Planning Permission Ireland
Awaiting decisionHousing estateDecision was due 22 July 2026

Castletown Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth

A large-scale residential development of 1,058 homes and a local centre in Dundalk.

2560768 · Louth County Council · Lodged 27 November 2025

Reference
2560768
Authority
Louth County Council
Register status
In progress
Type
PERMISSION
Received
27 November 2025
Residential units
1
Floor area
89 m²

Summary

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This Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) application proposes 1,058 dwellings, comprising 765 houses, 150 duplexes, and 143 apartments. The scheme also includes a local centre with three retail units and potential childcare facilities, located near a protected structure.

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Official record

Development description

Large-scale residential development application (lrd) - see www. Northdundalklrd. Com - for a 10-year permission at a site (c. 38.89ha) bounded generally by the castletown road/r934 to the north, mount avenue and cú chulainn’s castle (a protected structure - rps ref: lh00701) to the east, greyacre road to the west, and existing agricultural lands to the south within the townlands of newtownbalregan, castletown, and farrandreg, at mount avenue, castletown. The development proposed comprises of 1,058no. Dwellings consisting of 765no. Houses total (10no. 2 bedroom bungalows, 34no. 2 bedroom 2-storey houses, 547no. 3-bedroom 2-storey houses, 174no. 4-bedroom 2-storey houses), 150no. Duplex units (33no. 1 bedroom duplex units, 75no. 2 bedroom duplex units 42no. 3 bedroom duplex units) located in 3 storey buildings and 143 no. Apartment units (78no. 1 bedroom apartment units, 65no. 2 bedroom apartment units located within 4no. Apartment buildings ranging in height from 4 to 6 storey’s in height. 2no. Duplex units (unit type q) include an option to accommodate a temporary childcare facility at ground floor level if required; a local centre comprising 3 no. Retail units (c. 459sqm, 240sqm and 230sqm respectively) and a community/medical unit (c. 245sqm); provision of a stand-alone childcare facility in a 2 storey building (974 sqm); 2no. New vehicular entrances are proposed to serve the development forming new junctions at castletown road/r934 and mount avenue respectively; provision of public open space (c. 5.1ha) within the residential development, including provision of a playing pitch (c. 1.17ha); provision of a heritage park on the lands surrounding cú chulainn’s castle to the east (cú chulainn’s castle is not within the application site or ownership and is a protected structure (rps ref: lh00701)) and incorporates a standing stone (a protected structure - rps ref: lh00700) within the heritage park; all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructural works, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works including internal roads and streets (including an arterial link street connecting with castletown road/r934), public, communal, and private open space; a mobility hub with provision for ev charging is provided at the local centre; car parking (including ev charging), bike parking; public lighting; 10 no. Esb substations; bin stores; provision of a foul sewage pumping station; laying a foul rising main along castletown road from the prop

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

New Residential Phase 1R1
“To provide for new residential neighbourhoods and supporting community facilities.”

National zoning type: New/proposed residential

Objective set by the Louth County Development Plan (2021–2027). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Built & sold

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m
Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
AddressDatePriceDistance
4 The Paddocks, Mount Ave, DundalkJul 2026€495,500347 m
10 The Rise, Mount Ave, DundalkAug 2025€565,000486 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

  1. Application received27 November 2025
  2. Further information requested28 January 2026
  3. Further information received28 May 2026
  4. Decision due22 July 2026

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