06 April 2025: Louth County Council issued a positive opinion on the revised Large-scale Residential Development. Specifically, the council stated that: “The proposals as outlined constitute a reasonable basis for moving to a planning application.”
This means the council did not reject the revised concept at this stage and sees it as sufficiently developed and potentially compliant enough to proceed to the formal application stage.
22 Oct 2024: Planning permission was refused because Uisce Éireann was not able to provide an effective wastewater treatment system. The local treatment system is expected to have the necessary capacity by 2027
Permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) – Full Details are available at www.haggardstownlrd.ie. This includes an EIAR and NIS. Proposal includes:
1. Construction of 502 no. residential units ranging in height from one storey to three storeys comprising 26 no. four-bedroom semi-detached houses (147.8 sq. m each); 210 no. three-bedroom terraced houses & semidetached houses (ranging in size between 88.9 sq. m and 100 sq. m, some of which include garden sheds); 1 no. three-bedroom bungalow (111.5 sq. m); 214 no. two-bedroom houses (73.6 sq. m each); & 52 no. one-bedroom maisonettes (ranging in size between 56.5 sq. m & 81.4 sq. m);
2. Construction of a two-storey crèche (c.570.7 sq. m.) with associated external play area (c.813 sq. m.);
3. Provision of public open space (totalling c.4.69 ha of which c.3.09 ha comprises strategic amenity space) & private open space (in the form of private garden areas serving the houses, bungalow, & maisonettes); &
4. Provision of vehicular, cyclist & pedestrian access/egress & associated circulation routes (inc. the construction of new dedicated entrance to the R172 Blackrock Road, with a southbound right hand turning lane & a new northbound bus stop, 2 no. new pedestrian access points routes to Bóthar Maol, & 1 no. new pedestrian & cycle path access point along the north eastern boundary to Bóthar Maol).
5. 762 no. car parking spaces (inc. 738 no. residential car parking spaces, 4 no accessible visitor car parking spaces & 20 no. car parking spaces serving the proposed crèche);
6. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure;
7. 660 no. bicycle parking spaces (comprising 502 no. residential bicycle parking spaces; 120 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces; 6 no. long-term bicycle parking spaces for the creche; 16 no. visitor bicycle parking spaces for the creche and 16 no. shared bicycle parking spaces serving the proposed strategic amenity / public open space);
8. Bicycle storage;
9. Bin storage;
10. Photovoltaic roof panels;
11. 6 no. ESB sub-stations;
12. Undergrounding & diversion of the existing 10kV and 20kV overhead power lines;
13. Provision of public lighting;
14. Boundary treatments (including gates, piers, and railings);
15. Equipped play areas;
16. Public art and wayfinding;
17. All hard and soft landscaping;
18. Provision of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS);
19. 1 no. Type 3 Wastewater Pumping Station & associated 24 Hr underground emergency storage tank; and
20. All other site excavation, infrastructure & development works above
& below ground, including changes in level, retaining features, resurfacing & site servicing (foul, surface, water supply)
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