Planning permission for a strategic housing development consisting of the construction of a mixed use scheme of 377 no. ‘Built to Rent’ BTR apartments, Community Sports Hall (c. 933 sq. m), along with 5 no. restaurant/cafés (c. 841 sq.m), creche (c. 215 sq. m), office (c. 195 sq m) and ancillary residents’ support facilities/services (c. 1,016 sq. m) laid out in 6 no. blocks ranging in height from 3-9 storeys (over basement) comprising 21 no. studio apartments, 189 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 159 no. 2 bedroom apartments & 8 no. 3 bedroom apartments (selected no. with balconies), and public realm upgrades as follows: Building 01 (Part 3, 4, 6 & 7 storeys over basement) consists of 77 no. apartments comprising 13 no. studio apartments, 30 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 33 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 1 no. 3 bedroom apartment (with a creche of c. 215 sq. m with associated play area at ground floor); Building 02 (Part 3, 5, 7 & 8 storeys over basement, (with a two-storey undercroft at ground and first floor levels on northern elevation of building) consists of 95 no. apartments comprising 7 no. studio apartments, 57 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 24 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 7 no. 3 bedroom apartments; Building 03 (Part 7 and 9 storeys over part basement) consists of 54 no. apartments comprising 18 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 36 no. 2 bedroom apartments (and office of c. 195 sq. m); Building 04 (7 storeys over basement) consists of 60 no. apartments comprising 42 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 18 no. 2 bedroom apartments; Building 05 (6 storeys, over basement to Lower Kilmacud Road & 7 storeys to the south and west) consists of 62 no. units comprising 1 no. studio apartment, 26 no. 1 bedroom apartments, & 35 no. 2 bedroom apartments (restaurant/café unit c. 219 sq. m at lower ground floor/plaza level & 2 no. restaurant/café units c. 234.1 sq. m and c. 133.9 sq. m respectively at ground floor level onto Lower Kilmacud Road) along with a double height Community Sports Hall including ancillary areas (c. 933 sq. m); Building 06 (5 & 6 storeys) consists of 29 no. units comprising 16 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 13 no. 2 bedroom apartments (restaurant/café unit c. 185.9 sq. m at lower ground floor/plaza level & 68.1 sq. m restaurant/café unit at ground floor level onto Lower Kilmacud Road); The BTR development will also include ancillary Residents’ Support Facilities/Services (c. 1,016 sq. m at ground floor of Building 03 and 04) as well as open space areas and improvements to the public realm along the Lower Kilmacud Road (to footpath and cyclepath) and The Hill, new road layout (omission of left turning lane, widening of footpath) to The Hill, hard and soft landscaping, set down area on the Lower Kilmacud Road. Provision of 2 no. vehicular access points from ‘The Hill’ into 2 no. separate basements to include basement car parking spaces (119 no.); 1 no. set down surface car parking space as well as 866 no. cycle spaces (basement and surface levels) and ancillary areas; pumping stations at basement level, along with solar panels, and green roofs at roof level; All associated site development works, open spaces, landscaping, boundary treatment, plant areas, waste management areas, and services provision (including ESB substation). The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Development Plan and Local Area Plan. 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. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application, together with the Natura Impact Statement, 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 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.BlakesSHD.com