Planning precedent report

To view details of this Strategic Housing Development please visit www.blackwoodsquareplanning.com. ABP-306075-19 The development will consist of 4 no. 8-storey apartment blocks arranged around a communal courtyard all over a shared basement. The apartment blocks will accommodate 331 no. apartment units with associated ground floor terraces and upper floor balconies providing 6 no. one bedroom units, 292 no. two bedroom units and 33 no. three bedroom units. The development will also include: residential shared services consisting of a multi-function area (c.133sq.m), a gym (c.140sq.m) and concierge area; a childcare facility (c.224sq.m) and 5 no. ground floor mixed use units capable of accommodating class 1,2,8, café and restaurant uses with an overall total area of c. 939 sq.m; ancillary car parking (comprising 331 no. resident spaces and 3 no. disabled spaces at basement level; 3 no. car club spaces and 1 no. disabled space at surface level); ancillary bicycle storage spaces comprising 690 no. spaces at basement level and 70 no. spaces at surface level; all associated plant; refuse storage areas; communal open space; public open space; a substation; green route connection across car park associated with Gulliver's Retail Park and Local Centre with existing pedestrian and cycle paths on Northwood Avenue; associated drainage arrangements; utility connections, landscaping; public lighting; and; all site development works. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Fingal Development Plan 2017-2023. An Environment Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application. The application together with an Environmental Impact Assessment Report may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during the public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and Fingal County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.blackwoodsquareplanning.com. Submissions or observations to be made to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, together with the prescribed fee of €20.00. ABP REF:- ABP-306075-19

The development will consist of the change of use

The development will comprise the change of use of the existing retail use to leisure use (215.24 sq.m.) comprising infant swimming pool with shower and changing rooms, café, toilets and staff areas. Proposed new internally non-illuminated signage/branding mounted on the inside face of existing glazed facades and inclusive of all associated site works.

The development will consist

The proposed development will consist of the construction of a residential development comprising 3 no. apartment blocks comprising 192 no. apartment units to include 4 no. 1-bedroom units and 188 no. 2-bedroom units, shared residential services (concierge, multifunction unit and gymnasium), and open amenity spaces over a basement. The apartment blocks are to be constructed above a basement level and partially shared podium structure (undercroft at ground-level), comprising: * Block 1, ranging in height from 4-9 storeys, will contain 64 no. apartment units consisting of 1 no. 1-bedroom unit, 63 no. 2-bedroom units with a concierge space (c. 158.2 sq.m) at ground-floor level with associated communal open spaces at podium level: * Block 2, ranging in height from 4-9 storeys, will contain 62 no. apartment units consisting of 2 no. 1-bedroom unit, 60 no 2-bedroom units with a multifunction are (c. 167.8 sq. m) at ground-floor level with associated communal open spaces at podium level: and, * Block 3, ranging in height from 4-9 storeys, will contain 66 no. apartment units consisting of 1 no. 1-bedroom unit, 65 no. 2-bedroom with associated communal open spaces at podium level. * The proposed development will also provide the following: - 180 no. car parking spaces for residents, consisting of 146 no. spaces at the new basement level (incl. 1 no. disabled space) and 34 no. spaces at ground-floor level (undercroft) (incl. 1 no. disabled space): - 12 no. car parking spaces for visitors (incl. 1 no. disabled space and 2 no. car-sharing parking spaces at surface level) - relocation of permitted 254 no. car parking spaces cater for Swift Square Office Park personnel, consisting of 214 no. spaces at the new basement level (incl. 1 disabled space) and 40 no. spaces at ground-floor level (undercroft): - 33 no. motorcycle parking spaces, including 28 no. spaces at the basement level and 5 no. spaces at ground-floor level (undercroft): - 392 no. bicycle parking spaces for residents distributed access across 4 no. secure cycles store areas at ground-level (undercroft): and 100 no. bicycle parking spaces for visitors at surface level: - 30 no. sheltered bicycle parking spaces at street level for Swift Square Office Park personnel: - a new vehicular access ramp to the new basement level: - communal and public open spaces, including play areas: - private open space to apartment in the form of terrace and balconies: - an ancillary residential gymnasium space (c. 89.7 sq.m) at ground-floor level (undercroft) between Block 1 and Block 2: - site clearance and removal of all existing structures on site ancillary to the existing surface car parking: - provision of a temporary car parking area and, a construction access from Northwood Avenue to be removed on completion of the proposed works: and, - all associated plant, drainage arrangements, works to facilitate utility connections, boundary treatment, landscaping, public lighting, refuse storage, vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle access, construction compounds and site development works. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and will accompany this application.

The development consists of an extension to office Unit D1d at ground floor and provision of a first floor level above the unit for use as a Class 2 office together with all associated works including: omission of a window to the eastern elevation; provision of an internal stairway; provision of windows on the northern elevation at both levels; provision of an external terrace at ground floor level; and provision of a balcony at first floor level. The total floor area of the extension to be retained is 118.1sq.m. The total gross floor space of the extended office unit is 191.4sq.m.