Planning precedent report

Provision of a single storey substation including switch room.

Provision of public concert use at the Convention Centre.

Replacement of non-original PVC windows with timber sash windows with thermally efficient slim-line double glazing in the protected structure and ancillary landscaping; retention of single storey pavilion incorporating open plan kitchen / dining / living room to rear of the house and minor internal alterations for senior parental accommodation and permission for alterations to elevational treatment of pavilion and garage.

The development will consist of a cemetery including: 8,047 No. traditional burial plots; Columbarium walls; 1 single storey reception building (214.7m2 Gross Floor Area (GFA)) comprising a reception, 1 office, 1 reception store, WC, kitchenette with photovoltaic (PV) solar panels at roof level; and the provision of an ancillary maintenance shed, bin and battery storage structures; The development includes a new vehicular access road from Garters Lane to the N7 /M7 Naas Road, with 2 vehicular access points serving the proposed cemetery; 110 car parking spaces (25 spaces to the east of the reception building and 85 within overflow car park areas to the south of the development); 8 bicycle parking stands; and all associated hard and soft landscape and boundary treatment works including the reshaping of an existing lake and provision of a footbridge; provision of SUDS measures, associated lighting, associated signage, site services (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground.

The proposed development comprises amendments to a Strategic Housing Development scheme permitted under ABP Ref. ABP-308088-20. consisting of modifications to the previously permitted development (ABP Ref. ABP- 308088-20), comprising: replacement of 2 one bedroom unit with 1 two bedroom unit and an entrance lobby / concierge at ground floor level within permitted Block C; replacement of 3 three bedroom units with 3 two bedroom units and additional residential amenity spaces at first, third and fifth floor levels within permitted Block C; replacement of 2 two bedroom units with 2 one bedroom units and additional residential amenity spaces at ground and third floor levels within permitted Block D; and the provision of an enlarged stretcher lift through all floor levels of permitted Blocks C and D. The total number of residential units proposed will decrease from 224 to 223 as a result of the proposed amendments; The proposed development will also consist of: amendments to the permitted car parking areas at basement levels resulting in a total loss of 29 car parking spaces (151 car parking spaces are provided in total at basement level); the provision of c. 275sq.m of residential amenity space (incl. reception, office, staff amenities, multi-purpose spaces, meeting rooms and lobbies) at basement level of permitted Block C and D; minor elevation amendments to permitted Block D; the provision of a new external stair well to the eastern elevation of permitted Block D providing access from the ground floor level to the basement level; reduction of the roofed area above the basement ramp of permitted Block A and B; the provision of sprinkler tank rooms, landlord plants, comms room and attenuation tanks at basement level of permitted Blocks A, B, C and D; the provision of PV solar panel at all roof levels; amendments to hard and soft landscaping areas; and all associated site excavation and development works above and below ground.

Cairn Homes Properties Limited intends to apply for planning permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) comprising amendments to a previously permitted Strategic Housing Development (SHD) (An Coimisiún Pleanála Reg. Ref. ABP-308088-20), as amended by SDCC Reg. Ref. SD22A/0357, at Garters Lane, Saggart, Co. Dublin. The development will comprise the provision of a new single storey ESB substation with associated switch room (21.5 sq m total with maximum height of c. 3.4m to the top of the parapet) to the north east of permitted Block B, associated minor revisions to soft landscaping and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.