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The provision of a wild flower planting area is one of the suggestions contained within the application. FILE PHOTOGRAPH / PIXABAY.
A change of use for an area in Naas is being sought by a company in order to provide apartments and an open space for the public.
Springwood Limited is seeking planning permission to enact the changes in relation to a development proposed for 'lands to the West of Oldbridge Park, Osberstown, Naas', according to the application.
The overall number of apartment units proposed is 30.
The description reads as follows: "[planning permission is being sought] for the change of use of most of this property (1.141 hectares (2.81 acres) out of a total area of 1.434ha. (3.54 acres), from a tract of private disused and overgrown land to an area of public open space for community outdoor passive and active recreational activity."
This would include: the planting of a wild flower area and extensive landscaping; the provision of internal access footpaths within this amenity space; the removal of an existing boundary fence which encircles this site so as to facilitate public usage; and the installation of children’s play equipment within a freshly grassed area.
FURTHER DETAILS
The application also notes that permission is being sought by Springwood Ltd for the following: "The proposal also entails the erection of two blocks of apartments which would contain three levels of accommodation, and which would provide a total of: thirty dwellings (fifteen apartments per block), the formation of thirty-seven car parking bays (with standalone electric car charging points), eighty-two bicycle spaces, connections to the public water supply system, stormwater network and wastewater network and all site works."
The date received is listed as July 30 last, while the submission-by and due dates are listed as September 2 and September 23 respectively.
According to the business information website SoloCheck.ie, Springwood Ltd was established back in August of 1991.
It specialises in 'other business activities' and has an address at Turnings in Straffan, County Kildare.
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