Blackrock care home planning application appealed to An Bord Pleanala

The site at the entrance to Knockshee, which is earmarked for a new 42 bed residential care home

The site at the entrance to Knockshee, which is earmarked for a new 42 bed residential care home

The recent decision to grant planning permission  for a new residential care home on the Old Golf Links Road in Blackrock is being challenged, with the case set to go before An Bord Pleanala.

Louth County Council gave the project the go ahead subject to a series of conditions last month but it has now been challenged. Three objections to the project had initially been put forward when planning permission was originally sought last year.

The proposal by Frank Holmes would see a 43 bed care home (area 2,310 square metres and 4.5m high) and associated workshop and car parking built at Knockshee, opposite Felda.