Planning precedent report

Permission is sought for development consisting of

Permission for a part Build to Rent (BtR) and part Build to Sell (BtS) Strategic Housing Development. The demolition of the existing structures at Ashwood Farm is permitted under the extant Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council planning permission (Reg. Ref: DA21/0143). The development, with a total gross floor area of c.28,145 sq.m, will consist of: i.the construction of 305 residential units including; 289 Build to Rent apartments across 5 blocks (A-E) ranging in height from 6 to 7 storeys over basement incorporating: 142 1-bed and 147 2-bed apartments, all with private amenity space in the form of balconies and/or ground floor terraces; and, 16 Build to Sell three-storey 5-bedroom houses incorporating 12 semi-detached and 4 detached houses, all with private amenity space in the form of rear gardens and 2 on-curtilage parking spaces per dwelling. 1,098 sq.m of residential amenities and facilities are proposed in the BtR blocks including a resident’s gym, co-working space, meeting room, café, residents lounge, a concierge space, a parcel room, cleaner’s rooms and waste facilities; A childcare facility is proposed in Block E with a gross floor area of 489sq.m., together with a dedicated external play area of 250sq.m and 2 set-down parking spaces for drop-offs/collections; A total of 295 car parking spaces are proposed including 34 spaces for the houses comprising 32 on-curtilage parking spaces and 2 visitor parking spaces, and 261 car parking spaces are proposed to serve the apartment units (211 at basement level and 50 at surface level) including 13 universal access parking spaces and 6 car sharing spaces, 5 staff car parking spaces and 2 set-down spaces are also provided to serve the creche. 53 (20%) of the car parking spaces are to be fitted with electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities. 10 motorcycle spaces are also provided at basement level; v.520 cycle parking spaces are proposed, comprised of 428 long-stay and 80 short-stay cycle parking spaces for the residential units and 8 long-stay and 4 short-stay cycle parking spaces are proposed to serve the creche; Vehicular access will be via the existing access off the Glenamuck Road South. 2 pedestrian/cycle access points are proposed off the permitted Glenamuck District Distributor Road (ABP Ref: PL06D.303945) and 1 pedestrian/cycle access point is proposed to connect the site to the Willow Glen development; and, The development will also consist of all ancillary development works required to facilitate the development including but not limited to plant rooms, a substation, landscaping, boundary treatments, PV panels and lighting. The 289 ‘Build to Rent’ apartments will be constituted as a long-term rental housing scheme, and this planning application is accompanied by a proposed covenant or legal agreement further to which appropriate planning conditions may be attached to any grant of permission to ensure that the development remains as such. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2022-2028 and the Kilternan-Glenamuck Local Area Plan 2013 - 2019 [extended to 2023]. 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 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.ashwoodfarmshd.com

Permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) at a site measuring c.2.8 hectares known as Ashwood Farm located on Glenamuck Road South, Carrickmines, Dublin 18. The site also has direct frontage to the Glenamuck District Distributor Road, which forms the north-west boundary. The development will consist of: i) Demolition of an existing dwelling and removal of a building ruin with a total combined area of 291sq.m; ii) Construction of 144 residential units: A) 70 apartments in a single block, 6-storeys in height, incorporating 35 no. 1-bed units and 35 no. 2-bed units, all with private amenity space in the form of ground level terraces or balconies at upper levels; B) 16 duplexes 3-storeys in height, including 8 no. 2-bed units and 8 no. 3-bed units, all with private amenity space at ground or first floor terraces; and C) 58 houses of 3-storeys in height, including 36 no. 3-bed townhouses and 22 no. 4-bed houses, all with private amenity space in the form of rear gardens and/or second-floor terraces; iii) Provision of c.5,015sq.m of public open space, and a communal amenity area of c.607sq.m; iv) Vehicular access to the development will be via the existing access at Glenamuck Road South, and vehicular access will be provided or facilitated to neighbouring properties east of the site; v) The provision of new pedestrian and cycle connections to Glenamuck Road South and the Glenamuck District Distributor Road, as well as a new pedestrian link to the adjoining Willow Glen estate to the east, with potential future pedestrian links to the west also facilitated; vi) A total of 318 bicycle parking spaces and 135 car parking spaces; vii) Provision of surface water attenuation, SuDS measures and connections to facilitate services including to the existing watermain at Glenamuck Road South and to the existing foul drainage network at the Glenamuck District Distributor Road; viii) All associated site and infrastructural works, inclusive of drainage and utilities infrastructure, ESB substation, bike and bin stores, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, internal roads, cyclepaths and footpaths, and public lighting.

The development will consist of the construction of a mono-pitch timber canopy structure to the rear of the existing house.

Retention for alterations to D22B/0216 to now include reduced width and slightly increased height of single storey extension to side of house, enlarged window to front of the extension, new single storey extension at rear, attached garden store to rear of kitchen, new canopy over patio to rear and new bathroom window at first floor level at side of house.

Permission is sought for construction of new