Three options for Kingston Park unveiled to the public for the first time have been hailed as “incredible” by one councillor, with all set to create a basketball and badminton court, outdoor classroom and artificial lake.

However, access through neighbouring estates Kingston Gardens and Clybaun Court is causing considerable disquiet amid fears it will attract antisocial behaviour.

The rugby pitch was the only element which was certain in the brief given to the design team MKO for the Kingston Park and Millers Lane Public Urban Realm Project.  A previous plan almost a decade ago had only added a playground.

The three new options presented to the public at the Clybaun Hotel on Tuesday remove the existing Altan Road from the middle of the landbank and propose a single building to accommodate the sports and community uses to the north of the site.

Each option provides a looped coach set-down access to enable sports teams safe access, which will also be used by school buses serving St John the Apostle National School. Incorporated into the coach loop are bays that will allow parents to drop-off and collect children safely for school and sports. Parents with younger children who need to park can do that in the sports facility car park.

There will be a footpath and dedicated cycle route from the school entrance to the Western Distributor Road.

All options have the outdoor classroom south of the school, a GAA rounders pitch, cricket mat, basketball court, tennis courts boules pitch, two different play areas, picnic tables, exercise area, sensory garden, a sheltered games area for table tennis.

The main difference between the three proposals is the layout of the paths and the type of landscaping, explains Councillor Alan Curran (SD), who lives beside it.

“The three options are very similar in design but the main elements differ in how they are oriented — one is more sporty, another more playful and the third meandering and adventurous. Honestly, I don’t have a favourite — they are all incredible. From speaking with the consultants, they said the third option is very, very popular.

“People really like the wildflower meadows, how they can nosy over water features, there’s beauty in the chaos.”