Permission for a strategic housing development will comprise a Build to Rent (BTR) apartment development consisting of 5 no. blocks ranging in height up to 10 storeys (over basement/undercroft located in the northern portion of the site). 531 no. apartments are proposed comprising 28 no studio, 297 no. 1 -beds, 197 no. 2-beds & 9 no. 3-beds. All residential units provided with associated private balconies/terraces to the north/south/east/west elevations. The BTR development will also include Resident Support Facilities & Resident Services & Amenities (total floor area c.1488 sq.m) including reception lobby and residents lounge, meeting/leasing room, parcels/delivery area, event spaces, co-working spaces, resident store areas, outdoor cinema, screening room, ‘chef’s kitchen’ and private dining area, prep kitchen, yoga studio, gym, changing room & WCs, pet washing, roof top garden allotment, management offices, maintenance office, store areas, staff breakroom and staff shower rooms.The development also includes a creche (c.438.6 sq.m), and a cafe unit (c.96.7 sq.m). Provision of 171 no. car parking spaces, 1,012 no. cycle parking spaces and 26 no. motorcycle spaces. Vehicular/pedestrian/cyclist accesses including from Wyckham Avenue and including improvement works to the existing Carmelite Centre access road and entrance. Additional pedestrian accesses from Ballawley Park and Greenmount Lane are also proposed. All associated site development works, open spaces, roof gardens, landscaping, boundary treatments, plant areas, waste management areas, cycle parking areas, and services provision (including ESB substations). The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2016-2022 and the Draft Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2022 - 2028. 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. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Assessment have been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application together with an environmental impact assessment report and a Natura Impact Assessment 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.marmaladelaneshd2.ie