The proposed development shall consist of the following…

Proposed development

The proposed development shall consist of the following: The demolition of 2 no. single storey vacant dwellings and all associated outbuildings (approx. 349 sq m) and the construction of a new retirement village (1-2 storeys in height) consisting of (a) 92 no. residential units (12 no. 1 beds and 80 no. 2 beds) comprising 8 no. 1-bed single storey courtyard style houses (Type A1), 36 no. 2-bed single storey courtyard style houses (Types A2, B1, B2, B3 and B4), 40 no. 2-bed two storey mid terrace/end of terrace houses (Types C1, C1A and C2), 4 no. 1-bed and 4 no. 2-bed maisonettes / own-door apartments (Type D1 and D2) in 2 no. two storey buildings, all with an associated private amenity garden/terrace/winter garden area; (b) the construction of a new single storey recreational building (approx. 479.3 sqm) and associated external terrace area comprising an office, kitchen, multifunction room, activity / music room, wellness suite, library/games room, 3 no. treatment rooms, store rooms, bathrooms, changing rooms and external service yard; (c) the provision of a centralised area of open space (approx. 18,337 sq m) consisting of a bowling green, pickleball court, play space, amenity open space and allotments; and (d) communal open space (approx. 8,128 sq m). The development will also provide for 134 no. car parking spaces (125 no. standard spaces and 7 no. accessible car parking spaces) and 32 no. secure visitor bicycle parking spaces; 1 no. new vehicular access / egress point via the Curragh Road with vehicular and pedestrian access gates and the provision of a new footpath, cycle path and boundary planting along Curragh Road for c.332.5m bounding the site; 2 no. ESB substation kiosks; diversion of 38kv ESB overhead lines underground and the erection of 1 no. new mast (approx. 12m); site development and infrastructural works providing for water, foul and surface water drainage and all associated connections; all landscaping and boundary treatment works; public lighting; PV/solar panels; internal roads and footpaths; and all associated site clearance, excavation and site development works. Revised by Significant Further Information which consists of; (a) an increase in site area to facilitate works on Curragh Road; (b) a reduction of residential unit numbers from 92 no. units to 86 no. units; (c) the unit mix has been updated providing a greater range of typologies; (d) the relocation and increase in GFA of the recreational building to c.563.8m2; (e) modifica

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Permission was refused on 13 May 2025. The applicant may appeal within four weeks of the decision.

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