Knockboy, Waterford, Waterford
Proposed development
Residential development of 99 no. units on a site measuring 2.9Ha, comprising: 55 no. 2-storey houses (providing 19 No. 4-bed & 36 no. 3-bed houses), 44 no. apartments within 4 no. 4 storey blocks (providing 20 No. 1-bed & 24 no. 2-bed apts). A creche of c.219m², 4 no. internal communal waste storage facilities (total floor area c.82.8m²), 181 car parking spaces and 80 no. bicycle parking spaces within 4 no storage facilities (total floor area c.140m²), additional visitor bicycle parking provided in the public realm, 1 no. ESB unit sub, vehicular/pedestrian/cyclist accesses to the public road (Ballygunner Hill/St. Mary's Place, including provision of 2 No. pedestrian crossings), all associated site development works, landscaping, open spaces, boundary treatments and services provision (including connection to public foul and surface water drainage at Dunmore Road & Island Drive). A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application.
- Applicant
- Not published
- Authority
- Waterford City and County Council
- Decision due
- 20 Nov 2025
- Residential units
- 55
- Floor area
- 6096 m²
Timeline
Application received
10 Jun 2025
Council asked for further information
1 Aug 2025
Further information received. If the council treats it as significant, a new submission period opens (check the council's file)
8 Sept 2025
Decision due
20 Nov 2025
Decision: conditional
20 Nov 2025
Appeal decided: conditional (PL-500461-WD-25)
12 May 2026
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Planning history within 750 m
to construct a new dormer dwelling and all associated works including subdivision of the existing site
for a cemetery extension to the east of the existing Church graveyard at St Mary’s Church Ballygunner, Waterford. Proposed works will include new internal roads, paths, car parking, associated site works and minor alterations to the existing laneway access from St. Mary’s Place.
alterations to the previously approved residential development (Planning Ref. No. 25/60404 & ACP Ref. PL-500461-WD-25), comprising alterations to 27 no. permitted, but not yet constructed, two-storey three-bed houses (20 no. Type B1, 5 no. Type B2 and 2 no. Type B3). The proposed alterations comprise the addition of a single-storey flat-roof bay at ground-floor level to the front of each of these houses.
A first-floor extension to the side and a single-storey extension to the rear of the existing dwelling, a new entrance porch, alterations to the existing dormers, windows, doors and external finishes, and all associated site works
alterations and extension comprising new bay window, new entrance porch, side extension and associated elevational changes, internal reconfiguration, including swim-spa and all associated siteworks
Division of existing plot, demolition of the existing garage and garden wall, construction of a new dwelling house with a new entrance from the public road and all associated site development works.