GrantedDecided 23 February 2024Fingal County Council

LRD0017/S3: 1. Construction of 1,020 no. new residential dwellings on the Main Residential Development Site comprising: • 70 no. one-bed apartments (including 51 no. sheltered housing units), 64 no. two-bed apartments and 1 no. three-bed apartment arranged in 7 no. blocks. Apartment Blocks 1 to 6 range in height from 4 to 5 storeys and include balconies/terraces on all elevations. The Sheltered Housing Block is 3 storeys in height and has balconies/terraces on all elevations. • 30 no. two-bed and 9 no. three-bed, 2-storey apartments are proposed in terraced format throughout the scheme (Apartment M Type); • 63 no. one-bed apartments, 119 no. two bed apartments and 174 no. three-bed apartments are proposed, arranged in duplex and triplex format in terraces and corner blocks, ranging in height from 2 to 4 storeys; and • 38 no. two-bed houses, 300 no. three-bed houses, 141 no. four-bed houses and 11 no. five-bed houses (ranging in height from 2 to 3 storeys). 2. Provision of 2 no. childcare facilities (total GFA approximately 1,243 sqm) in stand-alone, 2 storey buildings, with capacity for in the order of 237 no. children. 3. Provision of 3 no. retail units (total GFA approximately 342 sq m), 2 no. café units (total GFA approximately 188 sqm), a community use unit (approximately 91 sqm) and a medical centre (approximately 200sqm GFA) at the proposed local centre area (located at ground floor level of Apartment Blocks 1, 2, 3 and 5). 4. A total of 902 no. car parking spaces are proposed (comprising 852 no. residential spaces; 11 no. childcare facility spaces (drop off only), 39 no. on-street visitor parking spaces (including 4 no. car-share spaces and 10 school drop off spaces), together with a total of 3,013 bicycle parking spaces (comprising 2,554 no. long stay spaces and 459 no. short stay spaces). 5. A series of public parks, open spaces, pocket parks and communal open spaces are proposed throughout the Main Residential Development Site. 6. Provision of the Corballis Nature Park (approximately 13.0ha) on lands to the south of the Donabate Distributor Road (DDR) to provide multifunctional natural amenity area including a cycle and pedestrian connection from the DDR to Corballis Cottages Road and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) features to serve the wider Corballis lands. 7. Vehicular access to the Main Development Site will be via two existing junctions from the DDR to the south and a new vehicular entrance to the north-east at New Road. The proposed development also provides for the extension of the existing footpath incorporating a cycleway by approximately 215m from The Strand to the proposed new entrance on New Road to the west, and 85 m of footpath incorporating 73 m of cycleway to the east of the new entrance on New Road, along the southern side of New Road, together with all associated works. 8. Modifications to Phase 1, permitted under FCC Reg. Ref. F20A/0204 (ABP-308446-20), to facilitate vehicular access to car parking associated with permitted Block 4 (34 no. units) via the proposed LRD Scheme together with all associated amendments to the Phase 1 layout, including minor reconfiguration of permitted Block 4 car parking spaces, and omission of vehicular access to Block 4 via the shared cycle street as originally permitted under FCC Reg. Ref. F20A/0204 (ABP-308446-20). Pedestrian and cycle connectivity will be facilitated between the proposed LRD Scheme and permitted Phase 1. 9. Proposed development facilitates future potential pedestrian, cycle and vehicular links to existing and proposed adjoining developments including a connection to the proposed Nature Park via an existing pedestrian crossing on the DDR, and the approved Broadmeadow Way proposal (ABP Ref. ABP-304624-19) (via the Nature Park). 10.All enabling and site development works, landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting, services and connections, including connection to permitted wastewater pumping station (FCC Reg. Ref. F19A/0472), omission/decommissioning of temporary pumping station and detention basin permitted under FCC Reg. Ref. F20A/0204 (ABP-308446-20), waste management, ESB substations, and all other ancillary works above and below ground on a site of approximately 41.9 ha. 11.A 10 year permission is sought. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) have been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Fingal Development Plan 2023-2029 and the Donabate Local Area Plan 2016 (as extended). The Planning Application, including the EIAR and NIS, may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy at the offices of the Planning Authority (Fingal County Council, Fingal County Hall, Main Street, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin) during its public opening hours. The application, including EIAR and NIS, may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.corballiseastlrd.ie AI Received 21/12/2023

Corballis East, Donabate, Co Dublin
DecisionGrant permission
Decided23 February 2024
Application typeLRD Application
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