Planning permission given to demolish building in Mayo town to make way for housing development
Planning permission has been granted for the demolition of an existing dwelling and rear sheds along Upper Charles Street in Castlebar to make way for three new townhouses.
The development will see the demolition and replacement of a dwelling and rear sheds along Upper Charles Street with two, three-bedroom townhouses, while a third two-bedroom townhouse will be built on Lucan Street.
All associated site works and connections to existing services along Upper Charles Street are included in the plans.
The 0.033-hectare site is zoned as town-centre, and no on-site parking is included; however, the application states that on-street parking is available.
The building set to be demolished is a terraced two-storey dwelling on Upper Charles Street, with a backyard and an overgrown area to the west of the property.
There is an access point onto Lucan Street at the southern end of the site; the two small sheds, which are also set to be demolished, are in the backyard along the eastern boundary.
The application was subject to further information requests from Mayo County Council, as concerns were raised around privacy between the proposed units and neighbouring properties, as well as the amount of private open space provided.
Revised plans addressed these concerns through adjusting the initial design, and planners concluded that any outstanding issues had been resolved.
Planning permission has been granted to Niamh Durcan by Mayo County Council subject to eight conditions.
The approval comes amid a wider effort by Mayo County Council to revitalise Castlebar’s town centre.
The council itself has undertaken a number of projects aimed at bringing vacant and derelict buildings back into use.
These include the replacement of two vacant, derelict townhouses with four one-bedroom apartments along Lower Charles Street.
As part of the regeneration scheme, the council also plans to retain and refurbish three terraced units at Barrack Bridge to turn them into three two-bedroom homes. As well, four new terraced houses will be developed on a vacant site at Riverside, Newtown.
Last week, planning permission was also granted to demolish four council-owned derelict buildings along Ellison Street, which will be replaced with 13 new apartments.
This article has been funded by the Local Democracy Reporting Scheme.