Navan regeneration site on the market for €500,00
As plans for a major transformation of Flower Hill continue, agents for Meath County Council are seeking expressions of interest for a high profile town centre development at Flower Hill and Abbeylands.
The triangular 1.07 acre site is earmarked for a variety of possible commercial development uses including health care, hotel / leisure, offices, nursing home, training centre and educational.
As well as commercial uses, up to 50 per cent of the site can be given over for residential use. Flower Hill is set for a major overhaul, courtesy of a €11million grant funding under the Government’s urban regeneration fund.
A blueprint for the entire area has drawn up by Paul Hogarth Company in conjunction with the council's own planning department and substantial funding will be available to property owners on Flower Hill to improve their frontages,
Among the proposals in the plan are streetscape enhancement including new wider pavements and cycling infrastructure on Flower Hill, a well-designed mixed-use development creating a new urban quarter for Abbeylands, a sustainable network of streets and pathways, connections with the adjacent River Blackwater and an attractive riverside park.
The site now being offered for sale by Meath County Council comprises a range of vacant residential and commercial buildings with road frontage to Flower Hill (60m), New Lane (126m) and Ratholdren Road (135m) .
Avison Young are seeking expressions of interest for the site on behalf of Meath County Council and are seeking offers in the region of €500,000.
As part of the regeneration of the entire area, there are proposals for an Active Travel cycle and pedestrian scheme and options are being explored for community facilities, while planning permission has already been granted for the riverside park which will form part of the overall scheme.
Substantial funding will be available to property owners on Flower Hill to improve their frontages.
Late last year, councillors were told that as part of the Street Enhancement Scheme, there were proposals for site by site improvements to building frontages and their settings along Flower Hill. This will include shops, other commercial businesses and residential properties.
Works will also involve the restoration and lighting of historic frontages to highlight Flower Hill’s built heritage.
Every building on the street has been assessed and the work needed to be done has been detailed by consultants who have identified where buildings need new work on chimneys, soffit, guttering, pipes, windows, doors, walls, plaster and signage.
Meanwhile, Meath County Council has plans for a scheme of six houses at New Lane, Abbeylands which will involve the renovation of an existing vacant listed property on New Lane to create a two bedroom home, with five one bedroom units to the rear with from Abbeylands Crescent and a footpath to New Lane. The houses will be aimed at older people and people with limited mobility.