Former Gallagher's site at junction of Airton Road and Gree... — planning permission granted (SD07A/0990) / PlanIntel

Proposed development

Application description published by South Dublin County Council.

(a) Demolition of 3 existing buildings consisting of a single storey factory/warehouse unit, a single storey office block with canteen and a two-storey office block; (b) construction of Block A consisting of three single storey retail warehouse units and an external garden centre - gross internal floor areas are as follows: Unit 1 - 3354sq.m., Unit 2 - 1543sq.m., Unit 3 - 1525sq.m. and garden centre - 952sq.m; (c) construction of Block consisting of two single storey car showrooms, security office and bin store: gross internal floor areas are as follows: Showroom 1 - 1316sq.m., showroom 2 - 934sq.m., security office - 26sq.m., bin store - 40sq.m; (d) construction of a separate ESB sub-station and switch room - 32sq.m; (e) construction of car parking providing 229 public parking spaces (including 11 disabled spaces); (f) construction of external car showroom display parking areas - 877sq.m; (g) the moving/de-canting of an existing vehicular entrance on Airton Road and the construction of an additional vehicular entrance on Greenhills Road; (h) the construction of 2 free-standing totem signs and associated building signage; (i) associated landscaping and low level stone wall to the boundaries fronting Airton Road and Greenhills Road. This applicaiton is accompanied by an Environmental Impact Statement. Significant Additional Information: Changes consisting of the following - (a) the re-design and re-location of car Showroom 1 consisting of an increase in internal floor area from 1316sq.m. to 4547sq.m. and change from a single storey building to a two storey building including ground floor workshop area and car display and first floor compound area and car display; (b) the re-design and relocation of Car Showroom 2 consisting of an increase in internal floor area from 934sq.m. to 3402sq.m. and change from a single storey building to a two to three storey building including ground floor workshop area and car display, first floor compound area and car display and second floor compound area; (c) the change of use and re-location of Retail Warehouses 2 and 3 to Car Showrooms 3 and 4 with an increase in internal floor area from 3068sq.m.(combined) to 3597sq.m. (combined) and change from a single storey building to a two storey building including ground floor workshop area and car display and first floor compound area and car display; (d) the change of use and re-location of Retail Warehouse 1 and Garden Centre to Car Showroom 5 with an increase in internal floor area from 4306sq.m. (combined retail warehouse and garden centre) to 4633sq.m. and change from a single storey building to a two storey building including ground floor workshop area and car display and first floor compound area and car display; (e) the re-location of the northern access junction on approx. 16metres west along Airton Road; (f) the re-location of the in-only eastern access road approx. 30metres to the south along Greenhills Road including the removal of the stone wall along Greenhills Road; (g) the omission of the two free standing totem signs previously approved; (h) the addition of protective Paladin fencing to the poplar trees on the southern boundary; (i) the re-location of the ESB substation and bin storage area which is now proposed as external; (j) changes to the public and display parking provisions within the site; (k) changes to the proposed landscaping provisions; (l) the omission of the security office. The proposed gross internal floor area has increased from 9722sq.m. to 16211sq.m. (incl. sub-station). Public car parking provisions have reduced from 229 spaces to 168 spaces with an additional 123 external display parking spaces proposed.

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Application ref: SD07A/0990
Received: 08 August 2008
Decided: 02 October 2008
FI requested: Yes

Authority: South Dublin County Council
Application type: Permission
Outcome: Grant permission
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