Planning precedent report

Relates to Site 3A bounded by the proposed Tobermaclugg Park to the north and west and Shackleton Drive to the south within Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme. Residential development (3912sq.m) of 40 dwellings (comprising 20 two bed apartments totalling 17187sq.m gross floor area) and 20 three bed duplex units totalling 2194sq.m gross floor area) arranged over 4 blocks as follows: Block 1 (782.4sq.m) contains 4 two bed apartments and 4 three bed duplexes (438.8sq.m) arranged over 3 storeys.; Block 2 (1173.6sq.m) contains 6 two bed apartments and 6 three bed duplexes arranged over 3 storeys; Block 3 (1173.6sq.m) contains 6 two bed apartments and 6 three bed duplexes arranged over 3 storeys; Block 4 (782.4sq.m) contains 4 two bed apartments and 4 three bed duplexes arranged over 3 storeys. Access to Site 3A is provided from Shackleton Drive. Permission is also sought for all associated car parking (51 spaces), bicycle parking (54 spaces), bin storage areas, associated pedestrian footpaths and cycle paths, communal and private open space (including terraces), hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and all associated site and development works.

Alterations to the supermarket scheme approved under Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0015 comprising: Ground floor - internal reconfigurations to the coffee shop (125.4sq.m), lobby area and reconfiguration of under croft parking area to provide a covered ramped loading bay area (281.77sq.m) resulting in the reduction of 8 car parking spaces in the under croft (bringing the total number of permitted undercroft car parking spaces from 92 to 84); First floor - provision of 2 retail units (Unit No. 1 - 212sq.m. & Unit No. 2 - 141.7sq.m.) along with internal reconfigurations to ancillary accommodation, staff welfare facilities, plant and the relocation of the retail stair core & lift resulting in an increase in the total gross floor area of the building from 3,530sq.m. to 3,577sq.m.; External changes to the finishes on: north elevation (changes to large opes), east elevation (louvers to be removed and opes re-sized), south elevation (opes removed & entrance to new ramped loading bay), west elevation (provision of a covered ramped loading bay area (281.77sq.m) with access from the southern elevation of the building, opes removed & louvre panels added to plant area); Permission is also sought for revised signage areas and all associated site development works on a site (c.0.3891ha) relating to lands within Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme (2014) known as Tobermaclugg Village (Development Area 4) approved under Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0015, which is bounded to the north by approved east-west distributor road (Shackleton Drive) approved under Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0006 and modified by Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0002, to the south and west by undeveloped lands and to the east by development under construction approved under Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0002 (known as Shackleton).

Erection of 11 photovoltaic solar panels with an area of 910sq.m (with an average size of 85.8sq.m per panel) on the roof of the permitted three storey equivalent supermarket building (approved under Reg. Ref: SDZ18A/0015 and modified by Reg. Ref: SDZ19A/0006).

Proposed development (total GFA of 3,753.7sq.m) will consist of a supermarket with ancillary off-licence sales area comprising 3,619.7sq.m GFA (of which 1,693sq.m net retail sales area) with ground floor entrance and circulation area providing access to first floor supermarket and ancillary areas and 1 ground floor retail unit/coffee shop (134sq.m GFA). The development is served by a covered under-croft parking area (98 parking spaces) at ground floor level beneath the supermarket. The building presents as a three storey equivalent building with maximum height of 14.4m fronting the north-south street (east elevation); a new north-south street is proposed (c.250m) from the approved east-west distributor road that bounds the site to the north (Shackleton Drive) and will make provision for vehicular traffic, car parking and pedestrian footpath; access to the proposed development is provided via a cul de sac, west of the north-south main street; permission is also sought for 121 parking spaces (including 98 under croft parking spaces beneath the supermarket and 23 spaces on-street), cycle parking, loading bay, bin storage area, plant area, substation, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment and all associated site and development works on lands within the Adamstown SDZ Planning Scheme (2014) known as Tobermaclugg Village (Development Area 4) which is bounded to the north by approved east-west distributor road (Shackleton Drive) approved under ref. SDZ17A/0006 and modified by ref. SDZ18A/0002 to the south and west by undeveloped lands and to the east by development under construction approved under ref. SDZ18A/0002 (known as Shackleton).

Amendments to residential development permitted under Reg. Ref. SDZ17A/0006 (as previously amended by Reg. Ref. SDZ18A/0005 & Reg. Ref. SDZ19A/0010; the proposed amendments relate to permitted Apartment Block F (located in the south-eastern section of the permitted development) resulting in the inclusion of an additional three apartments and consist of the following, alterations to the fourth floor of permitted Apartment Block F to provide for three additional units, comprising one two bedroom apartment and two one bedroom apartments including associated balconies; associated alterations to permitted apartments at fourth floor level of Apartment Block F resulting in the provision of one two bedroom apartment in place of a permitted three bedroom apartment; associated alterations at roof level including provision of additional solar panels; alterations to permitted parking and landscape layout surrounding Apartment Block F including provision of four additional car parking spaces and the relocation of plantroom/bin storage and cycle parking; all associated and ancillary works; the proposed amendments increase the overall unit number from 172 to 175 residential dwellings within Adamstown SDZ.

This application relates to development within the Adamstown strategic development zone (SDZ) and is subject to the Adamstown planning scheme 2014, as amended. Planning permission for modifications to the development permitted under Reg. Ref.: SDZ24A/0026W, which relates to permitted apartment Block E (currently under construction) at Hallwell within the Tubber Lane Development Area of the Adamstown SDZ, Tubber Lane, Adamstown, Lucan, Co Dublin. The application site is located to the south of Tubber Lane Road in the north-west of the Adamstown SDZ lands, east of the Celbridge Link Road, south of Hallwell Road and north of Shackleton Drive. The site is located in the southern part of the Phase 1 residential development permitted under Reg. Ref.: SDZ17A/0006, as amended under Reg. Ref.: SDZ18A/0005, Reg. Ref.: SDZ19A/0010, and Reg. Ref.: SDZ20A/0006. The proposed development comprises modifications to permitted apartment Block E to provide for 2 no. additional age friendly apartments, and will consist of the following: • Omission of permitted ancillary staff areas, and reduction and reconfiguration of ancillary communal lounge area at ground floor level and provision of 2 no. 1 bedroom apartments at ground floor level; • Minor modifications to the permitted building facades; • Minor modifications to the permitted site layout to facilitate 2 no. additional cycle parking spaces; • All associated modifications to landscaping, foul and surface water drainage, and services necessary to facilitate the development; • All associated site development and ancillary works. The proposed modifications will increase the total number of age friendly apartments within Block E by 2 no., from 22 no. to 24 no., and the total number of residential units within the permitted Phase 1 residential development, as amended, from 179 no. to 181 no. units.