At the official opening of four new social housing units in Mullagh (from left): Matthew Connell and Kevin Tracy, residents; Isobelle Anderson, Mullagh Housing Association (MHA); Suzanna Cunningham, resident; Eamon Carolan and Anna Traynor, MHA; Cllr T.P. O’Reilly; Larry Murphy, MHA; Peter Brennan, William Stanworth and Concepta Briody, residents; Rose O’Reilly, MHA; Cllr John Paul Feeley; Leslie Fox, Madelene Mellett and Tom Connaty, MHA; Fr Paul Prior; Cllr Shane P. O’Reilly; Rev Ian Horner; Patricia Brady and Richard Murphy, MHA.

BUILDING BLOCKS

Hundreds of houses under various stages of planning and development across County Cavan

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Major strides are being made to deliver houses and apartments across the county with several multi-million euro projects at various stages of planning and development.

It comes as over a thousand people remain on Cavan County Council’s social housing list and the ‘no fault’ eviction ban ends. The latest residential property price index, published last Friday, also shows the growth in house prices slowed to a 22-month low at five per cent in the 12 months to the end of February.

The local authority alone has hundreds of new units in the pipeline, some in partnership with approved housing bodies.

Cavan County Council’s target is to construct 490 new builds over the next five years and is actively seeking expressions of interest for more land or properties to deliver same.

Social housing projects at various stages around the county:

- 45 units at Páirc na Teile, Beckscourt, Bailieboro

- 43 units at Mullaghduff in Ballyconnell

- 20 units at St Brigid’s Terrace in Cavan Town

- 12 houses at Elm Grove, Cavan Town

- 11 units in Ashgrove Estate, Ballyjamesduff

- 9 units at Widow’s Row in Belturbet

- 8 units at Portaliffe, Killeshandra

- 7 units on the site of the former Palais Ballroom in Belturbet

- 5 derelict terraced properties in Ballyjamesduff under CPO to make way for social housing

- 2 units at the site of the Duckin Stool pub in Belturbet

Delivered

Recently, council staff completed schemes including the Fleming’s Placement development in Ballinagh (15 units) and Éanach Lao in Butlerbridge (six units); while four age friendly houses were officially opened in Mullagh last weekend at Sonas in conjunction with Mullagh Housing Association.

Three houses in Kingscourt are complete and 10 out of 40 houses in a Ballyconnell housing scheme, nearing completion, have already been let. Major housing projects by approved housing bodies Tuath and Cluid in association with Cavan County Council are also due for completion in Cavan Town.

In addition, Cavan County Council returned 63 vacant homes to use in 2022 through the Voids Programme and the Energy Retrofit Scheme.

Eoin Doyle, Director of Services for Housing, this week updated local councillors on the progress on delivering social housing across the county.

He informed The Anglo-Celt that efforts to meet targets set out under Housing for All are “progressing well”.

“A lot has already been done. We’re progressing well, but there is certainly more to come. It really is a case of a lot done a lot more to do,” he said.

Private sector

Meanwhile, private developers appear to be getting back into the market. Planning permission was lodged last week for almost 100 new residential units in the Swellan area of Cavan Town while others are starting to move on existing planning permissions.

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