Planning precedent report

Warehouse with ancillary three storey office and staff facilities and associated development. The warehouse will have a parapet height of 17 metres with a gross floor area of 14,649sq.m including a warehouse area (13,494sq.m), ancillary office areas (1099sq.m) and staff facilities (56sq.m); provision of a new vehicular access/egress onto the Jordanstown Road; internal roadways; pedestrian access; 152 ancillary car parking spaces; bicycle parking; HGV yard including 26 HGV parking stands and 18 loading docks; hard and soft landscaping including green walls; lighting; photo-voltaic panels; ESB substation and switch room; plant; boundary treatments and associated development works above and below ground.

Amendment to SDCC REF. SD19A/0264 comprising the omission of the 33 permitted Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels (53sq.m) to the ancillary office roof; provision of 400 Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels (717sq.m) to the warehouse roof; provision of an amended access arrangement including pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure to the staff/visitor carpark with the provision of an inter-com/FOB access point, central concrete aisle and gates; omission of 1 permitted car parking space (reducing the quantum of car parking from 152 to 151 spaces); the provision of 2 sections of strip window glazing to the northern elevation of the warehouse (each 37.4m in length and 1m in height); the provision of a soft surface outdoor exercise area; boundary treatments and all associated development works above and below ground.

The development amends a permitted warehouse development (as granted under SDCC Reg. Ref. SD19A/0264 and SDCC Reg. Ref. SD21A/0276). Retention permission is sought for the following modifications: the provision of 3 No. gas tanks (c. 1.5 metres high) with associated fencing to the north of the site, resulting in the omission of 6 No. permitted HGV spaces; the addition of a sprinkler tank (c. 29 sq m) and pump room (c. 31 sq m) to the north-west of the site; the provision of entrance and wayfinding signage as follows: 2 No. signs at the northern entrance along the eastern boundary (1 metre high) and 2 No. signs at the southern entrance along the eastern boundary (1 metre high); 2 No. signs on the northern elevation of the constructed warehouse (3.9 metres high and 1 metre high); and 2 No. signs on the eastern elevation of the constructed warehouse (3.9 metres high and 1 metre high); boundary treatments; and all associated development works above and below ground. The proposed development amendments will principally consist of: the provision of crash protection barriers (c. 1.1 metres high) to the south, east and west of the constructed gas tanks; and all associated development works above and below ground.

A\(I) the provision of a waste transfer station facility for the storage and transfer of non-hazardous waste. The proposed facility includes: (a) construction of a two-storey office building with staff facilities, served by 55 no. car parking spaces (inclusive of 2 no. accessible parking spaces), and accessed via the existing entrance in the southern portion of the site, along the western site boundary. (b) provision of an internal one-way road in the central portion of the site, accessible from the existing entrance, located centrally along the western site boundary; (c) provision of waste storage areas in the central portion of the site, together with van/trailer parking spaces, 2 no. storage containers and 2 no. HVO tanks; (d) provision of waste storage area in northern portion of the site; (e) provision of an internal one-way road in the northern portion of the site comprising a compacted permeable hardcore surface, accessed via the existing entrance at the northern end of the site, along the western site boundary. The northern internal road will also include a weighbridge and adjacent waste storage bays. The proposal is also inclusive of (ii) landscaping, boundary treatments pedestrian paths, drainage, and all associated site development and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development at lands on Jordanstown View (to the south of the Unipharm Group Premises), Greenough Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin. This activity will be applied for with a New Waste Facility Permit Application, under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 as amended.

Proposed 250sqm (16445mm high above yard level) ancillary fridge extension to the existing Northern (Front) Elevation of the existing warehouse building. All finishes to match the existing building.

Electric Vehicle Charging Station consisting of 5 EV charging stations, each serving 2 vehicle charging bays, a total of 10 charging points, 2 x 4 bay canopy structures incorporate circa. 84sq.m of roof mounted solar panels; The proposed development also incorporates 1 ESB substation, the use of an existing point of access / egress and all associated above and below ground ancillary works.