Twenty-one apartments proposed for Mallusk with access to the site from a new internal spine road
A planning application has been lodged with Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council for proposed new apartments in the Mayfield area of Mallusk.
It has been made by an agent on behalf of applicant South Bank Square Ltd, Maghera.
The proposal is for 21 two-bedroom apartments to be constructed in two blocks with block A accommodating 15 units and block B, six units, together with associated amenity space, landscaping and car parking provision, at a vacant site on the corner of Mayfield High Street and Mayfield Link.
A design and access statement submitted with the application said the location of the proposed development is “within an established residential neighbourhood with a range of local amenities in close proximity”.
If was noted access to the site will be from a new internal spine road serving the residential development.
The planned three-storey and two-and-a-half-storey blocks have been grouped around a south-facing courtyard. It was noted the three-storey element “reflects the height of the block of shops on the opposite side of Mayfield High Street”.
One of the key objectives behind the design of the scheme has been to “ensure everyone can move around with comfort and convenience, regardless of their age or disabilities”, the report said.
The proposed development has been “designed to provide level access throughout the residential development. Tactile paving and dropped kerbs will be integrated within all crossing points throughout the site, to accommodate and assist mobility impaired and/or disabled persons”, it stated.
The report went on to say, in accordance with the Antrim and Newtownabbey Area Plan, one fifth of the dwellings have been designed to ‘Lifetime Home Standards’.
Michelle Weir, Local Democracy Reporter