Planning precedent report

Construction of a new car park to provide 85 parking spaces, controlled taxi-rank, covered bicycle parking zone, new covered walkway located adjacent to the main hospital entrance together with alterations to the existing road, footpath, retaining wall & car park to provide an additional 5 disabled use bays including all associated site works.

The proposed development, Innovate Health, Centre of Excellence in Brain Health and Dementia, which will consist of: The demolition (in part) of the existing concrete beams adjoining the neighbouring unit and relocation of existing underground services. A five-storey building with part six-storey elements and set-back accommodation and plant rooms. (c. 6,590m²). The building functions comprise a reception area, café/restaurant, central atrium, radiology department, treatment, assessment and consultation rooms, research facilities, associated offices and meeting rooms and associated staff facilities, plant and storage rooms. Roof terrace at Level 05 at the south end of the building. Extract flues above roof level for laboratory ventilation. The removal of 14 car park spaces in the existing adjacent TUH car park to facilitate a new Entrance Park consisting of hard and soft landscaping and lighting. New footpath, signage, loading bay and accessible parking space off Fourth Avenue. New footpath, signage, set down area and two accessible parking spaces off the internal hospital campus road to the west. Extended footpath to the west of the adjacent car park and new pedestrian crossing to enhance pedestrian access to the existing multi-storey car park. New pedestrian crossing to connect the new Entrance Park with the main entrance to Tallaght University Hospital. Secure enclosed staff bike store to the North and visitor bike racks in the Entrance Park. Bin store to east side of building. Boundary fencing, walls and gates to east of site. The new facility will employ an extension to Tallaght University's Hospital current waste license. All associated ancillary site development and drainage works.

The construction of a new entrance lobby and concourse of total 250sq.m. additional floor area and 6m in height, including new information desk, informal seating area and display facilities. The proposal includes: (a) modifications to existing main entrance external wall and roof to create continuous 6m high new concourse extending from new entrance doors into the existing 4-storey high Atrium; (b) demolitions including removal of existing entrance canopy (20x7m) and removal of entire existing linear canopy (c.220m length) over the pedestrian walk way at road frontage; (c) associated external works including landscaping works, drainage and new paving; (d) new sign fixed above new entrance lobby doors.

Single storey first floor extension to the existing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) consisting of twelve isolation bedrooms, associated ancillary spaces, public waiting and overnight areas and staff areas. The proposed will be located on the roof of the existing ground floor outpatients department (existing roof finishes to be removed), connecting to the existing ICU at two locations, to an existing circulation route in one location and to the existing hospital street at one location. There will be no second floor accommodation with the exception of open air plant, screened plant and associated services with access for maintenance staff.

(i) Demolition of the existing industrial buildings (2,518sq.m);(ii) Construction of a 'build-to-rent' housing development providing a total of 245 residential apartments (comprising 69 studio units, 56 one-bed units and 120 two-bed units) in a six to eleven storey building over basement. Each apartment has associated private open space in the form of a ground floor terrace or a balcony and has access to 21 communal amenity spaces (totalling 880sq.m), including a communal gym (82.5sq.m), and a ground floor level landscaped courtyard. The development is served by an underground carpark (accessed from the Cookstown Road extension currently under construction) providing a total of 79 parking spaces (including 75 standard spaces and 4 mobility impaired user parking spaces), and 468 bicycle spaces (388 resident spaces at basement level and 80 visitor spaces at ground floor level in the central courtyard and on street);(iii) 2 commercial units (comprising 129.4sq.m and 126.5sq.m and accommodating Class 1, 2 and 8 uses as per the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001-2019, as amended) at ground floor level; (iv) associated site and infrastructural works are also proposed which include: foul and surface water drainage; attenuation tanks; lighting; landscaping; boundary fences; plant areas; ESB substations; internal hard landscaping, including footpaths and street furniture; and all associated site development works.

The amendments to the permitted development will consist of: 1. Reduction in the overall height and internal and external re-configuration of permitted development resulting in the omission of 1 no. floor in Block A and C, and 2 no. floors of Block B to comply with Condition 2 of the permitted development. This will result in an overall reduction in units in the permitted development by 55 no. units from 252 no. units to 197 no. units; 2. Omission of 41 no. studio apartments which will be replaced with 15 no. 1-beds, 13 no. 2-beds and 2 no. 3-bed units including any associated elevational changes to balconies and window openings; 3. Revised layout at ground floor to remove podium courtyard, parking and service area which will be replaced with a new underground car park, entrance and service area; 4. Relocation of permitted creche to the ground floor corner of Blocks B and C and inclusion of an associated outdoor play area resulting in the omission of apartment no. 40 and relocation of tenant amenities/ community space to Block A to comply with Condition 2 of the permitted development; 5. Inclusion of plant equipment at roof level; and, 6. Inclusion of a blue roof drainage system at roof level of all permitted apartment blocks. 7. The development also includes all site development works necessary above and below ground necessary to facilitate the development.