Strategic housing development consisting of: 101no. apartment units comprising (11 no. Studio, 26 no. 1-bedroom & 64 no. 2-bedroom units) each with balcony/ terrace spaces; The apartments are arranged in a crescent shaped building ranging in height from 2 - 4 storeys over a single basement level; 80 no. car parking spaces provided at basement level and a total of 156no. bicycle parking spaces at basement and surface level (including a covered bike parking store catering for 14 no. spaces at surface level); All associated site development works including: site excavation works, hard and soft landscaping, provision of open space, all boundary treatments, lighting, children's play area, a single storey pavilion building providing residents amenity space (c. 140 sqm), ESB substation (c. 21.9 sqm); bin stores and plant at basement level and ancillary site attenuation (including green roofs and PV solar panels at roof level of the apartment buildings); Foul sewer and storm drainage pipe connection to Castle Park Road, via Castle Close; Vehicular access serving the scheme is off the existing avenue also serving Castle Park School via the existing school entrance off Castle Park Road; A new controlled pedestrian/cycle access gate is proposed connecting to Castle Close; The use of the existing gate to the school from Castlelands for emergency/fire tender access purposes, for pedestrian/cycle access and for temporary construction access. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with objectives of the Dun Laoghaire­ Rathdown County Council Development Plan 2016-2022. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land. The application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.castleparkroadshd.com.