Louth: homes with planning permission that nobody has started
Data updated 19 Sept 2026 · register lag up to 7 days · sources & freshness
13,278 homes in 211 sites of 10 or more have been granted permission in Louth since 2017. A commencement notice was lodged for 47% of them. 4,061 still have a live permission and no start; 747 of those lapse within a year, and 1,554 have already lapsed.
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By year granted
| Granted in | Sites | Homes | Started | Not started | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 439 | 79% | 0 | 23 |
| 2018 | 8 | 1,321 | 95% | 0 | 62 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,506 | 30% | 352 | 705 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,213 | 55% | 0 | 548 |
| 2021 | 21 | 665 | 61% | 185 | 77 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,267 | 72% | 261 | 99 |
| 2023 | 36 | 1,759 | 30% | 1,183 | 40 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,592 | 45% | 881 | — |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,270 | 57% | 547 | — |
| 2026 | 25 | 2,246 | 9% | 652 | — |
Recent years are still open: a permission granted this year has had months, not years, to start.
Who holds the permissions 30 named
The organisation named on the grant, ranked by homes permitted and not started. Names are on 90% of the homes in this council; a company that only appears in a council without a name source is not here. Private individuals are never named.
| Applicant | Sites | Homes permitted | Started | Not started | Lapsed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymakenny Residential Properties Limited | 15 | 975 | 58% | 406 | — |
| McCaughey Homes Limited | 3 | 356 | 0% | 356 | — |
| Ballymakenny Developments Limited | 7 | 456 | 55% | 206 | — |
| F J Developments Limited | 1 | 205 | 0% | 205 | — |
| Sionna Homes Limited | 1 | 192 | 0% | 192 | — |
| Housing Section Louth County Council | 2 | 190 | 0% | 190 | — |
| McParland Bros Builders Limited | 2 | 203 | 10% | 183 | — |
| Groveview Builders Limited | 12 | 480 | 58% | 179 | 21 |
| Lorrac Developments Limited | 2 | 116 | 0% | 116 | — |
| Tapemount Limited | 1 | 99 | 0% | 99 | — |
| Dwellings Developments Drogheda Limited | 2 | 179 | 45% | 98 | — |
| Propchain Solutions Limited | 5 | 267 | 64% | 97 | — |
| Ballymakenny SW Limited | 2 | 178 | 46% | 97 | — |
| LAJONA LIMITED | 1 | 91 | 0% | 91 | — |
| Wonderglade Unlimited Company | 4 | 258 | 66% | 89 | — |
| Independent Trustee Company Limited | 1 | 80 | 0% | 80 | — |
| Crescent Sites Limited | 1 | 58 | 0% | 58 | — |
| Urban Life (GSD) Limited | 1 | 57 | 0% | 57 | — |
| Armagh Construction Limited | 1 | 57 | 0% | 57 | — |
| Urban Life (BVH) Limited | 1 | 54 | 0% | 54 | — |
| Fichidi Lane Developments Limited | 1 | 54 | 0% | 54 | — |
| The Ardee Partnership | 2 | 117 | 56% | 52 | — |
| Birchgrange Limited | 1 | 51 | 0% | 51 | — |
| OHMG (Rol) Limited | 2 | 50 | 0% | 50 | — |
| May Ard Developments Limited | 1 | 48 | 0% | 48 | — |
| Dundalk Racing (1999) Limited | 1 | 45 | 0% | 45 | — |
| Urban Life Developments Limited | 8 | 295 | 63% | 44 | 64 |
| Burmilla Limited | 1 | 43 | 0% | 43 | — |
| Curo Developments Limited | 1 | 40 | 0% | 40 | — |
| Molaris Limited | 1 | 39 | 0% | 39 | — |
Work started 107 sites
Not startedNot startedLapsingLapsedStartedUnder appealLargest firstLatest grant firstLapsing soonest
| Site | Homes | Granted | Status | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlmount Housing Development 19345 | 33 | 2 Sept 2019 | Started notice 30 Sept 2019 | |
| Dublin Road 19414 | 32 | 23 Mar 2020 | Started notice 17 Dec 2020 | |
| Marshes Upper 23334 | 31 | 26 Feb 2024 | Started notice 17 Dec 2025 | |
| Racecourse Meadows 22988 | 30 | 20 Mar 2023 | Started notice 31 Aug 2023 | |
| Richard Taaffes Holding 22362 | 30 | 30 Sept 2022 | Started notice 6 Nov 2023 | |
| Blackrock Road and Bothar Maol 211032 | 29 | 27 Apr 2023 | Started notice 24 Apr 2024 | |
| Racecourse Meadows 22376 | 28 | 19 Dec 2022 | Started notice 20 Mar 2023 | |
| Cappocksgreen 2120 | 27 | 5 Apr 2021 | Started notice 26 Apr 2021 | |
| Blackrock Cove 17784 | 26 | 18 Jan 2018 | Started notice 14 Sept 2018 | |
| Tullybrook 2360345 | 25 | 5 Feb 2024 | Started notice 5 Jul 2024 | Dry Bridge |
| Trinitystreet/Mell 211046 | 25 | 15 Jan 2022 | Started notice 12 Jun 2023 | Mell |
| Moneymore 2560032 | 24 | 14 Apr 2025 | Started notice 9 May 2025 | Moneymore |
| Seabrook 1923 | 23 | 2 Sept 2019 | Started notice 8 Nov 2022 | |
| Park Green 18707 | 23 | 23 Apr 2019 | Started notice 6 Nov 2019 | |
| Yellowbatter 2560798 | 22 | 22 Jun 2026 | Started notice 7 Aug 2026 | |
| Boat Trench 2460476 | 22 | 16 Jun 2025 | Started notice 1 May 2026 | |
| Balfeddock Manor 21286 | 21 | 27 Sept 2021 | Started notice 11 Oct 2021 | |
| Ballymakenny Road 221017 | 20 | 20 Mar 2023 | Started notice 16 Feb 2024 | |
| Avenue Road 211092 | 20 | 24 Feb 2022 | Started notice 18 May 2022 | |
| Main Street 21187 | 20 | 21 Feb 2022 | Started notice 26 Jan 2023 | |
| Donore Road 21752 | 20 | 10 Jan 2022 | Started notice 30 Sept 2024 | Drogheda |
| Park Hill 17705 | 20 | 11 Dec 2017 | Started notice 5 Feb 2018 | |
| Beaulieu Village 2360297 | 19 | 6 Nov 2023 | Started notice 4 Oct 2024 | |
| Dowdallshill 2360041 | 19 | 5 May 2023 | Started notice 25 Nov 2024 | |
| Raynoldstown Village 2460331 | 18 | 14 Jan 2025 | Started notice 31 Dec 2024 | |
| Glyde Road 22388 | 18 | 3 Apr 2023 | Started notice 13 May 2024 | |
| Marlbog Road Haggardstown 20856 | 18 | 20 Jan 2021 | Started notice 4 May 2021 | |
| John Street/Stoney Lane 19734 | 18 | 10 Jul 2020 | Started notice 17 Feb 2022 | |
| Balfeddock Manor 19907 | 18 | 22 Jan 2020 | Started notice 28 Mar 2020 | |
| Moorhall Rise 2660046 | 17 | 22 Jun 2026 | Started notice 21 Sept 2026 | |
| Flaxmill Lane 21180 | 17 | 13 Oct 2021 | Started notice 10 Oct 2022 | |
| Carlinn Garden 17225 | 17 | 12 Jun 2017 | Started notice 26 Apr 2018 | |
| Greengates 211187 | 15 | 13 Dec 2021 | Started notice 2 Apr 2024 | |
| Lis na Dara 20123 | 15 | 12 Jan 2021 | Started notice 27 Apr 2022 | |
| Upper Point Road 18181 | 15 | 23 Jul 2018 | Started notice 28 Aug 2018 | |
| Stoney Lane 19553 | 14 | 26 Mar 2020 | Started notice 28 Aug 2021 | |
| Braghan Point 2460467 | 13 | 19 May 2025 | Started notice 24 Feb 2026 | |
| Main Street 20707 | 13 | 30 Apr 2021 | Started notice 4 Jun 2025 | |
| Mill Lane Trinity Street Bridge of Peace 20763 | 13 | 12 Mar 2021 | Started notice 16 Feb 2022 | Drogheda |
| Drogheda Road 21689 | 12 | 13 Jun 2022 | Started notice 21 Aug 2023 | |
| Coulter Place 20310 | 12 | 15 Dec 2020 | Started notice 27 May 2021 | |
| Hamilton 1747 | 12 | 10 Jul 2017 | Started notice 12 Feb 2018 | |
| Duffs Farm 22832 | 11 | 22 Sept 2023 | Started notice 19 Apr 2024 | |
| Nun’s Walk 2460741 | 10 | 3 Jun 2025 | Started notice 3 Sept 2025 | |
| ADJOINING THE EXISTING LIOS DUBH DEVELOPMENT 2360470 | 10 | 19 Mar 2024 | Started notice 23 Dec 2024 | |
| Seafield Road 22406 | 10 | 20 Feb 2023 | Started notice 21 Jul 2023 | |
| 37 Quay Street 20258 | 10 | 23 Nov 2020 | Started notice 29 Dec 2022 |
← Previous 6061–107 of 107
How it is counted
- A site is one grant of permission for 10 or more homes since 2017: the register's own unit count where the council publishes one, else the count written in the description ("48 no. apartments"). Retention, outline and extension-of-duration applications are not grants of new homes and are left out. Strategic housing developments the Board decided directly (2017–2022) come from its case list.
- Started means a commencement notice on the Building Control Management System names the permission. A notice is lodged 14 to 28 days before work begins, so this is a count of sites where building was formally begun, not of homes finished.
- Not started is a live permission with no notice. Lapsing is one that expires within 12 months; lapsed is past its expiry. The expiry is the register's where it has one, else five years from the grant (s.40 of the Planning and Development Act 2000). An extension of duration granted later is not seen here.
- When a later grant amends an earlier one on the same site (a large-scale residential development revising a strategic housing permission, a scheme quoting its parent reference) only the later one is counted, so one site is one count of homes.
- The Department's 4Dublin pipeline counts every permitted unit from 2016 and reports 41.9% "activated" at Q2 2026; this table counts sites of 10+ from 2017 and starts on the permission itself, so the two will not match to the unit. The point is the map, not the total: which sites, where, and when they lapse.
The SQL behind the table
select la, count(*) as sites, sum(units) as homes, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'started') as started, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'unbuilt') as unbuilt, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'lapsing') as lapsing, sum(units) filter (where status /* started when a BCMS notice matches; else lapsed / lapsing (expiry within 365 days) / unbuilt by expiry_at; appealed when an appeal is still open */ = 'lapsed') as lapsed from pipeline_site where superseded_by is null and la = 'LOUTH' group by la order by homes desc
Sources: National Planning Application Database (NPAD), An Coimisiún Pleanála case list, Building Control Management System commencement notices · fetched 19 Sept 2026, 07:05
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Planning Application Database (NPAD) | CC-BY-4.0 | 19 Sept 2026, 07:05 | open |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála case list | CC-BY-4.0 | 19 Sept 2026, 07:05 | open |
| Building Control Management System commencement notices | CC-BY-4.0 | 19 Sept 2026, 07:05 | open |
Recomputed weekly from the store; last built 19 Sept 2026. Status (started, lapsing, lapsed) moves with the calendar between builds.
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