Site planning risk brief

To develop 78 apartments and associated landscaping, drainage, bin enclosure, boundary treatments, roads, lighting & site works, including an ESB sub-station, at the former Greenvale site on Montgomery Street, Carlow Town. The site is bordered by Montgomery Street to the South and the Barrow Track to the West and a rear boundary wall adjacent to Hazel Court to the North and West. The apartments are accommodated in 3 blocks (A, B & C) ranging in height from 4 to 6 storeys. The intermediate public spaces between each block and associated landscaping link the communal amenity spaces of the site to the Barrow Track. 38 No. surface car parking spaces are provided to the rear (North West) of the site and are screened from Hazel Court to the North with a boundary wall and tree screening. There is also provision for 40 bicycle parking spaces distributed around the site. Block A to the South has a gross internal floor area of 2,040 sq.m and is comprised of 3 No. one bedroom units, 16 No. two bedroom units and 2 No. three bedroom units and ancillary circulation & plant room spaces and ranges in height from 4 to 5 storeys. Block B in the middle of the site has a gross internal floor area of 2,589 sq.m and is comprised of 3 No. one bedroom units. 22 No. two bedroom units and 2 No. three bedroom units and ancillary circulation & plant room spaces and is 6 storeys in height. Block C to the North of the site has a gross internal floor area of 2,842 sq.m and is comprised of 8 No. one bedroom units and 22 No. two bedroom units and ancillary circulation & plant room spaces and ranges in height from 4 to 6 storeys. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (N.I.S.).

Permission for (1) the demolition of existing 2-storey industrial buildings, (2) the construction of 32no. dwelling units consisting of 2no. one-bed (single-storey) duplex apartments and 13no. two bed (single-storey) duplex apartments, 15no. three bed (2-storey) duplex apartments, 2no. three bed (semi-detached) townhouses, (3) car parking with new vehicular entrance (4), boundary treatments, (5) bicycle storage provision and storage outbuildings, (6) soft and hard landscaping, (7) ESB provision, (8) connection to existing site services and all ancillary site development works

The development will consist of alteration to previously approved under planning Ref: 23/60101. Alterations include amendments to demolition works, revised number of units, site boundary, elevations, external storage building and all ancillary works

For proposed widening of existing pedestrian entrance to accommodate a vehicular entrance, widening of existing opening in front boundary wall, proposed new gates to same, widening of driveway and all associated works (being within an ACA)

A new single storey four bedroom dwelling, new residential site entrance plus all associated site works including all over ground / underground services to facilitate the development

Consist of a) Solar photovoltaic panel to be affixed to the existing roof surfaces covering a maximum area of 800m2, b) installation of new containerised storage unit measuring 2.5x2.6x6.1Lm steel container located to the rear of the demise to house batteries to store electricity, c) installation of 1 nr. 50KW fast charger to allow both An Post Vehicles to charge and member of the public, which will be located to the right hand side of the existing entrance to the property