| Development Description: |
Permission to construct a new Licenced Discount Foodstore with ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works (all totalling 2,517.5 sq.m Gross Floor Space and ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys). The development of the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore (2,493 sq.m Gross Floor Space) will consist of: a) A retail sales area with ancillary off-licence use and bakery (total Net Retail Floorspace of 1,742 sq.m), entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilets), staff facilities (incl. welfare lobbies, toilets, cloak/change rooms, staff canteen, meeting room and operational office), IT room, plant room and area, delivery area and storage (incl. cold store and Deposit Return Scheme facilities), rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totalling 980 sq.m, and external covered trolley bay with 8 no. bicycle parking spaces, corporate signage consisting of 2 No. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated billboards, 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board, and 2 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole signs at vehicle entrance and public plaza area, 125 no. surface parking spaces (6 no. disabled, 4 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging, 100 no. regular car parking and 13 no. motorcycle) and 32 no. bicycle spaces (8 no. long stay spaces and 24 no. short stay spaces). b) Boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping (incl. public plaza at the junction of Castlelake Avenue and Cork Road (L3678), service (incl. site drainage accommodation works and underground surface water attenuation storage), ESB Substation (24.5 sq.m Gross Floor Space), and all other ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works above and below ground level. c) Primarily vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed Licenced Discount Foodstore will be provided via a new site entrance from Castlelake Avenue, and secondary pedestrian access will be provided via the proposed public plaza at the junction of Castlelake Avenue and Cork Road (L3678). This Planning Application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement. |
