Loughrea

What’s proposed

for (A) the demolition of the existing building formerly the FCA Barracks, (B) the construction of a residential development consisting of the provision of 8 number residential units as follows - 2 no. 2 bedroom terrace dwellings, 2 no. 3 bedroom terrace dwellings, 1 no. 5 bedroom ground floor 'assisted living' Unit, 2no.2 bedroom duplex apartments and 1 no. 3 bedroom duplex apartment together with all associated landscaping, site works (including the reinstatement of the existing moat) and connection to existing services fronting onto both Dolphin Street and Abbey Street. The site contains elements of the Loughrea town defences with form part of national monument RMP No. GA105-150. Ministerial Consent C000921 by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has issued pertaining to this application under Section 14 of the National Monuments Act 1930 as amended by Section 5 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004. Gross floor space of proposed works: 893.47 sqm. Gross floor space of any demolition: 391.5 sqm