SHD/003/19: To view the full Strategic Housing Development Application, please visit www.skerriesroadrushshd.ie The development will consist of a residential development of 165 No. units, comprising 117 No. houses and 48 No. apartments. The houses comprise of 28 No. two bed units, 65 No. 3 bed units, and 24 No. 4 bed units. The houses include 7 No. housing typologies comprising of 2 storey typologies (typologies 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and a 3 storey typology (typology 7). The apartments comprise of 19 No. 1 bed units and 29 No. 2 bed units located in 2 no. three storey blocks to the North-West of the application site, bounded by Palmer Road and Palmer Avenue. The development also includes 294 No. surface car parking spaces, 118 No. bicycle parking spaces, public open space including a children's playground, new vehicular entrances to Skerries Road and Palmer Avenue including new signalised junction at Skerries Road, internal vehicular routes including a new East-West link street, the widening and upgrade of Palmer Avenue to include footpaths and cycleways, ESB substations, all site services, refuse/bin stores, public lighting, boundary treatment, pedestrian/cycle linkages to St. Maur's Park to the South and Palmer Court to the North, repair and making good of retained elements of the existing boundary wall to Skerries Road, re-use on-site of material from the boundary wall to Skerries Road required to be removed to facilitate the site entrance, removal of existing bus stop on Skerries Road adjacent to site, and all other associated and ancillary development/works. The total gross floorspace of the development is circa 16,983 sq.m The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Fingal Development Plan 2017/2023. The site area is 4.845 hectares. All submissions to be made to An Bord Pleanála, Ref: ABP-305534-19.

Refusal reasons

Conditions

• 1Development carried out in accordance with lodged plans/particulars.Compliance
• 2Each house/apartment used solely as a single dwelling unit.Occupancy
• 3Phasing scheme required; apartment blocks A and B must form part of phase 2.Compliance
• 4Revised apartment building plans submitted with balconies partially or fully integrated prior to commencement.Design Materials
• 5External finish details, including variation across character areas, agreed in writing prior to commencement.Design Materials
• 6Bathroom and ensuite windows fitted with permanently maintained obscure glass.Design Materials
• 7Materials/colours/finishes per submission. Rear gardens bounded by 1.8m/2m brick/block walls. Lime mortar required for limestone wall repairs.Design Materials
• 8No additional development above roof parapet level (lift motors, plant, antennas, etc.) without further permission.Design Materials
• 9Site No. 35 reserved for a future childcare facility subject to a separate planning application.Development Contribution
• 10Site compounds and material storage prohibited on public open space and inside tree protection lines.Construction Management
• 11No dwelling occupied until all services connected and operational.Water Services
• 12Palmer Avenue upgrade works (layout, tie-ins) agreed in writing prior to commencement.Traffic Access