DZ17A/0714

Permission for a residential scheme of 322 no. units and a crèche facility in buildings ranging in height from 2 to 4 storeys set around 3 principal public amenity spaces. The residential units will comprise 242 no. apartments and 80 no. houses. The apartments will be accommodated in 8 no. 4-storey blocks (over part basement). The apartments will have associated private balconies/terraces. Block A will accommodate 50 no. units comprising 18 no. 1-bedroom and 32 no. 2-bedroom units. Block B will accommodate 32 no. units comprising 13 no. 1-bedroom, 12 no. 2-bedroom and 7 no. 3-bedroom units. Block C will accommodate 12 no. units comprising 6 no. 1-bedroom and 6 no. 2-bedroom units. Block D will accommodate 32 units comprising 2 no. studio units, 14 no. 1-bedroom and 16 no. 2-bedroom units. Block E will accommodate 32 no. units comprising 6 no. 1-bedroom and 26 no. 2-bedroom units. Block F will accommodate 20 no. units comprising 1 no. studio unit, 11 no. 1 bedroom and 8 no. 2-bedroom units Blocks G and H will each accommodate 32 no. units comprising 6 no. 1-bedroom and 26 no. 2-bedroom units. Block C will accommodate a crèche facility at ground floor level. The houses will consist of 41 no. 3-bedroom units and 39 no. 4 bedroom units, ranging in height from 2 to 3 storeys. The majority of the houses (76) will be in terraces of between 3 and 10 houses, with 2 pairs of semi-detached units. All houses will be provided with surface level car parking. Two separate basements are proposed which will accommodate 338 no. car parking spaces to serve the apartments and crèche, bicycle parking (242 spaces), refuse storage and plant. The development includes the following external road and drainage infrastructure previously permitted by the Planning Authority, which will provide access and services to the development: - A section of Grand Parade from the existing Tully Vale Road to the junction with Gun and Drum Hill Road; A section of Gun and Drum Hill Road from the junctions of Grand Parade to Tully Park Access Road; Tully Park Access Road; Attenuation pond in Lehaunstown Valley, east of Tully Vale apartments. The development will include new internal access roads, surface level car parking (174 spaces) and bicycle parking, landscaping and boundary treatments; part of the new landscaped Greenway connecting Tully Park and Lehanustown Valley and all associated site development works and services, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) components will include green and blue roofs, detention basins, underground modular storage and swales.The application relates to a development in the Cherrywood S.D.Z.