Planning precedent report

Provision of a warehouse with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development. The warehouse will have a maximum height of 15.6 metres with a gross floor area of 4,136 sq. m including a warehouse area (3,713 sq. m) ancillary staff facilities (220 sq. m) and ancillary office area (203 sq. m). development will also include: a vehicular entrance/exit via Brownsbarn Drive; a pedestrian access via Brownsbarn Drive; 25 No. ancillary car parking spaces; bicycle parking; ancillary HGV yard; level access goods doors; dock levellers; access gates; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; boundary treatments; and all associated site development works above and below ground.

Provision of a warehouse with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development; The warehouse will have a maximum height of 13.776 metres with a gross floor area of 1,526sq.m including a warehouse area (1,391sq.m), ancillary staff facilities (113sq.m) and ancillary office area (22sq.m); A vehicular entrance/exit via Brownsbarn Drive; a pedestrian access via Brownsbarn Drive; 7 ancillary car parking spaces; bicycle parking; level access goods doors; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; boundary treatments; plant; and all associated site development works above and below ground on lands generally bounded to the north by Browns barn Drive, to the south by a ramp to the Naas Road (N7)1 to the east by a Car Sales Showroom and to the west by a Petrol Filling Station.

Development on a site of c7.29 ha located on lands east of Barney's Lane, Brownsbarn, Baldonnell, Co. Dublin. The proposed development is comprised of change of use of the lands from vehicle distribution centre car park to a logistics warehouse campus. The proposed development includes 4 no. new logistics / warehouse units as follows; 1. Unit 1 - GFA c. 5,936 sq m (warehouse area c. 5,248 sq m, with c. 688 sq m ancillary office and staff facility spaces); 2. Unit 2 - GFA c. 3,632 sqm (warehouse area c. 3181 sq m, with c. 451 sq m ancillary office and staff facility spaces); 3. Unit 3 - GFA c. 6,389 sqm (warehouse area c. 5658 sq m, with c. 730 sq m ancillary office and staff facility spaces); 4. Unit 4 - GFA c. 4,089 sqm (warehouse area c. 3,591 sq m, with c. 498 sq m ancillary office and staff facility spaces); Access to the site will be provided via a new vehicular, pedestrian and cycle entrance via the roundabout at Brownsbarn Drive, to the south of the site, with associated modifications proposed to the roundabout to facilitate access. Each proposed block includes associated set down, turning areas, loading docks, delivery and marshalling yards; 164 no. car, and 106 no. cycle parking spaces; plant and tank areas. The development also includes all internal roads, cyclepaths and footpaths, all site development works and changes in level; site clearance works including the partial removal of hedgerows; hard and soft landscaping; signage; boundary treatments, ducting, cabling and pipework; public and security lighting; CCTV; 2 no. ESB Substations; SUDs including provision of pons; PV Panels; and all other ancillary works.

Erect 3 company logo advertising signages, (Units 1 & 2 currently under construction as per previously granted planning permissions reg. ref. SD21A/0162 & SD22A/0313); The signage will consist of Signage No. 1 & No. 2, company logo; non illuminated; area of 56sq.m each, located 12.31m above ground floor level at the front (eastern) elevation and side (southern) elevation; Signage No. 3, non-illuminated powder coated aluminium totem 1.2m wide x 3.1m height x 0.1m deep, located to the eastern side of the ancillary car park entrance; On lands bounded to the south by the N7 Naas Road, to the north and west by the National Distribution Centre and to the east by Brownsbarn Drive and the Royal Garter Stables, a Protected Structure (RPS Ref.261).

Alterations to an existing planning permission Reg. Ref. SD21A/0162 for a warehouse development of 2 units (Unit 1 & Unit 2) at the 4.04ha site comprising of reduction of 237sq.m of warehouse floor area on the ground floor due to, change of use of 63sq.m of warehouse floor area to office floor area, change of use of 91sq.m of warehouse floor to staff facilities floor area on the ground floor plan, and the remainder due to the addition of a 2.4m high perimeter blockwork wall in the warehouse area; Change of use of 14sq.m of staff facilities floor area to office floor area at the ancillary office ground floor plan; Change of use of 14sq.m of office floor area to staff facilities floor area over ist & 2nd floor plan; Reduction of 28sq.m of office over 1st and 2nd floor plan to facilitate structural alignment; Minor internal alterations to the ancillary staff facilities/office layouts with no area alterations; Elevational changes, omission of 5 dock levellers & associated canopy and addition of 1 fire escape door to the building's southern elevation; Addition of 2 fire escape doors to the building's northern elevation; Alterations to Unit 2 are as follows, omission of warehouse office/staff facilities block at the south-east & north-west corner of the warehouse resulting in, change of use of 40sq.m of office floor area to warehouse floor area and change of use of 76sq.m of staff facilities floor area to warehouse floor area on the ground floor; Addition of a 2.4m high perimeter blockwork wall internally within the warehouse area, resulting in a warehouse floor area reduction of 63sq.m; Alteration to the ancillary office/staff facilities block resulting in, a reduction of 101sq.m of office floor area and addition of llm2 of staff Facilities floor area on ground floor plan; Reduction of 104sq.m of office floor area & 52sq.m of staff facilities floor area over 1st & 2nd floor plan; Elevational changes, a reduction of 2 level doors and addition of 6 dock leveller doors & associated canopy to the building's north-eastern elevation; Associated site plan and drainage adjustments.

Construction of 2 warehouses with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development; Unit 1 will have a maximum height of 16.35 metres with a gross floor area of 8,156sq.m including a warehouse area (7,397sq.m), ancillary office areas (362sq.m) and staff facilities (397sq.m); Unit 2 will have a maximum height of 15.35 metres with a gross floor area of 5,990sq.m including a warehouse area (5,031sq.m), ancillary office areas (536sq.m) and staff facilities (423sq.m); vehicular access/egress routes to the subject site via the existing roundabout and access road; alteration to the existing access arrangements to the subject lands to facilitate safe traffic flow to/from the proposed facilities; pedestrian access; 109 car parking spaces; bicycle parking; HGV Parking; HGV yards; level access goods doors; dock levellers; access gates; signage; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; boundary treatments; ESB substation; sprinkler tanks; pump houses; and all associated site development works above and below ground on lands bounded to the south by the N7 Naas Road, to the north and west by the National Distribution Centre and to the east by Brownsbarn Drive and the Royal Garter Stables, a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. 261).