An artist’s impression of the plans in Newcastle
Appeal is lodged against decision to allow apartments and commercial units
AN APPEAL has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against a decision to allow planning for apartments and commercial units at Main Street and New School Road in Newcastle.
Applicant Geotechnical Site Investigations had lodged planning for a mixed-use development consisting of 44 residential units and six commercial units in three blocks.
The first block would accommodate 16 units consisting of eight two-bed ground floor apartments and eight three-bed duplex units at first and second-floor level.
The second block would be made up of a coffee shop and one local scale shop at ground-floor level and 12 apartments at first, second and third-floor levels consisting of six one-bed apartments and six two-bedroom apartments.
The third block would accommodate four local scale shops at ground-floor level and 16 apartments at first, second and third-floor levels consisting of 6 one-bed apartments, 6 two-bedroom apartments and 4 three-bed duplex apartments, (D) Undercroft car-parking, bin storage, bike storage, landscaping and planting, outfall drainage and all associated site development works.
