Proposed Residential Development Carnmoney Road, Glengormley

Welcome 1

Introduction

Clanmil Developments Ltd, a registered Housing Association, proposes to develop the former Tesco Stores site identified above for social housing. The planning application will be submitted to Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council in July 2016 and subject to planning, it is projected that construction will commence in the first quarter of 2017.

According to the Antrim & Newtownabbey Housing Investment Plan (2015-2019) there are 2628 applicants on the social housing waiting list with 1519 applicants identified in housing stress. The proposed scheme will go some way towards meeting this live demand for social housing in the local area. Site Location Plan

Purpose of the Exhibition We are inviting your views. Please take your time to review the information and feel free to ask any of our team questions. Also, please fill in a comment form to let us have your thoughts. An electronic copy of the consultation material is available from Turley on request.

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Site Context 2

The site extends to approximately 1.1 hectares and the former foodstore building and associated hardstanding remains in situ. The boundaries of the site are defined by Carnmoney Road to the east and the rear boundaries of existing residential properties at Inniscoole Park to the north. The Northern Health & Social Care Trust buildings are located to the southern boundary of the site and a wooden and palisade fence defines the mutual boundary of the site with existing properties and the carriageway at Hillview Park to the west. The site is located within the development limit of Metropolitan Newtownabbey and is not zoned for a particular use. There are no site specific or environmental designations attached to the land.

BMAP Extract

The Proposal

The proposed development comprises a total of 56 housing units in a mix of 21 dwellings in semi-detached and detached form and 35 apartments.

The dwellings are proposed to the northern, eastern and western boundaries of the site and the apartments are comprised over two main blocks and located in broadly the same location as the existing foodstore, centrally within the site.

The proposed development will use the existing and shared access into the site off Carnmoney Road and adjacent to the Health Centre. The existing access to the north eastern corner of the site and off the Carnmoney Road will be closed. Dwellings proposed along the frontage of the site with the Carnmoney Road will be served by private driveways.

Proposed Site Layout Proposed Residential Development Carnmoney Road, Glengormley

The Proposal 3

Proposed Accommodation Dwellings

The dwellings are all proposed to be two storeys in height with a mix of hipped and conventional pitched roofs. The dwellings within the development will be served by a mix of private driveways and dedicated parking with a small level of defensible space to the front of the properties and private gardens to the rear. The buildings are proposed to be finished in a mix of brick and render to comply with the established built context of the local area.

Amenity Provision & Landscaping

A total of 10% of the site area will be set aside for the provision of public open space to serve the development. Hard and soft landscaping will be used throughout the development to create a high quality living environment. Apartments Comparison to Refusal of Planning Permission The proposed mix of accommodation and yield is very different to the previous refusal of The apartments are proposed over two to four floors of accommodation planning permission on the site. The proposed scheme should not give rise to the same issues and are designed to frame the proposed area of public open space. The in the previous application for the following reasons: three and four storey elements are located towards the southern boundary • The frontage of the development with Carnmoney Road will be characterised by of the site with the Health Centre and to remove the potential for overlooking two storey detached and semi-detached dwellings which will repeat the pattern of into existing residential amenity. The apartment blocks reduce in scale to development in the local context; two storeys towards the northern boundary of the site with Inniscoole Park. • The apartments are comprised over two blocks of accommodation and are framed by dwellings. The apartment blocks will not appear dominant, incongruous or out of character The apartments are served by communal parking around the externals with the local context; and of the buildings and will benefit from the public open space adjacent. • The three and four storey elements of the apartment blocks are located towards the The apartments are proposed to be finished in a mix of brick, render southern boundary of the site and away from existing residential amenity at Inniscoole Park and cladding to create high quality elevations which will make a positive and Hillview Park. contribution to the local streetscape.

Planning History There is a history of refusal of planning permission on the The Planning Appeals Commissioner dismissed the appeal site for housing. on the basis that the scheme was deemed to be contrary to the provisions of Policy QD1 of Planning Policy Statement 7: Application U/2009/0110/F: Demolition of existing buildings Quality Residential Environments for the following reasons: and erection of residential development comprising 100 No. apartments with associated car parking and landscaping was • The proposal to bring two 3 storey high blocks of refused planning permission in August 2009. The application apartments 8 and 16 metres from the edge of the was subsequently dismissed at appeal (2009/A0127). Carnmoney Road would appear dominant, intrusive and incongruous in the surrounding area; The reasons for refusal included: • The proposed scheme comprising of 5 apartment blocks I. Inappropriate layout, scale, massing, hard and with separation distances of around 6 metres between landscaped areas; each block would appear crammed on the site and out II. Setting of unacceptable precedent for apartment of character with the local context; and development in the area, namely for redevelopment • The proposal would introduce a 3 storey development at of the Health Centre; and a setback of 9 metres along virtually the full length of the III. Detrimental impact on the neighbouring properties site’s northern boundary with Inniscoole Park and would by way of overbearing and overshadowing. create an unduly prominent and overbearing development.