Planning precedent report

Permission for a Social Housing development on a site of 2.05 Hectares on the Dominican Convent Campus, immediately south of St Catherine's Girls Senior School( D07 V045) and to the north of Convent View Crescent and bounded to the east by Ratoath Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7. The proposed development will consist of: • The construction of 95 no. residential dwellings, of which there are 14 no. 1 Bedroom Dwellings, 67 no. 2 Bedroom Dwellings, 13 no. 3 Bedroom Dwellings and 1 no. 4 Bedroom Dwelling, of which 35 no. are Ground Floor and 60 no. are on the First/Second Floor, all to be provided in 5 no. Three-Storey Blocks all with associated private amenity space, with a gross floor area of 7,759.4m² and the construction of 2 no. Community Rooms of 77.8m² and 75.6 m², respectively. • The provision of a total of 7,358m² of public open space which includes an 890m² public plaza and a 2,928m2 public park and children's play area. 60 no. surface car parking spaces and 52 no. visitor bicycle spaces within the public open space, • The provision of 2,656.7m² communal open space to the rear of the residential units with 193 no. residents bicycle spaces within 7 no. covered areas within the communal open space. • The construction of a new vehicular, cycle and pedestrian entrance to Ratoath Road, • The removal of the existing vehicular entrance and the demolition of the existing boundary wall and fence, and removal of entrance gates at Ratoath Road, • The construction of new boundary treatments to the northern boundary consisting of blockwork walls, fencing and hedge planting, to the eastern boundary consisting of brickwork walls, fencing and hedge planting, and to the southern boundary consisting of fencing and hedge planting to accompany the existing hedgerow and existing blockwork boundary. • All landscaping works, covered bin storage to the front of each dwelling, infrastructure works, external lighting, 1 no. ESB substation, and all enabling and site development works and services.

Permission is sought for the upgrading of 1 no. existing full sized grit hockey playing pitch to a new synthetic playing surface, the erection of 6 no. 15 meter high lighting poles to illuminate the hockey pitch and ancillary works including drainage and fencing.

Single storey garden room to existing rear garden circa 39sqm. Single storey extension to front, first floor extension to rear, conversion of existing attic space to non-habitable space, dormer to side and rear of existing dwelling, internal alterations and all associated site works.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE We, the Congregation of Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Catherine of Siena Cabra, intend to apply for permission for development at this 0.0093 ha site at the entrance of St. Dominic’s College, Ratoath Road, Dublin 7, Co. Dublin, D07 C4E3. PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development, which is in the curtilage of the Dominican College Gates protected structure (RPS no. 7347), will consist of the following works: 1) The demolition of the existing gate lodge building adjacent to the entrance gate (protected structure) on Ratoath Road; 2) The removal of waste material associated with the demolition of the building; 3) The making good of the area of former hardstanding of gate lodge; 4) All associated site development works.

Planning permission for conversion of existing attic space comprising of modification of existing roof structure, new access stairs and flat roof dormer to the rear.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: planning permission is sought for the development will consist of making minor alterations to the existing iron gates at the free standing carved limestone triumphal arch entrance screen on the entrance to the college at Rathoath Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 located directly opposite numbers 6 and 7 Ratoath Estate, Cabra West, Dublin 7. The proposed works include the construction of two recessed control boxes which will be fixed, one buried below each gate, each with a moving steel arm which will be welded to the bottom horizontal bar of the gate. This will allow movement of the gates to be controlled electronically. This is a protected structure.