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A mixed-use development located at the junction of Academy Street and Dublin Road (R147), adjacent to / south & south-east of the existing Academy Square development, Navan, County Meath. The proposed development consists of a ten storey building, over a basement level, comprised of 2 no. retail / commercial units, 24 no. 1 & 2 bed Independent Living Units, including for ancillary services & facility rooms, and 43 no. 1 & 2 bed apartments. The basement level includes for 65 no. car parking spaces (Including for 3 no. disabled parking spaces and 18 no. EV parking spaces), an attenuation tank, plant room, and will be accessed from, and form part of, the basement level of the existing Academy Square development to the north & north-west. The ground floor of the building Is comprised of 2 no. retail/ commercial units (c. 184 sq.m & c. 139 sq.m respectively), an ESB substation (to be relocated from its existing location at the western boundary of the site), switch room, 2 no. bin storage areas and 1 no. bicycle store area (total capacity: 90 no. bicycle parking spaces). The ground and first floors of the building also provide for 7 no. ancillary services & facility rooms associated with the proposed development’s Independent Living Units. The first, second and third floors of the building consist of 24 no. 1 & 2 bed Independent Living Units, comprised of 11 no.1 bed units and 13 no. 2 bed units, including for communal open space at the first floor (c. 74 sq.m) and 2 no. communal rooms at the second floor (c. 57 sq.m & 57 sq.m respectively). The fourth to ninth floors of the building consist of 43 no. 1 & 2 bed apartments, comprised of 24 no. 1 bed units and 19 no. 2 bed units, with communal open space provided at the ninth floor (c. 74 sq.m). The proposed development Includes for the demolition of existing structures on site. Maintenance vehicle access to the proposed ESB substation will be from Dublin Road (R147), while vehicle access to the proposed basement will be from the existing vehicular access point on Academy Street to the north-west of the site (i.e., through the existing Academy Square development). Pedestrian access is provided from Academy Street and Dublin Road (R147). The proposed development also includes for infrastructural services and connections, drainage, signage, hard & soft landscaping and boundary treatments, balconies and terraces, communal open spaces, solar panels, green roofs, bicycle parking, and all associated site development works above and below ground on an overall site area of c. 0.18 hectares.
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