ABP31404122Refused
Site area of c.0.48 ha, on lands located at and adjoining Stradbrook House, Stradbrook Road, Mountashton, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
Permission for a Strategic Housing Development The demolition of the existing Stradbrook House and adjoining surface car park, and the construction of: 108 No. Build-to-Rent residential senior living apartments (83 No. 1-bed apartments and 25 No. 2-bed apartments), with balconies / winter gardens provided for all units, across 2 No. blocks ranging between 3 to 7-storeys over basement with set back at sixth-floor level. The proposal also includes for 148 No. secure bicycle parking spaces, 55 No. underground car parking spaces, a two-way vehicular and cyclist entrance ramp, and bin storage, circulation areas and associated plant at basement level; a self-contained office unit, a residential staff management suite, resident’s facilities, residents’ communal amenity rooms, and residents’ communal open space, as well as 13 No. surface car parking spaces (incl. 1 No. accessible commercial car parking space and 12 No. car parking spaces for use by the adjoining creche (incl. 1 No. accessible)), 24 No. secure cycle spaces within separate bike store, separate bin store for office use, 30 No. short-term bicycle parking spaces, and 3 No. ESB substations at ground floor level; additional communal amenity rooms at first, second and third floor levels; roof gardens / terraces at third, fourth and sixth-floor levels; green roofs; and PV panels on third, fourth and sixth-floor roof-level; amendments to existing boundary wall to provide new vehicular and pedestrian entrances; provision of security gates; and associated site landscaping, boundary treatments, lighting and servicing, and all associated works above and below ground. The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the Dún 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 the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Development Plan 2022-2028 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 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the Applicant: - www.stradbrookroadshd.comZoning ContraventionResidential AmenityDesign