Planning precedent report

The proposed development is referred to as Woodbrook Phase 2 and consists of 479no. dwellings in a mixture of terraced and semi-detached houses, duplexes and apartments and a Neighbourhood Centre, ranging in height from 1 – 7 storeys as follows: - 320no. apartment units and 30no. duplex units are accommodated in 9no. buildings 2 – 7 storeys in height comprising: - Block F: 26no. 1-bedroom apartments, 40no. 2-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 3 to 5-storey apartment block and 3no. 2-bedroom duplex units accommodated in a 2-storey terrace (69no. units in total). Block H: 3no. 1-bedroom apartments, 12no. 2-bedroom apartments and 17no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 4 to 5-storey apartment block (32no. units in total). Block J: 9no. 2-bedroom duplex units, 9no. 3-bedroom duplex units and 3no. 3-bed apartments accommodated in 1no. 4-storey apartment block (21no. units in total). Block L: 6no. 2-bedroom duplex units and 3no. 3-bed simplex units accommodated in 1no. 3-storey apartment block (9no. units in total). Block K: 6no. 1-bedroom apartments and 26no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 5-storey apartment block (32no. units in total). Block M: 7no. 1-bedroom apartments and 10no. 2-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 3 to 4-storey apartment block (17no. units in total). Block N: 7no. 1-bedroom apartments and 17no. 2-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 4 to 5-storey apartment block (24no. units in total). Block P1: 16no. 1-bedroom apartments, 9no. 2-bedroom apartments and 19no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 3-6 storey apartment block (44no. units in total). Block P2: 45no. 1-bedroom apartments, 33no. 2-bedroom apartments and 24no. 3-bedroom apartments accommodated in 1no. 5 to 7-storey apartment block (102no. units in total); 24no. 3-bedroom courtyard duplex units accommodated in 3no. 2-storey terraces. Private patios / terraces or balconies are provided for all duplexes and apartments. Dedicated communal open space areas are provided to serve each duplex and apartment block; 105no. 2-3-storey houses consisting of 63no. 3-bedroom houses and 42no. 4-bedroom houses. Private rear gardens / patios / terraces are provided for all houses; 3no. retail units (a total of c. 798 sq. m), 1no. café / restaurant unit (c. 205 sq. m) and a community resource area (c. 140 sq. m) are provided within the proposed mixed use Neighbourhood Centre (Blocks F and G). Block G is a single storey pavilion building comprising of the café / restaurant; All associated and ancillary site development, infrastructural, hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works, including: - Significant new public realm at the Neighbourhood Centre including a diagonal pedestrian street between Blocks F & G aligned with St. James’s Church (a Protected Structure) and an adjacent new pocket park or ‘Village Green’; Pedestrian connection (ramp and steps) to the rear of St. James’s (Crinken) Church property (a Protected Structure) and associated localised removal of existing common blockwork wall boundary and its replacement with new boundary treatment comprising railings and a controlled access gate; 388no. car parking spaces (including 330no. allocated resident spaces, 30no. visitor spaces, 22no. retail spaces, 4no. ESB spaces and 2no. Go-Car spaces); 977no. bicycle parking spaces (including 747no. allocated resident spaces, 182no. visitor spaces and 48no. non-residential spaces); 19no. motorcycle parking spaces; Bins and bicycle stores; Plant rooms provided at ground floor level and additional plant provided at roof level (including PV panels) of apartment blocks; Provision of telecommunications infrastructure at roof level of Block P including shrouds, antennas and microwave link dishes (18no. antennas enclosed in 9no. shrouds and 6no. transmission dishes, together with all associated equipment); A pedestrian / cyclist bridge in the northwest corner of the site to provide connection to Shanganagh Public Park. Vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian access to serve the proposed development will continue to be provided from R119 (Old Dublin Road) via Woodbrook Avenue permitted under ABP Ref. ABP-305844-19 (Woodbrook Phase 1) with an enhanced network of pedestrian and cycle routes across the development. This development also comprises amendments to permitted site development works at Woodbrook Phase 1 (ABP Ref. ABP-305844-19 refers), including: - Revisions to the western ‘Green Axis’ linear park to create a new hard and soft landscaped civic plaza adjacent to the Neighbourhood Centre retail units, including significant paving, tree planting, provision of ‘rain gardens’ and amendments to permitted underground attenuation; Revisions to the western ‘Green Axis’ linear park north of the Neighbourhood Centre to provide a new dedicated childrens playground and adjacent kickabout space and other alterations including adjustment to the alignment and widening of the permitted combined pedestrian / cycle path, amendments to permitted underground attenuation and the partial culverting of an existing ditch; Adjustments to road levels on Woodbrook Close and the minor adjustments to the car parking layout and pedestrian / cycle route and associated changes to landscaping layout including new pedestrian connection (ramp and steps) to the rear of St. James’s (Crinken) Church property (a Protected Structure); Adjustments along Woodbrook Avenue to cater for revised locations for internal road connections to facilitate the proposed development and connections to existing water services (wastewater, surfacewater and water supply); Adjustments to the permitted underground attenuation adjacent to permitted Block A (landmark building). All within a development area of 7.62 Ha which forms part of a wider application site of 27.12 Ha. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. The application and Environmental Impact Assessment Report 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 Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.woodbrookphase2.com

Castlethorn Management Services UC Intends to apply for a Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development comprising amendments to the permitted Strategic Housing Development (An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-305844-19 – Woodbrook Phase 1), at this overall site c. 21.9 Ha in the Townlands of Cork Little and Shanganagh, Shankill, Co. Dublin. The overall site is generally bounded by the Old Dublin Road (R119) and St. James (Crinken) Church to the west, Shanganagh Public Park and Shanganagh Cemetery to the north, Woodbrook Golf Course to the east and Corke Lodge and woodlands and Woodbrook Golf Clubhouse and car park to the south. The proposed development comprises of amendments to the large courtyard apartment blocks (Blocks A, B & C) within the permitted Strategic Housing Development (under An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-305844-19) at its eastern edge involving: - Block A: An additional 9no. residential units (3no. 1-bed apartments, 2no. 2-bed apartments and 4no. 2-bed duplex units) at ground floor level; amendments to the layout of 3no. permitted duplex units; associated adjustments to elevations; omission of 3no. car parking spaces from the podium car park and increased bicycle parking provision. The additional units are facilitated by the omission of internal tenant amenity spaces at ground and first floor level and reconfiguration of bicycle parking and plant areas. - Blocks B & C: An additional 13no. residential units (4no. 1-bed apartments, 6no. 2-bed apartments and 3no. 2-bed duplex units) at ground floor level in each block; Amendments to the layout of 1no. permitted unit at ground floor level and 3no. permitted apartment units at first floor level; associated adjustments to elevations per block; omission of podium structure (including all undercroft car parking) with communal open space now proposed at grade and increased bicycle parking provision per block. The additional units are facilitated by the omission of internal tenant amenity spaces and the undercroft car park at ground floor level and through reconfiguration of increased bicycle parking and plant areas in each block. All ancillary and associated site development, infrastructure and landscape works including: - reconfiguration and minor increase of on-street car parking and associated adjustments to landscaping; change from pre-cast concrete to aluminium/steel frame system to feature balconies on the eastern and western elevations of each block; adjustment to selected balconies onto the courtyards of each block; overall height reduction of Block A by 1225mm; overall height reduction of Block B & C by 1150mm; minor adjustments to drainage alignment and underground attenuation tank to the east of Block A; minor change to alignment of pavement to the east of Block A and addition of access paths from Blocks B and C east toward the linear park pedestrian / cycle path and additional crossing points on Woodbrook Avenue. The proposed works take place within a development area of 2.52 Ha, which forms part of the wider Phase 1 site of 21.9 Ha. The scheme is as otherwise permitted under An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-305844-19 – Woodbrook Phase 1 and would increase by 35no. dwellings from 682no. dwellings to 717no. dwellings overall at Woodbrook Phase 1. Minor amendments are proposed to the site development works of the consented scheme (An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP- 305844-19) as part of a concurrent planning application under DLRCC Reg. Ref. LRD24A/0382/WEB. None of these works overlap with the work now proposed as part of this amendment to Block A, B and C of An Bord Pleanála Ref. ABP-305844- 19.

Permission for a Strategic Housing Development consisting of a residential-led development comprising 685no. residential units and 1 no. childcare facility in buildings ranging from 2 to 8-storeys. The breakdown of residential accommodation is as follows: - 207no. own door detached, semi-detached, terraced and end of terrace houses, including: - 134no. 3-bed 2-storey houses (House Type 01, 02, 03, 08, 10) - (House Type 01 are provided with optional ground floor extensions and/or attic conversions, House Type 03 are provided with optional ground floor extensions); 48no. 4-bed 2 - 3-storey houses (House Type 04, 05, 07) - (House Type 05 are provided with optional ground floor extensions); 25no. 5-bed 3-storey houses (House Type 06). 48no. duplexes (33no. own door), in 3 to 4-storey buildings, including: - Old Dublin Road Blocks accommodating 16no. 2-bed duplex and 17 no. 3-bed duplex; Park Edge Block accommodating 6no. 2-bed duplex 6no. 3-bed duplex; Block A accommodating 3no. duplexes (3no. 2-beds). 430no. apartment units accommodated in 6no. 3 to 8-storey buildings, including: - Block A accommodating 66no. apartments (14no. 1-beds and 52no. 2-beds) and Tenant Amenity area (c. 93 sq. m gross floor area); Block B accommodating 151no. apartments (47no. 1-beds and 104no. 2-beds) and Tenant Amenity area (c. 203 sq. m gross floor area); Block C accommodating 151no. apartments (47no. 1-beds and 104no. 2-beds) and Tenant Amenity area (c. 203 sq. m gross floor area); Block D accommodating 36no. apartments (13no. 1-beds, 18no. 2-beds and 5no. 3-bed); Block E accommodating 21no. apartments (7no. 1-beds, 13no. 2-beds and 1 no. 3-bed); Old Dublin Road Block accommodating 5no. apartments (2no. 1-beds and 3no. 2beds). Private rear gardens are provided for all houses. Private patios/ terraces and balconies are provided for all duplex and apartment units at ground floor. Balconies are proposed on elevations to all upper levels of duplex and apartment buildings. The proposed development includes 1 no. childcare facility (c. 429 sq. m gross floor area).And, all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructural works (including plant), hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works (including temporary hoarding to un-developed lands), including: - Provision of Woodbrook Distributor Road/ Woodbrook Avenue from the Old Dublin Road (R119) to the future Woodbrook DART Station, including the provision of a temporary surface car park (164no. parking spaces including set down areas and ancillary bicycle parking and storage) adjacent to the future Woodbrook DART Station in northeast of site on lands currently forming part of Woodbrook Golf Course; New vehicular access provided from the Old Dublin Road (R119) opposite Woodbrook Downs entrance including new junction arrangements and associated road re-alignment; Provision of emergency access to Shanganagh Cemetery access road; Provision of internal road network including pedestrian and cycle links; Provision of a series of linear parks and green links (Coastal Park and Corridor Park), including 2no. pedestrian/ cycle links to Shanganagh Public Park to allow full north/ south connection, supplemented by smaller pocket parks; Provision of SuDS infrastructure and connection to existing surface water culvert on Old Dublin Road (R119); Provision of waste water infrastructure (pumping station including 2.4m fencing to perimeters, 24 hour emergency storage and rising foul main through Shanganagh Public Park to tie-in to existing services at St. Anne's Park Residential Estate) and the extension of and connection to public watermain on Old Dublin Road (R119); 844no. car parking spaces; 1,305no. long and short-term bicycle parking spaces; Bin store and bicycle storage for all terraced houses, duplex/ apartment and apartment blocks; 2no. ESB Unit Sub­ stations; Provision of 2no. replacement golf holes in lands to the east of the rail line (northeast of the future DART Station) and associated 2m paladin fence to western and northern perimeter. All on a total site area of approximately 21.9 Ha. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal is consistent with the objectives of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2016 - 2022 and the Woodbrook Shanganagh Local Area Plan 2017 - 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. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. The application together with the Environmental Impact Assessment Report 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 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.woodbrook1shd.com.

Permission for a Strategic Housing Development consisting of a residential-led development comprising 685no. residential units and 1 no. childcare facility in buildings ranging from 2 to 8-storeys. The breakdown of residential accommodation is as follows: - 207no. own door detached, semi-detached, terraced and end of terrace houses, including: - 134no. 3-bed 2-storey houses (House Type 01, 02, 03, 08, 10) - (House Type 01 are provided with optional ground floor extensions and/or attic conversions, House Type 03 are provided with optional ground floor extensions); 48no. 4-bed 2 - 3-storey houses (House Type 04, 05, 07) - (House Type 05 are provided with optional ground floor extensions); 25no. 5-bed 3-storey houses (House Type 06). 48no. duplexes (33no. own door), in 3 to 4-storey buildings, including: - Old Dublin Road Blocks accommodating 16no. 2-bed duplex and 17 no. 3-bed duplex; Park Edge Block accommodating 6no. 2-bed duplex 6no. 3-bed duplex; Block A accommodating 3no. duplexes (3no. 2-beds). 430no. apartment units accommodated in 6no. 3 to 8-storey buildings, including: - Block A accommodating 66no. apartments (14no. 1-beds and 52no. 2-beds) and Tenant Amenity area (c. 93 sq. m gross floor area); Block B accommodating 151no. apartments (47no. 1-beds and 104no. 2-beds) and Tenant Amenity area (c. 203 sq. m gross floor area); Block C accommodating 151no. apartments (47no. 1-beds and 104no. 2-beds) and Tenant Amenity area (c. 203 sq. m gross floor area); Block D accommodating 36no. apartments (13no. 1-beds, 18no. 2-beds and 5no. 3-bed); Block E accommodating 21no. apartments (7no. 1-beds, 13no. 2-beds and 1 no. 3-bed); Old Dublin Road Block accommodating 5no. apartments (2no. 1-beds and 3no. 2beds). Private rear gardens are provided for all houses. Private patios/ terraces and balconies are provided for all duplex and apartment units at ground floor. Balconies are proposed on elevations to all upper levels of duplex and apartment buildings. The proposed development includes 1 no. childcare facility (c. 429 sq. m gross floor area).And, all associated and ancillary site development and infrastructural works (including plant), hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatment works (including temporary hoarding to un-developed lands), including: - Provision of Woodbrook Distributor Road/ Woodbrook Avenue from the Old Dublin Road (R119) to the future Woodbrook DART Station, including the provision of a temporary surface car park (164no. parking spaces including set down areas and ancillary bicycle parking and storage) adjacent to the future Woodbrook DART Station in northeast of site on lands currently forming part of Woodbrook Golf Course; New vehicular access provided from the Old Dublin Road (R119) opposite Woodbrook Downs entrance including new junction arrangements and associated road re-alignment; Provision of emergency access to Shanganagh Cemetery access road; Provision of internal road network including pedestrian and cycle links; Provision of a series of linear parks and green links (Coastal Park and Corridor Park), including 2no. pedestrian/ cycle links to Shanganagh Public Park to allow full north/ south connection, supplemented by smaller pocket parks; Provision of SuDS infrastructure and connection to existing surface water culvert on Old Dublin Road (R119); Provision of waste water infrastructure (pumping station including 2.4m fencing to perimeters, 24 hour emergency storage and rising foul main through Shanganagh Public Park to tie-in to existing services at St. Anne's Park Residential Estate) and the extension of and connection to public watermain on Old Dublin Road (R119); 844no. car parking spaces; 1,305no. long and short-term bicycle parking spaces; Bin store and bicycle storage for all terraced houses, duplex/ apartment and apartment blocks; 2no. ESB Unit Sub­ stations; Provision of 2no. replacement golf holes in lands to the east of the rail line (northeast of the future DART Station) and associated 2m paladin fence to western and northern perimeter. All on a total site area of approximately 21.9 Ha. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal is consistent with the objectives of the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2016 - 2022 and the Woodbrook Shanganagh Local Area Plan 2017 - 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. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. The application together with the Environmental Impact Assessment Report 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 Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.woodbrook1shd.com.

Permission for a new DÁRT/Railway Station. The site for the station is in a partial embankment cutting with local grade being some 1.9 m above platform level. The station will include two 174 m platforms with 8 m end ramps, platform shelters, seating, lighting, Overhead line equipment (OHLE), CCTV, ticket vending machines and validators, commercial advertising, driver operating monitors, public address, customer information signage, directional and station signage, including a totem pole, as well as a telecoms equipment room (TER) building and permanent way vehicular access route on the western (Up) side. The station platforms will be accessed via ramps and steps integrated into an in-situ concrete retaining wall structure. There will be a continuous paladin fence at the top of the embankment with sliding gates at the station entrance. Above the station will be a public realm structure comprising of two sets of staircases, ramps and a footbridge. These will serve both the station and a future cycleway planned by DLRCC. The overall superstructure design will be an open and transparent steel structure with stainless steel mesh balustrade.

Permission is sought for a Montessori/Creche at first floor of the Ministry Centre, catering for 22 children aged 2 years 8 months to 5 years operating from 9:15am to 12:15pm, Monday to Friday, June to September annually and an after-school service located on the ground floor of the Ministry Centre operating from 1:30pm to 6:00pm catering for a maximum of 40 children