Property company seeking to make alterations to Large-Scale Residential Development planned for North Kildare

A property company is seeking to make a number of alterations to a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) planned for North Kildare.

Ladas Property Company Limited has proposed the changes in relation to the proposed development for 'lands adjoining and to the rear of St Mary's Church at Mill Street in Maynooth', according to a planning permission application currently with Kildare County Council.

The description notes the following: "The development will comprise amendments to the permitted development as per LRD permission reference 23/494, which comprised 115 apartments in four separate blocks, provision of a crèche and restaurant, and provision of a basement to provide for car parking, bicycle storage and ancillary bin storage areas."

The proposed development incorporates the following amendments:

• "The reconfiguration of the basement layout with a reduction in car parking provision within the scheme from 74 car parking spaces to 69 car parking spaces.
• The redesign of apartment blocks A, B1, B2 and C within the scheme, with each block incorporating the following proposals: •Block A: A four storey building comprising 10 two-bed apartments. •Block B1: A five-storey building comprising 18 two-bed apartments. •Block B2: A six-storey building comprising 25 one- bed apartments and 35 two-bed apartments. •Block C: A part four-storey and part five-storey building comprising four one-bed apartments, 14 two- bed apartments and nine three-bed apartments. Block C will be raised on stilts with a flood storage area provided at ground level beneath this block.
• The amendment of overall unit mix within the scheme, which incorporated 27 one-bed apartments, 77 two-bed apartments and 11 three-bed apartments under permission 23/494 (a total of 115 apartments) and to provide an amended unit mix consisting of 29 one-bed apartments, 77 two-bed apartments and nine three-bed apartments (a total of 115 apartments).
• Associated amendments to building designs, facades, floor plans, layouts and internal configurations.
• Amendments to the crèche and restaurant layouts in Block A.
• The omission of the office unit from Block A.
• Amendments to communal space areas and associated parking area/turning area at podium level within the courtyard to include for provision of play areas.
• The provision of associated site works and attenuation system along with a foul pump station and foul, storm and public water networks for connection to the existing foul, storm and public water networks.
• The provision of an ESB substation adjacent to Block A.
• Site excavation works to facilitate the proposed development to include levelling, excavation and general site preparation works.
• The provision of an amended basement layout which is to be positioned beneath blocks B1, B2. The access position, public open space, internal pedestrian walkway bridge, ground levels for flood storage requirements will remain as granted under permission reference 23/494."

In addition, a Natural Impact Statement has also been prepared and accompanies the current application.

The date received is listed as August 8 last.

The submision-by and due dates are listed as September 11 and October 2 respectively.

The business information website vision-net.ie shows that Ladas Property Company Ltd was established back in January of 2013.

It has an address listed as Leixlip Centre, Leixlip, County Kildare.