GrantedDecided 10 February 2022Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

ABP31166921: Permission for a strategic housing development consisting of the construction of 112 No. Build to Rent Apartments (72 No. one-bedroom apartments; and 40 No. two-bedroom apartments) arranged in 2 No. Apartment Blocks. Block A is principally 4 No. stories in height with a 6 No. storey element, Block B is principally 4 No. stories in height with a 5 No. storey element. This includes c.320 sqm of residential amenity space in 2 No. dedicated spaces located in the Ground Floor of Blocks A and B, together with: post and parcel storage facilities; waste storage facilities; 144 No. secure bicycle parking spaces; and, 1 No. external ESB substation/ switch room (c. 27 sqm). The development will also consist of the provision of: private open spaces (including balconies), communal and public open space areas (including the creation of a public pedestrian link between Leopardstown Road to the north, via the proposed development, to an existing area of open space at Leopardstown Heights south); a communal courtyard and play area; 51 No. car parking spaces and 32 No. external bicycle parking spaces; 2 No. motorbike spaces; boundary treatments and street lighting; the provision of Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SuDS); changes in levels across the site and associated site excavation works; hard and soft landscaping works; and, all other works and services necessary, above and below ground, to facilitate the construction and operation of the proposed development. The development will also be served by an upgraded vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Leopardstown Road. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2016-2022. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land. The application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and South Dublin County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.rocklawnshd.ie

Site of c.0.84 ha at Rocklawn, Leopardstown Road, Dublin 18
DecisionGrant permission
Decided10 February 2022
Application typePermission (SHD)
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