75-home scheme proposed at Carrigtwohill, 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 construction of a mixed-use development consisting of 75 no. residential units, 3 no. retail/commercial units, and all ancillary site development works at Station Road & Castlelake Link Road, Carrigtohill and Terry’s-Land (townlands), Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. The proposed development consists of the construction of 60 no. dwelling houses comprising 13 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached dwelling houses and 47 no. 2 bedroom detached, semi-detached and terraced dwelling houses. The proposed development includes a four storey mixed-use building fronting onto Station Road which provides the 3 no. retail/commercial units at ground floor level with 15 no. 1 bedroom apartment units at upper floors. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be provided via 2 no. entrances from the existing Castlelake Link Road (L-3607) to the north. The proposed development also provides for amendments to the public realm upgrades permitted in the Carrigtwohill Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) Initiative, comprising the realignment of a permitted cyclepath and footpath on Station Road, to accommodate a set-down area to serve the proposed mixed-use building. Ancillary site development works include the provision of bicycle and bin storage facilities. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the application