An Bord Pleanála has approved plans for a residential development of 27 houses and apartments in Clifden.
TML Properties Ltd has succeeded in a planning appeal to build a housing development on an unused site on the north side of Clifden.
The 0.8 hectare site is located at the junction of the N59 Westport Road and the L5123 St. Anne’s Road to the east.
Block A will comprise 3 two storey, three-bed terraced homes; Block A1 will be three storeys, with 2 three-bed terraced houses, 2 one-bed apartments, and 2 duplex units,
Block B will be two storeys in height, with 6 two-bed apartments; Block C is three storeys tall, with 6 one-bed apartments, and 6 two-bed duplexes.
The estate will be served by 44 parking spaces, including three disabled spaces, and 40 cycle spaces, with vehicular access onto the local St. Anne’s Road.
Galway County refused planning permission due to concerns about the intention for surface water to drain without any pre-treatment into a stream on the site which which connects with the Owenglin River.
This decision was appealed with revised plans to address the concerns raised by the county council about the discharge of untreated water.
In the revised plans a hydrocarbon interceptor will be installed in the stormwater sewer which will serve St. Anne’s Road.
New gullies will also be created on the northern edge of the Westport Road to connect with the existing public stormwater sewer there, rather than draining into the stream.
Planning permission for the housing development was granted by An Bord Pleanála with 22 conditions attached.
