The proposed development principally comprises: the demolition and removal of existing boundary walls and railings on the main development site's eastern, western and northern sides; and the construction of a mixed-use development in 2 No. blocks (Block A to the south and Block B to the north) with a gross floor area of 23,540 sq m (including basement of 275 sq m) and ranging in height from 1 No. to 7 No. storeys (with mezzanine level) over basement. The development includes a total of 199 No. residential dwellings (6 No. studios, 47 No. 1-bed, 98 No. 2-bed and 48 No. 3-bed) in the 2 No. blocks, with Block A comprising 49 No. 'senior living' apartment units and Block B comprising 150 No. 'standard' apartment units. The development also includes 2,123 sq m of non-residential floor space, with the following uses proposed: 4 No. retail units (totalling 331 sq m); 4 No. class 1 / class 2 commercial units (totalling 387 sq m); a bicycle sales and repair shop (81 sq m); an off-licence (64 sq m); a bar (151 sq m); a café (87 sq m); a medical centre (210 sq m); a dental practice (72 sq m); a pharmacy (195 sq m); a beauty/health salon (195 sq m); and a crèche (350 sq m) with external play area. The development also comprises: an undercroft car park accessed via a new entrance/exit at Belgard Square East which provides 58 No. car parking spaces; a gated service lane to the south of Block A, with entrances/exits off Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; 2 No. pedestrian/cycle crossings, at Belgard Square East and Belgard Road; continuation of the northbound cycle lane from Belgard Road onto Old Blessington Road; alteration to the median and northbound right turn at Belgard Road onto Abberley Square; cycle parking; internal communal amenity spaces for the senior living units; hard and soft landscaping, including public open space, communal amenity space and incidental spaces; private amenity spaces (as balconies and terraces facing all directions); boundary treatments; 2 No. sub-stations; plant/operational rooms; bin stores; public lighting; blue roofs; rooftop PV arrays; lift overruns and rooftop opening vents atop both blocks; 4 No. 0.3 m diameter microwave link dishes mounted on 2 No. steel support poles affixed to the Block B lift overrun, all enclosed in radio-friendly GRP shrouds; and all associated works above and below ground. Note for the mixed-use question below: there are too many non-residential uses proposes relative to the lines available, so we have provided the residential floor area and the combined non-residential floor area. See submitted materials for details of the individual non-residential uses. The main development site (approximately 0.91 Ha) is generally bound: to the north by Old Blessington Road; to the east by Belgard Road.

Demolition and removal of existing single and two storey showroom extensions (485 sq Mts) to front elevation (facing Belgard Road) and side elevation (facing Cookstown Estate Road), along with removal of projecting canopy on this side elevation, re-fenestration to front facade (facing Belgard Road) along with a section of side facade (facing Cookstown Estate Road), to include fitting of new curtain walling with matching entrance doors along new wall cladding and new illuminated building signage and required site works.

Replacement pitched roof over garage and courtyard; single storey utility, toilet and lobby extension to courtyard; single storey sunroom to the rear; single storey glazed porch to the front, at the Old Rectory, Belgard Road, Dublin 24

Change the use of Unit 3 of Block 3 from retail to office space (155sq.m gross floor area excluding shared lobby of 34sq.m); signage zones related to the office use; all associated works to complete the development; signage zones located on the fascias of the ground floor retail Unit 2 and two internally illuminated, projecting pharmacy 'cross' signs, for a pharmacy which will be operating from the ground floor retail unit (Unit 2) of Block 3; all associated works to complete the development.

Change the use of Unit 1 of Block 3 to a veterinary clinic as well as permission for signage areas. Retention of a new entrance door on Block 3; sub-division of Unit 1, Block 2, in to two units (1a and 1b) and the change of use to a barber (Unit 1a) and takeaway (Unit 1b); new signage zones; all associated works to complete the development.