An Bord Pleanala have received a planning application for the construction of a 7-storey development predominantly dedicated to Student Accommodation on Seamus Quirke Road, County Galway. The proposed development would replace the 100 estimated car parking spaces currently existing on this site.
Ciaran McIntyre of Elkstone Real Estate purchased the site back in February 2020 and plans to build a development that will provide a total of 240 student beds. The bedrooms will be grouped into 32 clusters of various sizes, each sharing a communal space that will provide a living, dining and kitchen area. Residents will also have access to additional amenity spaces, sports facilities and on-site bicycle and motorcycle parking. During student holiday periods, the bedrooms will also be available for short-term let.
In addition to the residential units, the 7-storey block will also accommodate a café unit with an ancillary takeaway at ground floor level.
The proposed site will provide public open space which includes the construction of a public plaza along the eastern boundary as well as rooftop gardens.
To accommodate this development, changes need to be made to the current site on Seamus Quirke Road. Developers plan to relocate the pedestrian access route in the car park from the Seamus Quirke Road to the Westside Shopping Centre. The existing car park will also be reorganised which will include the removal of 94 existing car parking spaces to leave a total of 238 remaining car parking spaces in the neighbouring shopping centre.
CGI consultants, 3D Design Bureau, were involved early in the design stage to produce 3D Planning solutions. 3D Design Bureau worked closely with the development team to produce architectural CGIs, verified view montages, and a BRE Daylight and Sunlight Analysis.
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Project Name: SHD Student Accommodation
Project Type: Student Accommodation
Site Location: A Site at Westside Shopping Centre, Seamus Quirke Road, Co. Galway.
Stage: Plans Submitted
Planning Documents: Development Website – An Bord Pleanala
Planning Authority: Galway City Council
Planning Reference: ABPREF313286
Developer: Westside Shopping Centre Limited is based in Dublin 2.
Architects: C+W O’Brien Architects deliver design-driven architectural solutions with a commercial edge that ensures they provide value by design.
Planning Consultant: Thornton O’Connor Town Planning is one of Ireland’s leading planning consultancies providing strategic, specialist and technical planning services to a wide range of clients.
Civil Engineer: AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for generations to come.
Landscape Consultant: Park Hood are award-winning chartered Landscape Architects based in London, Dublin & Belfast.
Transport Consultant: NRB Consulting Engineers offer services such as traffic engineering, consulting engineer, traffic impact assessment and transportation impact assessment.
Development Information Source: Construction Information Services provide comprehensive, reliable, timely, and verified real-time business intelligence to the construction sector.
CGI Consultants: 3D Design Bureau – are specialists in architectural visualisation, BIM and VR – delivering quality design planning and marketing solutions. They are based in Blackrock, Dublin.
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