Cloheen Clonakilty Co. Cork

What’s proposed

A large-scale residential development (LRD), comprising of 246 no. residential dwellings as follows: 177 no. houses consisting of 3 no. 5-bed dwellings, 41 no. 4-bed dwellings, 90 no. 3-bed dwellings, 31 no. 2-bed dwellings and 12 no. 1-bed sheltered housing units; 6 no. 2-storey 4-unit apartment blocks consisting of 24 no. 2- bed units, and 3 no. 3-storey 15-unit apartment blocks consisting of 36 no. 2-bed units and 9 no. 1-bed units. The proposed development also includes a creche (473.77sqm) with capacity to accommodate 65 no. children. The proposed development will include provision for car parking, including EV charging points and bicycle parking. The proposed development will also include the provision of private, communal, and public open spaces; internal roads and pathways with potential for future links to adjacent lands; pedestrian and cyclist routes; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; a new access onto the local hotel road to the east, incorporating bridging of the existing stream with associated works to same, and a new access connecting to the L-9931-0 local road to the west; modifications to car parking at the Clonakilty Park Hotel and the provision of a roundabout; public lighting; new substation; road improvement works and pedestrian facilities at the N71 and Clonakilty Park Hotel junction; all associated site development works; and all drainage and foul sewer infrastructure and network works including connections to the existing networks on the N71 national road and the L-4007-52 local road, and nature-based SuDS measures. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) and an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR). The application may be inspected online at the following website: www.cloheenlrd.ie