Planning precedent report

Full planning permission for the following: (a) replacement of existing roof including raising ridge height over existing single storey detached dwelling house, (b) new single storey extension to side / rear of said existing dwelling house, (c) decommissioning and backfilling of existing sewage treatment system and replacement of same with a new on-site domestic wastewater treatment system, (d) modifications to existing window openings along front elevation, (e) internal modifications, connection to all other existing on-site services, landscaping and all associated development works at Sycamore Cottage, Blessington Road, Boherboy, Saggart, Co. Dublin. Eircode D24 XY46

Retention of self-storage facility on c. 4.09Ha comprising of: (1) 382 40', 20' & 10' storage containers; (2) parking facilities for buses, coaches, trucks and trailers, machinery, cars and vans; (3) workshop for vehicle and machinery maintenance; (4) all ancillary site works. Permission for: (1) entrance with splayed walls off the N81 to replace the existing entrance to the facility which is to be removed; (2) access road into the existing storage facility; (3) all ancillary site works to include storm drainage and public lighting.

New agricultural shed building; Upgrading existing agricultural entrance to accommodate new recessed entrance; Access roadway and all associated site development works.

Demolition of existing Public House building and of existing incomplete buildings on the east side of the site; construction of a three storey hotel comprising of 129 bedrooms, reception and ancillary bar (136sq.m) at ground floor, restaurant (311sq.m) in single storey building; associated waste storage to the west of the site; 3 three storey Aparthotel buildings comprising 15 units each (45 units in total) comprising of studios, one bed, two bed and three bed units to the south and south east; 3 small balconies with small terraces under on the north façade of the Aparthotel Block A & B and the west façade of Block C; new vehicular and pedestrian entrance at Boherboy/Saggart Road (L2008); new footpath along the Boherboy/Saggart Road (L2008); parking area for 120 cars and 30 bicycles; extensive tree planting throughout; substation together with all associated site works, boundary treatments and landscaping; total floor area of buildings is 8,313sq.m; existing vehicular entrance to the site on the Blessington Road will remain for emergency use only; An Ecological Impact Assessment is submitted as part of this application.

Construction of a single storey split level, 4 bedroom house measuring 168.65sq.m gross floor area and includes: (a) internal driveway accessed via an existing family entrance from Meagan's Lane; (b) associated landscaping; (c) wastewater treatment tank and percolation area; (d) bored freshwater well and (e) all ancillary works.

Development to the immediate north of the site is the Carrigmore residential estate, to the west are agricultural lands and a single dwelling, to the east is the Corbally residential estate while to the south is the Boherboy Road; The proposed application represents the development of the entire Boherboy Neighbourhood as identified in the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (2012) consisting of 655 dwellings, comprised of 257 two, three & four bed, two & three storey detached, semi-detached & terraced houses, 152 one, two & three bed duplex units in 17 two to three, three to four & four storey blocks, and 246 one, two & three bed apartments in 9 buildings ranging in height from two, two to five, four to five & five storeys, and a two storey crèche (693sq.m); Access to the development will by via one vehicular access point from the Boherboy Road, along with proposed upgrade works to Boherboy Road to include the provision of a roadside footpath along the front of the site at the Boherboy Road, continuing eastwards to the junction with the N81 Blessington Road (for an overall distance of c.370m); The proposed development also provides for pedestrian and cyclist connectivity to the adjoining Carrigmore Park to the north-east, and vehicular, pedestrian and cyclist connections to adjoining developments at Corbally Heath to the east and Carrigmore Green to the north; The proposed development provides for (i) all associated site development works above and below ground, including surface water attenuation & an underground foul sewerage pumping station at the northern end of the site, (ii) public open spaces (c. 3Ha), including alongside the Corbally Stream, which will accommodate the provision of pedestrian / cyclist links to Carrigmore Park to the north-east, (iii) communal open spaces (c. 6,392sq.m), (iv) hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments, (v) undercroft, basement & surface car parking (914 car parking spaces, including EV parking), (vi) bicycle parking (797 bicycle parking spaces), (vii) bin & bicycle storage, (viii) public lighting, and (ix), plant (M&E), utility services & 5 ESB sub-stations, all on an overall application site area of 18.3ha; In accordance with the Fortunestown Local Area Plan (2012) an area of c. 1.4Ha within the site is reserved as a future school site.