Strategic Housing Developement
The development will consist of the construction of a residential development of 426 no. dwellings, a creche (c. 599 sq. m), residential amenity building (c. 325 sq. m), active open space of 4.5 hectares, greenway of c. 2.4 hectares as follows:
A) 245 no. houses comprising; 148 no. 3 bedroom houses, 93 no. 4 bedroom houses, and 4 no. 5 bedroom houses [houses are provided with two car parking spaces and solar panels] – House Type E, 3 storey to front – 2 storey to rear; House Types G1,G2,G3, and H dormer house types, all other house types 2 storey;
B) 93 no. apartments with balconies in 3 no. 4 storey apartment buildings (Blocks 1 and 2 over part basement/podium) comprising 36 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 53 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 4 no. 3 bedroom apartments;
C) 44 no. 2 bedroom duplex apartments and 44 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments in 11 no. 3 storey duplex buildings;
D) Provision of a 2 storey split level residential amenity building of c. 325 sq. m (3 no. car parking spaces and 12 no. bicycle spaces). Temporary use of the residential amenity building as a marketing suite for a period of 3 years.
E) Provision of a 2 storey creche of c. 599 sq. m (10 no. car parking & 12 no. cycle spaces), 1 no. ESB substation (beside creche) and ESB kiosks, associated single storey bicycle storage and refuse storage buildings.
F) Active Open Space of c. 4.5 hectares comprising: 1 no. playing pitch, 1 no. multipurpose pitch (with all weather surface), tennis courts, children’s play area, trim trail and parking (30 no. car parking spaces & 20 no. bicycle spaces)
G) Approximately 4.2 hectares of open space comprising; a pedestrian and cycle route or ‘greenway’ (and associated paths, stream crossing and lighting) at the “Three Trouts” stream (c. 2.4 hectares); c. 1.8 hectares of open space within the development (including playground areas); all ancillary landscape works with public lighting, planting and boundary treatments including regrading/re-profiling of site where required as well as provision of cycle paths.
H) Access to the subject site will be from a new priority junction (including upgraded frontage), located on the Kilcoole Road (R761). The proposal includes for the construction of a vehicular/pedestrian access from Priory Road as well as 3 no. independent vehicular access points from Priory Road to serve 9 no. dwellings, construction of cyclist and pedestrian link to boundary of Eden Gate development located to the south, 762 no. car parking spaces and 225 no. cycle spaces.
I) Surface water and underground attenuation systems as well as all ancillary site development works (reprofiling of site as required) as well as to drainage services (including underground pumping station), all on a site of c. 21.2 hectares.
J) Temporary marketing signage for a period of 3 years (located beside Priory Road and Kilcoole Road).
K) All associated site development and landscape work.
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