for development for a Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales…

Proposed development

for development for a Discount Foodstore Supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales. The proposed development comprises: 1) The construction of a single storey Discount Foodstore (with ancillary off-licence use) with mono-pitch roof measuring c. 2,322 sqm gross floor space with a net retail sales area of c. 1,570 sqm;2) Construction of an access road from Carrickphierish Road serving the proposed development and facilitating the future development of adjoining lands and associated and ancillary works, and pedestrian access to the Foodstore site from Carrickphierish Road; and,3) Provision of associated car parking (including electric car charging facilities), cycle parking, free standing and building mounted signage, trolley bay cover / enclosure, refrigeration and air conditioning plant and equipment, roof mounted solar panels, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, electricity sub-station building, works and connections to water supply, wastewater and surface water infrastructure and utilities, and all other associated and ancillary development and works above and below ground level.A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with the application.

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