Boherboy Neighbourhood

Development to the immediate north of the site is the Carrigmore residential estate, to the west are agricultural lands and a single dwelling, to the east is the Corbally residential estate while to the south is the Boherboy Road; The proposed application represents the development of the entire Boherboy Neighbourhood as identified in the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (2012) consisting of 655 dwellings, comprised of 257 two, three & four bed, two & three storey detached, semi-detached & terraced houses, 152 one, two & three bed duplex units in 17 two to three, three to four & four storey blocks, and 246 one, two & three bed apartments in 9 buildings ranging in height from two, two to five, four to five & five storeys, and a two storey crèche (693sq.m); Access to the development will by via one vehicular access point from the Boherboy Road, along with proposed upgrade works to Boherboy Road to include the provision of a roadside footpath along the front of the site at the Boherboy Road, continuing eastwards to the junction with the N81 Blessington Road (for an overall distance of c.370m); The proposed development also provides for pedestrian and cyclist connectivity to the adjoining Carrigmore Park to the north-east, and vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist connections to adjoining developments at Corbally Heath to the east and Carrigmore Green to the north; The proposed development provides for (i) all associated site development works above and below ground, including surface water attenuation & an underground foul sewerage pumping station at the northern end of the site, (ii) public open spaces (c. 3Ha), including alongside the Corbally Stream, which will accommodate the provision of pedestrian / cyclist links to Carrigmore Park to the north-east, (iii) communal open spaces (c. 6,392sq.m), (iv) hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments, (v) undercroft, basement & surface car parking (914 car parking spaces, including EV parking), (vi) bicycle parking (797 bicycle parking spaces), (vii) bin & bicycle storage, (viii) public lighting, and (ix), plant (M&E), utility services & 5 ESB sub-stations, all on an overall application site area of 18.3ha; In accordance with the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (2012) an area of c. 1.4Ha within the site is reserved as a future school site