10-12 Newmarket and 32 Mill Street

The proposed development comprises the demolition of all existing buildings on site and the construction of a new building that ranges in height between 5 and 7 storeys above basement level onto Newmarket (to the north), and between 2 to 9 storeys onto Mill Street (to the south), with a total gross floor area (GFA) of 4,413 sqm (excluding the basement of 222 sqm GFA). Two retail units are proposed at ground floor level fronting Newmarket and Mill Street, with approximate floor areas of 173 sqm and 153 sqm respectively. The building is arranged around a central courtyard with the retail units backing onto the central courtyard that is proposed to be used for occasional market events in conjunction with retail units that open onto space. A total of 33 no. residential apartments (comprising 6 no. 1 bedroom units; 25 no. 2 bedroom units; and 2 no. 3 bedroom units) are provided on the upper floors of the building. Ancillary communal residential amenity spaces are situated at ground floor level adjoining the courtyard and at mezzanine level above the Mill Street retail unit, which also includes a management office. The setbacks to the building at upper levels provide roof terraces and balconies to serve the residential units. A total of 7 no. roof terraces/balconies are proposed at levels 2, 3 and 4, comprising 4 no. south facing, 2 no. west facing, and 1 no. north facing terraces/balconies. A total of 6 no. balconies are proposed at level 5, comprising 2 no. south facing, 1 no. south-east facing, 2 no. west facing, and 1 no. north facing balconies. At level 6, a total of 5 no. balconies (comprising 2 no. south facing, 2 no. west facing, and 1 no. north facing balconies) and 3 no. roof terraces (comprising 2 no. north facing and 1 no. south facing terraces) are provided. Two communal roof terraces of approximately 175 sqm are provided at level 7 facing north and west. In addition, 2 no. balconies (1 no. north facing and 1 no. south facing), and 2 no. roof terraces (1 no. west facing and 1 no. north facing), are also provided at level 7. A west facing terrace and north facing balcony are provided at level 8. An ESB sub-station and switch room (36 sqm) is provided at ground floor level at the southern end of the building, fronting Mill Street. A basement level is provided at the northern end of the building, below the Newmarket retail unit, to provide bicycle storage (81 no. bicycle parking spaces), along with waste/bin store and plant room