A visitor parking area and all associated landscaping, drainage, ancillary site works and services, and is material change of use from lawn/pasture area to a multi bay vehicular parking area. Kilruddery House (RPS Ref. No. 08-33) and Kilruddery House Gates (RPS Ref. No. 08-34) are included on the record of Protected Structures. The current application does not involve any works or change of use of these protected structures

The proposal is for Phase 1 of a 2-phase housing development and will consist of: A) The construction of 96 no. dwellings (and single storey crèche c. 175 sq. m.) comprising 10 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey houses, 65 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey houses, 1 no. 4 bedroom detached house (3 storey to front 2 storey to rear), 6 no. 3 bedroom ‘Courtyard’ dwellings (2 storey), and 11 no. part 2 storey/3 storey 4 bedroom ‘Courtyard’ dwelling, 3 no. 1 bedroom apartments in 1 no. 3 storey building; B) All ancillary development works including footpaths, landscaping boundary treatments, public, private and communal open space areas (including balcony or terrace), car and bicycle parking, single storey ESB substations/bicycle stores regrading/re-profiling of site where required and all ancillary site development/construction works (and all new site services connections); C) Vehicular access will be from the Southern Cross Road (R768) via the existing entrance serving Kilruddery House & Gardens & Parklands Office Park. The works will entail the talking-down, relocation and reconfiguration of the existing Kilruddery entrance gates and piers (a protected structure) further within Kilruddery House & Gardens, with new access to the proposed residential development via new overall revised entrance arrangement (including to existing dwelling) and access route. It is also proposed to provide pedestrian access to the north and pedestrian access to eastern boundary (from R761); the proposed development will allow for all roads, services and landscaping for Phase 1 and Phase 2 sites;

For Phase 2 of a 2-phase housing development and will consist of: (A) The construction of 34 no. dwellings comprising 12 no. 2 bedroom 2 storey townhouses, 14 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey townhouses, and 8 no. 3 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached houses; (B) All ancillary development works including footpaths, landscaping boundary treatments, public, private open space areas, car and bicycle parking, single storey ESB substations/bicycle stores, regarding/re-profiling of site where required and all ancillary site development/construction works (and all new site services connections); (C) Vehicular access will be from the Southern Cross Road (R768) via the existing entrance serving Kilruddery House & Gardens & Parklands Office Park. The works will entail the taking-down, relocation and reconfiguration of the existing Kilruddery entrance gates and piers (a protected structure) further within Kilruddery House & Gardens, with new access to the proposed residential development via new overall revised entrance arrangement (including to existing dwelling) and access route. It is also proposed to provide pedestrian access to north and pedestrian access to eastern boundary (from R761); the proposed development will allow for all roads, services and landscaping for Phase 1 and Phase 2 sites;