173-home scheme proposed at Baneshane, Midleton, Co. Cork

In context

It is one of 157 housing scheme applications Cork County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council normally decides within eight weeks of the application being lodged, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Cork County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

The proposed development will consist of: a 10-year permission for a residential development of 173 no. dwellings, comprising 74 no. apartments and duplex units within apartment and duplex blocks and 99 no. houses (including 4-bed, 3-bed, 2-bed and 1-bed units). The development will also include a creche (c.137.5 sq.m) with capacity for approximately 20 children, a pumping station, alterations to the junction at Abbey Wood Estate and Ballintubber Road, and all associated site development works including internal roads and services, car parking, bicycle parking, public open space, landscaping, drainage infrastructure, footpaths and cycleways, lighting, plant and ancillary works. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development in relation to potential impacts on European Sites and accompanies this planning application. The Planning application and the Natura Imapact Statement may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.rockspringpropertieslimited.com