses; and three, four bedroom, two-storey detached houses.

The application also provided for all associated ancillary site development works, boundary treatments and landscaping, on lands of circa three hectares. Access to the development is proposed via the existing approved vehicular and pedestrian access from the Western Relief Road to the west and the Dublin Road via the Boulevard to the east at Raynoldstown Village .

A decision was due from Louth County Council on the application by February 2025, but the local authority sought further information on the proposed development.

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Following the submission of further information in November, Louth County Council made the decision to refuse planning permission for the development on 19 December.