Roads and Transportation

Part 8 - Proposed Kinsale Active Travel Project, Kinsale, Co. Cork

Part 8 Notice

DEVELOPMENT UNDER SECTION 179 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2000 AND NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF PART 8, ARTICLE 81 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, 2001 AS AMENDED

Notice is hereby given that Cork County Council proposes to carry out the following development:

Project Title

Kinsale Active Travel Project, Kinsale, Co. Cork.

Schedule

Location
  • Compass Quay / Ballinacubby relief road (L-3235-1) between the junction of R-606-25 and the junction of River Meadows (L-7345-0)
  • Ballynacubby relief road (L-3235-0) between the junction of River Meadows (L-7345-0) and the junction of Abbeyview Estate (L-7346-0)
  • Abbeylands (L-3235-2) between the junction of Abbeyview Estate (L-7346-0) and the junction of Bandon Road (L-3234-0).
  • Bandon Road (L-3234-0) from the junction of Abbeylands (L-3235-2)
    northwest to a point approximately 100m south of the junction of Bandon
    Road (L-3234-0) and Ballinacurra Road (L-3227-0).
  • Cappagh Road (L-7249-0) between the junction of Bandon Road (L-3234-0) and the private access road immediately east of Gaelscoil Chionn tSáile.
  • Roseabbey Park (L-7344-0) between the junction of Abbey Lane (L-9740-0) and the junction of Ballynacubby relief road (L-3235-0).
  • Existing pedestrian link between Abbeyview Estate (L-7346) and the Bandon Road (L-3234-0).

In public and private land within the Townlands of: 

  • Ballinacubby, Commoge, Abbey-Lands, Cappagh, Commons, Blackhorsefield and Rathbeg.
Nature and Extent of Development

An overview of the proposed development includes the following elements:

  1. Alterations to existing roadway to include changes to kerb radii, kerb lines,
    installation of raised crossings, pavement, linemarking & tactile paving;
  2. Provision of new road signage & public lighting;
  3. Legal speed limit reduction;
  4. Provision of sustainable urban drainage measures;
  5. Provision of toucan crossings, associated signals, ducting and controllers;
  6. Provision of new footpaths, verge and shared active travel paths;
  7. Accommodation works in private land, including provision of new boundary walls / fences, planting and gates;
  8. All associated site development and landscaping works.

The proposal has undergone Appropriate Assessment screening under the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and screening for Environmental Impact Assessment under the EIA Directive (2014/52/EU). The Authority has concluded that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment and no impacts to any Natura 2000 sites are likely as a result of the proposed development. A determination has been made that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is not required, and a full Appropriate Assessment is not required. In accordance with Article 120 (3), as amended by S.I. No. 296 of 2018, a person may, within 4 weeks from the date of this notice (13 December 2024) apply to An Bord Pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment. Such a submission should be addressed to the Secretary, An Bord Pleanála, 64, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1.

Plans and particulars of the proposed development are available for inspection and/ or purchase for a fee of €15 per set from 13 December 2024 until 24 January 2025 between the hours of 09:00 to 16:00 on each working day during which the said offices are opened for the transaction of business at the following venues / locations:

  • Planning Counter, Ground Floor, County Hall, Cork
  • Cork County Council Area Office, New Road, Kinsale, Co. Cork P17 KX39

They are also available in the 'Document Summary' section below.

Submissions or Observations

Submissions or Observations with respect to the proposed development, dealing with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which the development would be situated, may be made on or before 17:00 on Friday February 7th, 2025 as follows:

  • by clicking the 'Make a Submission or Observation' button below; or 
  • In writing clearly marked: ‘Part 8 – Kinsale Active Travel Project’, Senior Engineer, Sustainable Travel Unit, Cork County Council, Floor 3, County Hall, Carrigrohane Road, Cork, T12 R2NC’.

It should be noted that the Freedom of Information Act applies to all records held by Cork County Council.

Senior Engineer, Sustainable Travel Unit 13 December 2024.

Make a Submission or Observation

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Document Summary