Site planning risk brief

A proposed development comprising 71 No. residential units and a retail/commercial space of approx. 96sq.m on a site of approx. 0.75 hectares adjoining generally the public road at Newtown Centre to the north, Newtown Square and apartments to the East and ‘Downshire Park’ residential development to the west and south. The residential development will consist of 35 No. 1 & 2 bedroom apartment units within a four storey building (Block 1), and 36 No. 2 & 3 bedroom duplex apartments within 3 No. three storey buildings (Blocks 2,3 & 4) comprising 5 No. 1 Bed Units, 48 No. 2 Bed Units and 18 No. 3 Bed Units together with all site development works and proposed access roads, car parking, bicycle parking, footpaths, bin storage, boundary treatments, public lighting, open space, soft and hard landscaping, electricity sub-station/switch room and new vehicular entrance onto the existing public road bounding the site to the north (Opposite Dunnes Stores) together with vehicular services access and provision for a future access to adjoining lands to the east from existing access road alongside the eastern site boundary and proposed connections to main services including surface water attenuation, foul sewers, surface water sewers and watermains

Single storey as built front porch extension and completion of partial built bay window to existing living room and retention of existing polycarbonate roof structure to the side passage and all associate site works

Continuation of the use of the premises as a gym as previously granted under file ref 15/724 and all associated site works

Demolish detached bungalow and 2 no derelict two storey houses and construct 2 no semi detached two storey houses, provision of car parking to serve houses, access road from existing side entrance off Main Street and all associated site works

Change of use to retail unit number 3 from commercial / retail to restaurant use along with internal modifications to the party wall to connect with unit number 4 an existing coffee shop and all associated site works

Change of use from retail to gymnasium