Galway County Council has granted planning approval for a residential development of 35 houses in Mountbellew.
The council has given the green light to an application by Cahermorris Development Limited for development on 1.4ha site north of the R358, to the east of the town centre.
Planning permission was granted with 18 conditions attached. One condition stipulated that all of the houses must be sold, in the first instance, to individual purchasers.
The estate will comprise 16 three-bed terraced houses arrayed in four blocks, with the remainder being detached and semi-detached houses with three or four beds.
Access to the estate will be via an existing road onto the R358 College Road to the south.
The county council expressed concerns about Mountbellew’s capacity to treat the wastewater from any new residential development.
In response the developer submitted information that a temporary private wastewater treatment system will be installed on the site. This will remain in operation until upgrades are carried out on Mountbellew WWTP, which is expected to be in Q4 2027.
