Derry public’s feedback sought on massive 3,000 Cashel housing scheme

Last month, the construction firm unveiled its proposals for The Cashel, a new urban village of over 3,000 new homes on land zoned for housing close to the Donegal border.

This week, a pre-application community consultation website has been launched.

Members of the public are invited to provide feedback on the proposals at www.thecashel.com

Vincent Bradley, development director, said: “We are committed to engaging with members of the wider community and are now undertaking a period of pre-application community consultation on our proposals in respect of Phase 1 of the mixed-use development.

“This initial Reserved Matters submission involves the development of circa 800 dwellings (mix of social, affordable and private homes) with associated infrastructure improvements, commercial development and open space provision. The website is now live and gives local residents and business owners the opportunity to provide the planning team with vital feedback ahead of Braidwater’s submission to Derry City and Strabane District Council. We welcome feedback from all corners of the City and North West and no doubt it will help steer the final plans to be submitted.”

The Cashel, will entail a £450m investment in a mixed-use development on a 100 hectare (c.250 acres) site at the edge of Derry’s rapidly expanding northern suburbs. Located at lands west of Buncrana Road between Whitehouse Road and Benview Estate in Coshquin, it is expected to deliver over 3,000 new social, affordable, and private homes, and create a new urban village. It represents one of the most significant investments in the north-west in recent years adding a net increase in the number of households in the city by around 8 per cent over the life of the project.

Phase 1 will see an initial investment of over £100m to deliver a mix of 800 social, private and affordable houses, with major infrastructure also to be put in place for the wider site. At any one time approximately 250 construction jobs and apprenticeships will be created, with the economic impact set to positively benefit suppliers in the area.

You can provide feedback on www.thecashel.com or by emailing [email protected] or by post to 3rd Floor, 83/85 Victoria Street, Belfast, BT1 4PB.