GALWAY CITY COUNCIL

SITE NOTICE

Notice of Large-Scale Residential Development

Application to Galway City Council

We, Cairn Homes Properties Limited, intend to apply to Galway City Council for permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development on a site located to the South of the Letteragh Road (L1323), in the townlands of Rahoon and Letteragh, Co. Galway. The application is being made under the provisions of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large Scale Residential Development) Act 2021.

The development will consist of the following:

1. Demolition of a small lean-to stone shed structure.

2. Construction of 148 no. residential units comprising:

i. 93 no. houses (4 no. 2-bed units, 81 no. 3-bed units, and 8 no. 4-bed units)

ii. 20 no. duplex units (10 no. 2-bed ground floor units and 10 no. 3-bed upper floor units)

iii. 35 no. apartment units (19 no. 1-bed units and 16 no. 2-bed units)

3. Provision of shared communal and private open space, an Active Travel pedestrian and cycle path, car and bicycle parking, site landscaping and public lighting, site services, vehicular and pedestrian access with Letteragh Road and pedestrian and cycle access with Bóthar Dhiarmuida and all associated site development works.

4. Erection of a gabion retaining wall faced with local limestone with additional 1.2m high estate railing along parts of the western boundary of the site to be constructed in the event the subject site is developed prior to the proposed N6 Galway City Ring Road Strategic Infrastructure Development (ABP-Ref: PL07.302885-18).

5. Temporary permission for a period of 3 years for the erection of marketing signage on the site.

The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant development plan.

A Natura Impact Statement (NIS) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

All application documentation and information including the Natura Impact Statement (NIS) is available to view online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.RahoonLRDplanning.com. The Planning Application and Natura Impact Statement (NIS) may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority, City Hall, College Road, Galway during its public opening hours (Monday-Friday 9am-4pm).

A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt, by Galway City Council, of the application, and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

Signed: Pamela Harty (Planning Agent, MKO, Tuam Road, Galway, H91 VW84)

Date of erection of site notice: 11th May 2023