Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry

What’s proposed

The council’s description

The proposed development will consist of a largescale residential development (LRD), comprising of 134no. residential dwellings as follows: 65no. houses consisting of 10no. 4-bed dwellings and 55no 3-bed dwellings; 51no. townhouses consisting of 32no. 3-bed units and 19no. 2-bed units; and 18no. apartments consisting of 12no. 2-bed units and 6no. 1-bed units. The proposed development also includes a crèche with capacity to accommodate 102no. children. The proposed development will include the demolition of existing agricultural sheds; 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; pedestrian and cyclist routes; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; waste storage; plant; signage; a new vehicular and pedestrian access with raised table and pedestrian crossing onto the Ross Road to serve the development; connection to the existing vehicular access serving the dwelling Blossom Gate to provide vehicular access to proposed unit G fronting onto the Ross Road; public lighting; 2no. substations; all associated site development works; and all drainage and foul sewer infrastructure and network works including connections to the existing networks and nature-based SuDS measures. A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) accompanies this application and has been submitted to the Planning Authority. The application and NIS may be inspected online at the following website: www.rossroadlrd.ie