Site planning risk brief

An Saol Foundation (CLG) intend to apply for planning permission on lands at Shangan Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9. The lands are generally bound by Shangan Road to the north, Trinity Comprehensive School to the south and the Gateway Student Village and Shangan Hall to the west. The proposed development will consist of the construction of a 2-storey Neurocare and Rehabilitation Centre, comprising therapy rooms, consultant rooms, activity rooms, sensory rooms, relaxation rooms, activity rooms, meeting rooms, staff rooms/areas, multi-purpose rooms and café with kitchen, offices, dining areas, visitor accommodation areas and rooms, changing areas, stores, plant, water storage, ESB substation at ground floor level; advertisement signage to ground and first floor southern elevations; landscaping (including an internal courtyard and an amenity terrace at first floor level on the south elevation); surface level car parking and bicycle parking; waste storage areas; pv panels at roof level; provision of a new access road on the eastern side of the site that will connect to the Shangan Road to the north and to a new road approved under Reg. Ref. 3926/22 to the south; access will also be from the south western side of the site; boundary treatment; and all associated engineering and site works necessary to facilitate the development.

The development will consist of; 1. Permission for change of use of Centra Off-licence from retail use (85sqm) to Post office use. 2. Associated shop fascia signage.

Permission for redevelopment of Centra, Unit 1, Shangan Hall, Shangan Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9. The development will consist of; 1. Permission for change of use from retail use (20 sq.m) to retail with ancillary off-licence use. 2. Increased retail area from 110sq.m to 119sq.m.

The development will consist of the installation of a new portacabin to facilitate a new classroom for pre-school children, and all other associated site works.

The development will consist of: Change of Use of existing Office areas on 1st & 2nd floors to Healthcare Facility use as part of reconfiguration & expansion of existing Healthcare Facility on Ground, 1st & 2nd floors of Ballymun Civic Centre, including internal alterations to enclose existing open plan office areas on 1st & 2nd floors (currently open to the internal atrium) with glazed screen enclosures, and minor alterations to the external façade on Main Street to incorporate ventilation grilles within the existing glazed curtain wall at first floor level.

Proposed works include alteration to the existing roof profile from hipped to full apex and to reposition 3 solar panels from the hipped roof to the front roof plane all to create space for an attic playroom and storage.