Louth County Council
Marina Quarter Ltd. intend to apply for a 7-year permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) on lands (c.18.54 ha) located at Haggardstown and Marshes Upper, Dundalk, Co. Louth, including works on Blackrock Road (R172) and Hardy’s Lane.
The development will consist of:-
• 502 no. residential units, with a total residential gross floor area of c.51,440.5 sqm comprising:
o 40 no. 1 bed maisonettes
o 147 no. 2 bed mid-terrace 2 storey house
o 276 no. 3 bed end of terrace and semi-detached 2 storey houses
o 1 no. 3 bed detached bungalow and
o 38 no. 4 bed semi-detached 3 storey houses
• 1 no. two storey creche facility (570.7 sqm Gross Floor Area) with outdoor secure play area and parking.
• New access off Blackrock Road providing for vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access and incorporating a new bus stop on Blackrock Road; 2 no. pedestrian and cycle only access points are provided from Bóthar Maol.
• Infrastructure and services for the proposed development including surface water infrastructure, water mains and a new wastewater pump station (with temporary storage and associated dosing measures) which will be pumped via a new rising main along Blackrock Road (R172) and Hardy’s Lane to Finnabair Crescent where it will discharge to the existing wastewater drainage network.
• Associated public and private open space, landscaping and amenity areas including a large central park of c.2.7ha, public art, boundary treatments, public lighting, roads, cycleways, footpaths, car and cycle parking, infrastructure and services and all associated site and development works.
• To facilitate the proposed development, excavation, cut and fill, reprofiling of existing ground levels and removal of works completed under previously permitted SHD development including the foundations for 5 no. houses is required. The ruins of a former pumphouse will also be removed / demolished as part of the works and existing overhead electrical lines will be undergrounded.
An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The planning application, including the NIS and EIAR, may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.haggardstownlrd2.ie or inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee, €20, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions or may refuse to grant permission.