210 Dwellings and Creche at Poulgour Road

Application details

Planning reference

2360037

Council

Kilkenny County Council

Proposal description

The development will consist of the construction of 210 no. dwellings, creche, open space and ancillary infrastructure as follows: A) 130 no. 2 storey houses (8 no. 2 bedroom houses, 106 no. 3 bedroom houses, & 16 no. 4 bedroom houses) in a mixture of semi-detached and terraced houses; B) 80 no. duplex apartments/apartments (40 no. 2 bedroom apartments and 40 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartments) in a series of 5 no. duplex apartment buildings of 3 no. storeys in height, all duplex units to have balcony or terrace; C) Creche of c. 524.7 sq. m (2 no. storeys) located to the south of (and with access from) the upgraded Poulgour Road along with associated car parking/cycle parking and open space; D) Realignment and upgrade of a section of Poulgour Road (to include pedestrian crossing, vehicular, cycle and pedestrian access to site) to tie into William Robertson Way and Poulgour Road; E) Open space areas (c. 1.66 ha), hard and soft landscaping (including public lighting) and open space (including boundary treatment), communal open space for duplex apartment/apartments; regrading/re-profiling of site where required along with bicycle/bin stores and ESB substations and use of existing structure (27.8 sq.m) as a bike store; F) Bicycle (450 no. spaces) and car parking (429 no. spaces) as well as single storey bin and bicycle stores and internal roads including future link/distributor road [part] and pedestrian accesses to William Robertson Way; G) Surface water attenuation measures and underground attenuation systems as well as connection to water supply, surface water drainage and provision of local pumping station to Irish Water specifications; H) 2 no. temporary (for 3 years) marketing signage structures (c.4.5m in height, 3 sided c. 13.73 sq. m), [1 no. in proximity to William Robertson Way and the roundabout at Circular Road and 1 no. located in proximity to the junction of Poulgour Road and William Robertson Way]; I) All ancillary site development/construction and landscape works. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared and submitted with this LRD application

Location / address

At William Robertson Way, Poulgour Road Kilkenny (within the townland of Poulgour), Kilkenny Co. Kilkenny

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

3 Feb 2023

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

27 Jun 2023

Final grant date

28 Jul 2023