Limerick County Council grants permission for 122-home scheme at Golf Links Road, Newtown, Co. Limerick

In context

It is one of 79 housing scheme applications Limerick County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 19 January 2024. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site: Golf Links Road, Newtown, Monaleen, Co. Limerick. The development will consist of the provision of 122 residential house and apartment units on a site of 3.2ha. The site is generally greenfield land with one existing residential dwelling (119.9m2) which is to be retained and integrated into the new development. The site is bound by the Kylemore Estate to the east, Evanwood Estate to the south and south west, Ashfort Estate to the north west and open land to the north which contains a ring fort. Access to the site is off School House Road. The proposed development will provide as follows; (1) Demolition of existing agriculture buildings on site with a total gross floor area of 284.4m2; (2) 65 no. housing units comprising a variety of forms to include detached, semi-detached and terraced houses, all two storey in height. The mix of proposed houses include 6 no. four bedroom units and 59 no. three bedroom units to provide a total of 6,820.8m2 of residential house gross floor area; (3) 57 no. apartment units across 7 no. 3 storey blocks throughout the development. The apartment units provide a mix of one, two and three bedroom units, comprising 29 no. one bedroom units, 26 no. two bedroom units, and 2 no. three bedroom units to provide a total of 4,929.1m2 of residential apartment gross floor area.The proposed development also includes; (i) A childcare facility measuring 352.2m2, providing 58 childcare places, located at the northern most edge of the development. (ii) The provision of 114 no. car parking spaces within the curtilage of the proposed dwelling houses and 89 no. public car parking spaces and 311 no. bicycle parking spaces. (iii) The provision of 1 no. ESB sub-station, ancillary services and infrastructure works including foul and surface water drainage, blue roofs, landscaped public open spaces (approximately .5 ha or 15.9% of the overall site area), landscaping, lighting, internal roads, cycle paths, footpaths. In total, the proposed development would provide a total residential gross floor area of 11,749.9m2 and a creche facility of 352.2m2. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application may be inspected online at the following website URL, setup by the applicant: www.golflinksroadlrd.com.