Dominican Lands, Athy, Co. Kildare

What’s proposed

the construction of a part 2 storey and part 3 storey detached building with a gross internal floor area of 2223sqm, consisting of older person's social housing with 34 dwellings (including 29 x one bed apartments and 5 x two bedroom apartments with terraces at ground level and projecting balconies at first and second floor levels) communal area of 49sq m, management office, meeting room, mobility scooter charging room and ancillary areas including meter room and refuse area, a central landscaped courtyard measuring 449sq m, containing secure bicycle storage for 12 bicycles. The site works will provide 16 no. car parking spaces, 1 vehicular entrance and 1 pedestrian entrance from Green Alley, 2 pedestrian entrances on eastern boundary, an ESB substation, an internal access road, allotment gardens to the south and all associated site works, (A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared and accompanies this planning application)