A fresh planning application has been made for the construction of 148 homes on the east side of Galway City.
Cairn Homes Ltd has submitted a planning application to the city council for a large housing estate on lands south of the Letteragh Road.
The site subject of this planning application is adjacent to the existing Sliobh Riga housing estate, and its western edge would be bounded by the planned N59 link road.
This development would comprise 93 houses, the bulk of which would be three-bed homes, but also including a small number of two-bed and four-bed houses.
The estate would also include 20 duplex units, half of which would be two-bed and half three-bed units, and 35 apartments, 19 one-bed and 16 two-bed units.
The proposed four-storey apartment building would be the most prominent element of the estate, located at the entrance facing onto the Letteragh Road.
A report submitted with the planning application stated that there was no need to build a creche for this estate, as it claims there is sufficient capacity in existing and planned creches in the area.
Vehicular access to the new housing estate would be via entrance onto the Letteragh Road, with pedestrian and cycling connectivity to Bothar Diarmuida to the south.
The estate would be served by a total of 273 car parking spaces, and 160 bicycle spaces.
Public space would be provided through a landscaped gardens, park areas, and a playground on the western and southern edges of the site, and a larger central green area.
Earlier this year, Cairn Homes withdrew a Strategic Housing Development development application to An Bord Pleanála for 151 homes at this site.
This fresh application to the city council has been made under the new Large Scale Residential Development process.
A decision on this planning application is due from Galway City Council by July 10 of this year.
