RefusedDecided 22 March 2023Fingal County Council

SHD/019/21: To view details of this development please visit www.flemingtonshd.ie ABP 314446 Kinvara Properties Limited intend to apply for permission for a strategic housing development with a total planning application site area of c. 44,365m2 (4.4Ha) with a developable Area of 34,135m2 (3.4Ha) with a substantive residential site development area of c.7.2 ha. The subject property is located off Flemington Lane, approximately 150m East of the junction with Flemington Road and approximately 4km North-west of Balbriggan Town Centre. The proposed development consists of the removal of an existing derelict structure of 134sqm and the construction of 127 no. residential units (14 no. 2-bed dwelling units of 93sqm, 47 no. 3-bed dwelling units of 109sqm, 4 no. 4-bed dwelling units of 145sqm and 31 no. 2-bed ground floor duplex units with 31 no. 3-bed duplex units over, of 204sqm), surface car parking (211 no. spaces in total, including accessible spaces); car sharing provision; electric vehicle charging points; bicycle parking (long and short stay spaces for duplex) including visitor spaces; internal roads, pathways and cycle paths, including connections to adjoining lands; hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; temporary pumping station; plant; revised entrances and tie-in arrangements to Flemington Lane including new cycle lane and footpath; solar panels; attenuation tank and related SUDS measures; signage; public lighting; and all site development and excavation works above and below ground. The development also includes a two storey creche of 528sqm with 9no. dedicated car parking (including 2no. disabled persons spaces) and secure open play space; public open space of 4130m2 and communal open space of 681sqm, provision of public open space in Zoned OS "Open Space" of 10,230sqm including children's play area and public artwork, provision of a new access roadway from Flemington Lane and future road connection to adjoining lands to the south-eastern boundary) and all associated site works, landscaping and boundary treatments to facilitate the development. The total gross area of the development is 13,869sqm with a unit density of 37.4 units per hectare. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023. 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 Fingal County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.flemingtonshd.ie. Any person may, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by An Bord Pleanála of the application and on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 (except for certain prescribed bodies), make a submission or observations in writing to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 or online at www.pleanala.ie relating to the implications of the proposed development, if carried out, for proper planning and sustainable development in the area or areas concerned, and the likely effects on the environment or the likely effects on a European site, as the case may be, of the proposed development, if carried out. Submissions or observations duly made will be considered by An Bord Pleanála in making a decision on the application. Such submissions or observations must also include the following information: (a) the name of the person, authority or body making the submission or observations, the name of the person, if any, acting on behalf of that person, authority or body, and the address to which any correspondence relating to the application should be sent, (b) the subject matter of the submission or observations, and (c) the reasons, considerations and arguments on which the submission or observations is or are based. An Bord Pleanála may grant permission for the strategic housing development as proposed, or may grant permission subject to such modifications as it specifies in its decision, or may grant permission in part only, with or without any other modifications it may specify in its decision, or may refuse to grant permission for the proposed development. An Bord Pleanála may attach to a grant of permission such conditions as it considers appropriate. Any enquiries relating to the application process should be directed to the Strategic Housing Development Section of An Bord Pleanála (Tel. 01-8588100). A person may question the validity of a decision of An Bord Pleanála by way of an application for judicial review, under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), in accordance with sections 50 and 50A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), as amended. Practical information on the review mechanism can be found in the Judicial Review Notice on the An Bord Pleanála website: www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information Service website: www.citizensinformation.ie.

Flemington Lane, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
DecisionRefuse permission
Decided22 March 2023
Application typeStrategic Housing Development
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