35 & 37 Bridge Street, Cootehill, Co. Cavan

What’s proposed

to carry out the following residential development works at No.’s 35 & 37 Bridge Street, Cootehill, Co. Cavan. All works are in conjunction with previously approved developments at No.’s 41, 43 & 45 Bridge Street (planning reg. no. 21/614, 22/320 & 22/536). 41 Bridge Street is listed as a Protected Structure in the current Cavan County Development Plan. (1) To renovate & upgrade an existing mid-terrace dwelling house building at No. 35 Bridge Street, to include minor alterations to elevations and internal fit-out works, and also to demolish & rebuild single storey extension to rear. (2) Demolition of end of terrace building at No. 37 Bridge Street, to facilitate vehicular site access from Bridge Street and connecting proposed development with adjoining approved development at No.’s 41, 43 & 45 Bridge Street. (3) Reinstatement of arched alleyway access to No. 45 Bridge Street, without any structural modifications (where modifications were previously permitted under Planning Reg. No. 22/536) and for use as pedestrian access only. (4) Revised layout to previously approved backlands residential development to No’s 41, 43 & 45 Bridge Street, to include extended site area to include No.’s 35 & 37 Bridge Street, the exclusion of 2 no. single storey townhouses (two-bedroom dwellings) and the addition of a new two-storey duplex block consisting of 6 no. duplex units (comprising of 3 no. two-bedroom dwellings on ground floor level and 3 no. one-bedroom dwellings on first floor level), together with all associated site development works including connections to public services, the provision of communal open spaces, car parking. The total number of new residential units to backlands residential development to be 18 no., comprising 3 no. Duplex one-bedroom terraced dwellings, 3 no. Duplex two-bedroom terraced dwellings and 12 no. two-bedroom single storey detached dwellings