Planning precedent report

Permission for a strategic housing development consisting of: Demolition of Kilmashogue House and outbuildings and demolition of Coill Avon House and outbuildings; The refurbishment and re-use of 2 no. stone outbuildings for community use, to be incorporated into an area of public open space on the southern lands; The construction of a mixed-use development comprising neighbourhood centre and 178 no. residential units comprising 72 no. houses, 38 no. apartments and 68 no. duplex apartments; The 72 no. houses will comprise 2, 2.5 and 3-storey detached, semi-detached and terraced units to include:- 6 no. 2-bed houses; 45 no. 3-bed houses; 21 no. 4-bed houses; The 38 no. apartments and 68 no. duplex apartments are located across 7 no. buildings ranging in height from 3 to 5-storey consisting of 1 no. Block A/B, 1 no. Block C, 1 no. Block E, 1 no. Block S and 3 no. Blocks T as follows: -Block A/B: 5-storey over basement and podium accommodating 10 no. 1-bed apartments, 16 no. 2-bed duplex apartments and 1 no. 3-bed duplex apartment with associated balconies/terraces; Block C: 5-storey over basement accommodating 4 no. 1-bed apartments and 8 no. 2-bed duplex apartments with associated balconies/terraces; Block E: 4-storey over basement accommodating 8 no. 1-bed apartments and 16 no. 2-bed duplex apartments with associated balconies/terraces; Block S: 3-storey accommodating 2 no. 2-bed duplex apartments and 1 no. 3-bed apartment and 1 No. 3-bed duplex apartments with associated balconies/terraces; Block T: 3no. 3-storey buildings accommodating 6 no. 1-bed apartments, 18 no. 2-bed duplex apartments, 9 no. 3-bed apartments and 6 no. 3- bed duplex apartments, all with associated balconies/terraces; Block A/B and Block C are arranged around a landscaped podium. The neighbourhood centre is located below this podium and accommodates a 2-level creche (313sqm) at lower ground and ground floor level, and 3 no. retail/non-retail service/cafe units (470sqm) at ground level;The basement below Block A/B and Block C accommodates 50 no. car parking spaces, bicycle parking, bin stores, plant and staff service area (80sqm);The basement below Block E accommodates 35 no. car parking spaces, bicycle parking, bin store and plant;A section of link street with footpath and cycle path (approx. 438 linear metres) extending from the junction of Whitechurch Road and College Road on an alignment parallel to the M50, to provide access to the southern development lands and incorporating a bus turning circle;A new signalised crossroads junction to connect the proposed link street with Whitechurch Road and College Road;Upgrade works to College Road including a new two-way cycle track and relocated footpath from the Whitechurch Road junction to provide connectivity to the Slang River pedestrian/cycle Greenway;Upgrades to the existing vehicular access and bridge at the entrance to Coill Avon House on Whitechurch Road;Foul sewer drainage works along Whitechurch Road from the southern lands to the existing junction at Glinbury housing estate;All landscaping, surface car parking, boundary treatments, infrastructure works, ESB substation, signage and associated site works and services. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the South Dublin County Development Plan 2016- 2022 and the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2016-2022. 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 South Dublin County Council and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.edmondstownshd.com

Installation of floodlighting system to serve an existing sand dressed hockey pitch located at St Columba’s College. System consisting of 6no. 15mtr floodlighting poles, 18no. 1440W LED fixtures, appropriate pole foundations, cabling and associated fixtures and fittings. System installed to achieve a maximum average of 350Lux with switch down option for training to achieve a maximum average of 200Lux.

We, Coill Avon Limited, intend to apply for Retention for amendments to the design of a two-storey house at Coill Avon, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham, D16 R8Y4. The house was granted permission on 22.11.24, Reg. Ref. SD24A/0030, ABP-320038-24. The development consists of amendments to the design of the house as follows: * internal alterations including relocation of void at first floor level ( increasing floor area by 10sqm), * alterations to external window and door opes, * addition of horizontal charred timber band to elevations between ground and first floor level.

Retention for amendments to the design of 2 two-storey houses at Lynbrook, Whitechurch Road, Rathfarnham,D16 T2P7. The houses were granted permission on 31.03.23,Reg.Ref.SD22A/0403.The development consists of amendments to the design of the houses as follows: internal alterations including removal of split level ground floor, alterations to external window and door opes, alteration to positioning of houses on site to suit topography. There will be no change to the permitted floor area.

Two 2 storey dwellings and associated site works on the site and adjacent to an existing 2 storey dwelling. (For clarity the existing dwelling Lynbrook is to remain). Proposed dwellings A: 4 bedrooms 241sqm, B: 5 bedrooms 240sqm. Access is proposed to be by an existing driveway from the Whitechurch Road serving the existing dwelling on site. The driveway will be extended to serve the proposed dwellings, 4 car parking spaces, on site drainage treatment, additional soft and hard landscaping are proposed.

Permission for development. The development proposed will consist of: a. the demolition of an existing two storey dwelling known as 'Steward's House' and attendant sheds/outbuildings, concrete slabs and a greenhouse along with general site clearance works; b. the construction of a new single storey, flat roofed Student's Day House measuring 310.5 sqm gross floor space, to be accessed via existing pedestrian gateway; c. all associated development and works above and below ground including modification of existing drainage, utility and services infrastructure and connections to facilitate the development, hard and soft landscaping including footpaths and boundary treatments and associated enabling works that will be required to complete the project to the required standards. The application site and structures therein are within the curtilage of a protected structure, being a collection of buildings identified in the Development Plan as 'St Columba's College Complex' and referenced as no: 1655 (which does not specifically include the application site and structures therein which are not specifically protected).