Ladytown to expand with €16m double industrial unit
AN industrial estate in Naas is to be expanded for a 12th time in three years by the same firm, in a development estimated at just shy of €16m.
Green Urban Logistics DevCo has been given the green light again to develop in the Momentum Logistics Park on Rowan Tree Road with two almost identical industrial units of 4,778sqm and 4,235sqm 10.6m (c.35ft) high.
However, this is not Green Urban’s first rodeo, and this site is already surrounded by similarly shaped ‘Big Box’ cousins which then get sub-divided into smaller industrial and commercial units – as is the plan for this one.
As an example of just how smooth the planning wheels are oiled at Green Urban (and its consultant engineers Brock McClure permission was granted within two months of application – some turnaround for a development of this value.
The two units on the site will be sub-divided into six smaller ones, served by 130 car-parking, and 112 bike-parking spaces, with 12 loading bays and a new access road off Rowan Tree Road.
Along with the ubiquitous PV panels on the roof, Green Urban Logistics will continue with their social conscience work, by agreeing to continue with the public realm work along Rowan Tree Road which the firm started in 2023.
Green Urban Logistics has filled the Park piecemeal with similar units since 2023, and has employed an landscape architect, arborist, archaeologist, and a waste management consultant to make double sure this application was bulletproof.
Site 35b as this is known is at the southern extremity of the 100-acre (40.5Ha) Park, with 100 occupiers across almost 14,000sqm (c.1.5m sq ft) of floor space.
The buildings will be clad in a horizontal stripe design to help “break down perceived scale and mass” in what is described as “a robust landscaping design”, including trees, hedges, and shrubs.
Unsurprisingly, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was also undertaken.
Because of the expected rainfall on what will be 2.16Ha (5.4ac) site of hard surfaces on what was a brownfield site, there will be an attenuation lake on the northeastern boundary of the location.
There had been some Further Information requested with regards to the site’s drainage, and as an example of the diligence of the Water Services, they required Green Urban Logistics to accommodate the possibility of a 1-in-a-100 year rain event.
