RefusedDecided 25 February 2022Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

D21A/1145: Permission for development for proposed mixed use development for which a ten year permission is sought comprises a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 91,288 sq.m, excluding the basement car parks, in eleven blocks varying in height from one to eleven storeys. The maximum height of the proposed development is 36.87 metres. The development will provide for 31,082 sq.m GFA of office floorspace, 3,982 sq.m GFA of retail warehousing floorspace, 7,929 sq.m GFA of retail floorspace, which includes 2 no. supermarkets (each including off-licence use) of 1,948 sq.m GFA and 2,182 sq.m GFA, 486 sq.m GFA of retail services floorspace, 1,479 sq.m GFA of leisure floorspace, 1,683 sq.m of café / restaurant floorspace, a 388 sq.m GFA childcare facility, 658 sq.m GFA of medical centre floorspace, 3,812 sq.m GFA of cinema floorspace, and 624 sq.m GFA of car showroom floorspace, along with all associated services, substation, and circulation floorspace. The development will provide for 440 no. residential apartments, to include 308 no. Build to Rent apartments, within 4 no. blocks. The proposed apartments comprise 61 no. 1 bedroom units, 60 no. 2 bedroom units, and 11 no. 3 bedroom units within Block A. The Build to Rent apartments comprise 121 no. 1 bedroom units, 170 no. 2 bedroom units, and 17 no. 3 bedroom units within Blocks B, C, and D. 1,278 sq.m GFA of resident’s amenity floorspace is located within Blocks A, B, C, and D. The development includes a series of open landscaped streets and green roofs and includes two levels of basement car parking and surface car parking to provide a total of 1,184 no. car parking spaces. The development also includes 1,190 no cycle spaces at basement level, visitor cycle parking at ground level, shower and changing facilities, circulation areas, plant areas, service yards and fire escapes. Block A is a part one to part eleven storey building over basement (level-1)/lower ground floor level and contains the following: 132 no. apartments comprising 61 no. 1 bedroom units, 60 no. 2 bedroom units, and 11 no. 3 bedroom units. The building also accommodates resident’s amenity space at lower ground, ground, and first floor levels, along with 2 no. café / restaurant units, a retail unit, and lobbies at ground floor level. External terraces are provided at first and tenth floor levels, with balconies to all elevations. Blocks B, C, and D are part three to part nine storey buildings over basement (level -1)/lower ground floor, and basement (level -2) levels, surrounding 2 no. communal courtyard open spaces and contain the following: 308 no. Build to Rent apartments comprising 121 no. 1 bedroom units, 170 no. 2 bedroom units, and 17 no. 3 bedroom units. These buildings also accommodate resident’s amenity space, a childcare facility, and waste storage areas at lower ground floor level, along with 3 no. retail units, 3 no. retail services units, and 1 no. café / restaurant unit at ground floor level, facing onto the main street. Balconies are provided to all elevations. Block E is a four storey building over basement (level -1) level, and contains the following: 3 no. café / restaurant units and office floorspace at ground floor level, with office floorspace at first to third floor levels. Blocks F and G are part two to part three storeys in height and are linked, surrounding an enclosed service yard accessed from the south, and contain the following: 2 no. supermarket units (including off-licence use), 8 no. retail units (2 no. of which include first floor / mezzanine levels), 1 no. retail warehouse unit (which includes a first floor / mezzanine level), 1 no. café / restaurant unit, and entrances to the cinema, medical centre, and leisure use at ground floor level. A leisure unit and medical centre are provided at first floor level, while a cinema (900 no. seats) is provided at first and second floor levels. Blocks H and I are six storey buildings over basement, and contain the following: 1 no. café restaurant unit at ground floor level within Block H, and a gym at ground floor level of Block I, with office space provided within both blocks from ground to fifth floors. Block K is a single storey car showroom building, located in the east of the subject site adjoining Glenamuck Road. Block J is a six storey building over basement level, accommodating office space at ground to fifth floor levels, located in the northwest of the site adjoining Ballyogan Road. This scheme includes the new Ballyogan Link Road through an extension of Northfield Road to Ballyogan Road to the north, (which is currently under construction in accordance with the permission granted under Reg. Ref: D18A/0257 and ABP Ref.: 304396-19 (subject to a separate current amendment application)). A roundabout is provided off Northfield Road which will provide a customer and servicing access and exit to / from the basement car park. The proposal provides for upgrades to Ballyogan Road, upgrades to Park Avenue and Glenamuck Link Road, including a new bus bay and pedestrian crossing along the Glenamuck Road. A vehicular entrance is proposed off the Ballyogan Link Road providing access to the basement car park via a ramp. 2 no. vehicular entrances will be provided from Park Avenue to the south (one with ramp access to the basement car park). A further 2 no. vehicular accesses are proposed from Ballyogan Road to the north. The proposed linear park is located on the northern part of the subject site, adjacent to the Ballyogan Stream, and has a total area of approximately 2.4 ha. The development includes the provision of pedestrian and cycle crossings of the Ballyogan Stream. The proposed development also includes the provision of a neighbourhood square located on the western part of the subject site. The proposal includes all hard and soft landscaping work, ESB substations, rooftop and internal plant, all associated site development works, waste management facilities, services, lighting, boundary treatments, and all other ancillary works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared and will be submitted to the Planning Authority with the planning application and the EIAR will be available for inspection or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority.

10.4 ha at Quadrant 3, The Park, Glenamuck Link Road, (also known as Glenamuck Road), and Ballyogan Road, Carrickmines Great and, Jamestown, Dublin 18
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided25 February 2022
Application typePermission
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