Planning Permission Granted for Warrenpoint Road Apartments

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: Columba O'Hare; Category: News; Published: 02 April 2025

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An artists impression of the apartments at the junction of the Warrenpoint Road and Old Warrenpoint Road.

Planning permission has been granted for 15 apartments at the entrance to Forest Hills on a 0.57 hectare site alongside the Warrenpoint Road.

Planning documentation explains "The site is located adjacent to the dual carriageway and effectively marks the entrance point to Newry City, being located on the edge of the settlement limit, is high profile and plays an important function marking the entry point."

An artists impression of the storey and a half development.

Permission includes demolition of existing buildings and erection of the residential development of 15 apartments consisting of three two storey blocks with four two bedroom apartments in each and one storey and a half block containing three two bedroom apartments.

Vehicular access will be from Forest Hills with communal parking areas provided to the fronts of blocks 2, 3 and 4 and to the side
of block 1. An existing stone wall is to be replaced with a new retaining wall and associated planting will also feature.

Glena Developments is the developer of the scheme.

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Sean · 1 years ago
@ Martin McMinn, you would object too, if 15 Apartments were being crammed in beside your house. They literally took the Forest out of Forest Hills.
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Martin McMinn · 1 years ago
No doubt a few fossils of Forest Hill’s will object to new residents as they always do! It’s great to have new builds and more life about this area. I do agree with above comment however that we do need a park for children or at least a safe crossing to the greenway opposite. There are no traffic lights or pedestrian crossings from warrenpoint until newry town, and with a college and nursery etc. in the green bank site this is unacceptable. Unsafe and inaccessible for residents who live predominantly on the other side to the shops and amenities in the area.
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  Seamus · 1 years ago
  
  @Martin McMinn They will probably buy them all up and rent them out.
  
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  TK · 1 years ago
  
  @Martin McMinn This fossil didn’t object to any proposal but building homes without social and play space is madness and will create problems..when I grew up we played on the streets but we had the Glen & Barley field - nowadays there are multiple cars per household and playing soccer with jumpers or kerbs isn’t safe
  
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TK · 1 years ago
Newry is certainly getting over developed and yet not enough public services… like play parks.. private developments and social housing ( which there seems too much of - don’t seem to need to provide play parks and it’s not as if houses come with large gardens/ outdoor space…
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