243-home scheme proposed at Kilbarry at Lacken Road, Co. Waterford

In context

It is one of 85 housing scheme applications Waterford City and County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 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 Waterford City and County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

10-Year for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) of 243 no. dwellings and 1 no. childcare facility (all totalling 23,853.36 sq m gross floor space) at this site of approximately 7.85 ha The development will consist of: 1. Demolition/removal of 2 no. agricultural structures (totalling approximately 389.34 sq m gross floor space) comprising a barn (215.71 sq m) and shed (173.63 sq m). 2. A childcare facility (310.26 sq m gross floor space) ranging in height between one and two storeys, ancillary enclosed private outdoor play area (372.17 sq m) and dedicated vehicle parking/drop-off spaces (18 no. car parking) and 12 no. bicycle parking spaces (6 no. long stay covered and 6 no. short stay uncovered). 3. A total of 243 no. dwellings (totalling 23,543.10 sq m gross floor space) with associated private open spaces, 391 no. associated car parking spaces (248 no. within semi-detached dwelling curtilages, 118 no. in shared/managed arrangement, and 25 no. visitor) and 406 no. bicycle parking spaces (134 no. long stay within dwelling unit private open space areas, 218 no. long stay within dedicated bike storage areas, and 54 no. visitor short stay uncovered) comprising: - 99 no. terrace apartment/duplex apartment dwellings (arrange over 10 no. terrace buildings ranging in height between one and three storeys totalling 6,137.52 sq m gross floor space) which incl. 66 no. one bedroom apartment units at ground floor and 33 no. two bedroom duplex apartment units over first and second floor; - 20 no. apartment/duplex apartment dwellings (arranged over 10 no. buildings ranging in height between one and three storeys totalling 1,969.8 sq m gross floor space) which incl. 10 no. two bedroom apartment units at ground floor and 10 no. three bedroom duplex apartment units over first and second floor; - 48 no. two storey three-bedroom semi-detached dwellings (24 no. buildings totalling 5,357.04 sq m gross floor space); and - 76 no. two storey four-bedroom semi-detached dwellings (38 no. buildings totalling 10,0078.74 sq m gross floor space). The development will further consist of boundary treatments, public open spaces, hard and soft landscaping, roads and pedestrian walkways, public lighting, pedestrian accesses/permeability routes, services (incl. new underground foul pumping station with overground controls, and sustainable urban drainage measures incorporating constructed wetland attenuation ponds), bin and bicycle storage facilities, and all other ancill