'Harold's Bridge Court, No.s 1-3 Clare Villas, No. 18 Greenmount Lane, and No. 11 Limekiln Lane, located at Harold's Cross Road, Greenmount Lane & Limekiln Lane, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6W.
Permission for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) on a site, that includes lands at 'Harold's Bridge Court, No.s 1-3 Clare Villas, No. 18 Greenmount Lane, and No. 11 Limekiln Lane, located at Harold's Cross Road, Greenmount Lane & Limekiln Lane, Harold's Cross, Dublin 6W. The site is bounded: (a) to the north, by the rear of existing dwellings (No.s 1-8a Parnell Road & No. 20 Greenmount Lane) and commercial development (i.e. "Greenmount Office Park") fronting onto Parnell Road, (b) to the south and east by commercial development i.e. "Greenmount House" and "Argus House" office buildings, and residential development i.e. "Boyne Court", (c) to the east by Harold's Cross Road, and (d) to the west by Greenmount Lane and to the south-west by Limekiln Lane. The proposed development provides for 181 no. dwellings comprised of studio, 1, 2 & 3 bed apartment units in 4 no. 3-7 storey blocks (accommodated in proposed Blocks A-D). The development also includes: (a) 1 no. retail (shop local) unit (c.174sq.m) at ground floor level of Block A, (b) 1 no. creche (c.140sq.m) at ground floor level of Block C, and (c) c.519sq.m-of community/arts & culture space at ground and first floor of Block D (facing onto Greenmount Lane) and c. 147sq.m of community/arts & culture space in No. 18 Greenmount Lane & No. 11 Limekiln Lane, all on a site area of c. 1.06Ha. Permission is sought for the demolition of all existing buildings on site (c. 5,356m 2 ), i.e. (a) 4 no. 3 storey duplex residential buildings (i.e. 48 no. dwellings, c. 3,542m²) and 2 no. 1 storey detached dwellings i.e. No.s 49 & 50 (c. 40m² & 41m² respectively) all within Harold's Bridge Court, (b) 3 no. 2 storey houses at No.s 1-3 Clare Villas (c. 331m² in total) and (c) an existing warehouse (c.1,248m²) and ancillary structures (c.154m 2 ) fronting onto Greenmount Lane. Permission is sought for a change of use from existing residential to proposed community/arts & culture space at No. 18 Greenmount Lane & No. 11 Limekiln Lane. Vehicular access to the proposed development will be via Harold's Cross Road, utilizing the existing entrance to Harold's Bridge Court. Limited vehicular traffic will be allowed enter the site from Greenmount Lane, with no vehicular traffic progressing through the entire development. Pedestrian and cyclist access is proposed via Greenmount Lane, Limekiln Lane and Harold's Cross Road. The proposed development consists of the following: Block A is a four to six storey building accommodating 51 no. dwellings, comprised of 1 no. studio apartment, 32 no. 1 bed apartments & 18 no. 2 bed apartments. Block A also includes 1 no. retail (shop local) unit (c.174sq.m) at ground floor level, with a communal amenity room (c.21sq.m) on the 5 th floor. Communal open space / roof gardens are provided at 4 th floor level (c.145sq.m) and 2 no. communal roof gardens (c.50sq.m & c.89sq.m respectively) on the 5 th floor. Bin and bicycle stores, sub-station & switch room are accommodated at ground floor. Block B is a three to seven storey building accommodating 51 no. dwellings, comprised of 2 no. studio apartments, 18 no. 1 bed apartments, 30 no. 2 bed apartments & 1 no. 3 bed apartment. Block B also includes a reception / concierge room (c.18sq.m) at ground floor, with communal roof gardens on the 3 rd floor (c.153sq.m) and on the 6 th floor (c.86sq.m). A bicycle store is accommodated at ground floor. Block C is a three to seven storey building accommodating 50 no. dwellings, comprised of 1 no. studio apartment, 17 no. 1 bed apartments & 32 no. 2 bed apartments. Block C also includes a 1 storey creche (c.140sq.m) at ground floor level, with associated outdoor play space (c.233sq.m). A bicycle store is accommodated at ground floor and a communal roof garden (c.168sq.m) provided on the 6 th floor. Block D is a four to five storey building accommodating 29 no. dwellings, comprised of 2 no. studio apartments, 17 no. 1 bed apartments & 10 no. 2 bed apartments. Block D also accommodates c. 519sq.m of floor space intended to be used as community/arts & culture space at ground and first floor (facing onto Greenmount Lane). Bin and bicycle stores, and communal open space (c. 294sq.m) are accommodated at ground floor. The proposed development provides for public open space (c.1,355sq.m), hard and soft landscaping & boundary treatments. Communal residential amenity areas and open spaces are provided for in the form of communal roof gardens and communal rooms associated with the individual buildings. Additional communal open space is provided at ground level totalling c.862sq.m. Private open spaces for the proposed dwellings are provided as terraces at ground floor level of each block and balconies at all upper levels. Car parking is to be provided in the form of surface and basement level car parking (63 no. spaces in total). Blocks B & C are located above the proposed basement, which accommodates 56 no. car parking spaces (including EV & mobility impaired parking spaces), 4 no. motorcycle spaces and 444 no. bicycle parking spaces (including 10 no. cargo bike spaces & 60 no. electric bike spaces). There are an additional 7 no. surface level car parking spaces proposed (i.e, 4 no. club car spaces, 1 no. EV space & 2 no. mobility impaired spaces), and 60 no. surface bicycle parking spaces. Bicycle parking is also accommodated at ground floor level within Blocks A, B, C & D (120 no. spaces total). The proposed development includes for all associated site development works above and below ground, bin & bicycle stores, plant (M&E), 2 no. sub-stations / switch rooms, public lighting, servicing, signage, etc. The application may be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.haroldsbridgecourtlrd.ie