Former factory site Finglas Business Centre, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
We, Jamestown Village Limited, intend to apply for planning permission for development of a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site of c. 1.82 ha on the former factory site Finglas Business Centre, Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11. The proposals comprise the demolition of existing ESB substation on site and construction of a mixed use development of 298 no. apartments 116 no. 1-bed, 182 no. 2-bed units (including 2 no. 3-person units and 180 no. 4-person units) c. 1,418 sqm of community/cultural/arts floor area, c. 738 sqm of commercial floor area (café, coworking space, retail) and a c. 295 sqm creche. The development will consist of: 1. Demolition of existing ESB substation (c. 32 sqm) and boundary treatments. 2. Block A (part 6/7 storeys) comprises a c. 161 sqm café, bike storage, ESB substation, switch room at ground floor level with 84 apartments (31 no. 1-bed and 53 no. 2-bed units) at ground to sixth floor level. 3. Block B (7 storeys) comprises bike storage at ground floor level and 51 no. apartments (23 no. 1-bed and 28 no. 2-bed units) at ground to sixth floor level. 4. Block C (4-7 storeys) comprises a c. 295 sqm crèche (with external play area), bike storage, ESB substation and switch room at ground floor and 82 no. apartments (34 no. 1-bed and 48 no. 2-bed units) at ground to sixth floor level, with telecommunications equipment at roof level consisting of microwave dishes (1.1 metres in height above lift overrun) and antenna at eastern elevation at fifth floor level. 5. Block D (3-5 storeys) comprises a c. 1,395 sqm community/cultural/arts space, ESB substation, switch room and comms room, at ground floor with 63 no. apartments (18 no. 1-bed and 45 no. 2-bed units) at ground to fourth floor level and external roof terrace (c. 200 sqm) at fourth floor level. 6. Block E (3 storeys) comprises c. 230 sqm of retail floor space, c. 311 sqm of coworking office floor space, bike and bin stores at ground floor with 18 no. apartments (10 no. 1-bed and 8 no. 2-bed) at first and second floor level and external roof terrace (c. 155 sqm). 7. Provision of c. 2,309 sqm of external communal open space comprising a landscaped garden courtyard with children's play area and outdoor fitness area, bicycle parking and lift / stairs to access basement, roof terrace at Block D (200 sqm) and Block E (155 sqm) on west elevations. 8. Provision of c. 1,916 sqm of public open space provided in the form of a public plaza and pedestrian between Blocks A, D and E (including informal play), bicycle parking areas provided throughout the surface level of the site. 9. Shared vehicular and bicycle access from a new local street branching west from Jamestown Road at the northeast corner of the site (extending to the western boundary), with 11 surface visitor car parking spaces (3 no. accessible) and drop-off bay in the northern part of site, with ramp access to a basement level (c. 5,130 sqm) providing 143 car parking spaces (6 no. accessible, 9 no. visitors and 12 no. car share) , with a total of 704 bicycle parking spaces with 630 no. for residential use (480 long term, 150 short term / visitor spaces) and 74 no. for other uses (32 long term, 42 short term / visitor spaces) at ground floor and basement levels. 10. Toucan crossing to the east of the new local street across Jamestown Road and new cycle lane along Jamestown Road with reconfigured bus stop. 11. New signalised crossing and junction upgrade works at the southern boundary at the entrance to Finglas Business Centre. 12. All associated infrastructure and enabling works associated with the development, green/blue roofs, telecommunications equipment, landscaping, pedestrian access, set down area at southern perimeter, boundary treatments and ESB substation and switch room at northern perimeter. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.jamestownvillagelrd.ie