3609/19: Permission for development at a site of 2,632 sq.m (0.26 ha) within an overall site of c.20,200 sq m (c.2.02 ha). The overall site comprises the southern part of the former Printworks/Smurfit Site at Botanic Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9. The applications site is located at the eastern portion of the overall site (adjoining the rear of properties on Iona Park). The proposed development consists of an amendment to the permitted residential development (ABP Ref. PL29N.246124; DCC Reg. Ref.: 3665/15 (as amended by DCC Reg. Ref. 4267/17, 2133/18 and 4306/18) which is currently under construction. DCC Reg. Ref. 4306/18 which also pertains to the subject site is not affected by the current application. The proposed amendments comprise the change of permitted house Nos. 25-35 inclusive from 11 No. three storey (five bed) terrace units to 28 No. three storey apartments (4 No. one bed and 24 No. two bed units); a nominal increase in the overall height of the units (the ridge level will remain unchanged as the additional height is facilitated by a reduction ground floor level by 340mm); the slight repositioning of the blocks within the permitted footprint; associated minor amendments to elevations, internal layouts, boundary treatments, landscaping and curtilages. The development will reduce the gross floor area of the scheme by 67 sq m. The development will include the provision of 788 sq m of communal open space (in lieu of the previously permitted private open space to dwellings); an increase in quantum of car parking spaces from 11 No. to 20 No. spaces; the provision of 28 No. cycle spaces; winter gardens facing west; ground level terraces facing east; bin storage; and all other associated site development works above and below ground.

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