Alterations to plans for 80-unit housing development in Coleraine submitted to Causeway Coast and Glens Council

The planning application, by Radius Housing Association, is for land north of 1-7 Laurel Park, west of 73-89 Strand Road, east of Laurel Hill Gardens and south of Killowen Primary School.

Full planning permission was granted on in March 2025 for a residential development comprising 80 social and affordable housing units, open space and associated infrastructure works.

The development will include six one-bed apartments, 14 two-bed apartments, nine two-storey townhouses, 40 two-storey semi-detached dwellings and seven two-storey detached dwellings.

A Planning Statement said: "This application seeks approval for limited amendments to seven dwellings within the previously approved Laurelhill Phase 3 development, specifically relating to minor siting adjustments and the revised retaining wall and associated rear curtilage treatment.

"The amendments are necessary following further ground investigations which established that the original retaining wall arrangement was unsuitable for the identified ground conditions. The revised solution has been developed through specialist engineering assessment to provide an appropriate and deliverable alternative.

"The revised layout retains generous private amenity areas, while the proposed stone-effect retaining wall provides a sympathetic boundary treatment which will have limited visibility within the development.

"The proposed changes do not affect the approved house designs or the overall residential development concept. It is therefore considered that the amendments are acceptable in planning terms and that planning permission should be granted.”

The application will now go to Causeway Coast and Glens Council’s Planning Committee for consideration.