38 Seatown
Louth County Council’s decision to allow a house in Seatown be demolished in place of three houses and two apartments has been overturned by An Bord Pleanála.
Back in April Valentine Mongey was given the go ahead by the local authority to demolish 38 Seatown and build five dwellings in its place.
However, local residents appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála who found that the proposed development “would seriously injure the residential amenities of neighbouring houses by virtue of the overlooking of rear windows and private rear open space.”
They added that it would reduce privacy for existing residents and lead to overshadowing in their gardens.
They also found that the development would also result in “substandard accommodation that would seriously detract from the residential amenity of future occupants by virtue of the inadequate provision of private open space to serve each residential unit.”
They also said the plans failed to provide windows on all habitable rooms and failed to meet minimum room sizes set out by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
It had been hoped to construct a 3 bed terraced house, two 2 bed apartments and two semi-detached 3 bed houses.
38 Seatown, a three bed end of terrace house on a large site with land beside it, was bought for €110,000 in October 2013.
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