Building 5,Dundrum Town Centre,Sandyford Road,Dublin 18.
Permission for a strategic housing development consisting of: The construction of a 7-9 storey apartment building with 107no. units (comprising 1no. studio apartment, 50no. 1 bed apartment units and 56no. 2 bed apartment units) and ancillary accommodation totalling 9792sqm gross floor area over an existing podium structure (2.2 to 2.5 metres above pavement level) completed as part of the overall Town Centre development (Reg. Ref: D00A/0112, as amended). The residential accommodation includes resident services, amenities and support facilities totalling 710.5 sqm consisting of lobby area, co-working space, multi- purpose / games room, management office and post room at ground floor level (270.9 sqm), gym at first floor (55 sq.m), cinema/media room at third floor level (55 sq.m), lounge at seventh floor level (114 sq.m) with visitor toilet block (25.3 sq.m), facilities storage (25.3 sq.m) at sixth floor level and residential storage at second floor level (55 sq.m), fourth floor level (55 sq.m) and fifth floor level (55 sq.m). A double height café / restaurant unit (79 sq.m) is proposed at ground floor with access doors to the internal services road. Part of the existing podium structure is removed to provide street level access to the café / restaurant unit. The development includes communal open space in the form of a landscaped podium courtyard (284 sq.m), landscaped roof garden at seventh floor level (207 sq.m) and upgrade of the public realm in addition to private balconies / terraces. A new ESB substation and switch room (19.2 sq.m) is also proposed at the northern boundary of the site adjacent to Sandyford Road. Vehicular access to serve the proposed development will be provided via the existing basement entrance from Sandyford Road. A designated cycle entrance along the existing service road is also proposed. The proposed building is located above an existing basement car park (3 levels) and revisions are proposed to the basement car park as follows: Level 1M: provision of bicycle facilities (including provision of dedicated bicycle ramp, 164no. cycle parking spaces and bicycle service area), bin store, 2no. storage rooms reconfigured lift / stair core and associated circulation lobbies resulting in an additional 433.1sqm and involving loss of 21no. car parking spaces: Level 1: provision of a boiler room / plant, storage room and reconfigured lift / stair core and associated circulation lobbies resulting in an additional 255.9sqm and resulting in the loss of 8no. car parking spaces at this level. The reconfiguration of the existing car parking layout is proposed to provide 47no. car parking spaces at this level to be allocated to the proposed residential development: Level -1: The provision of a water storage room, and storage room and revisions to existing stair / lift cores and circulation lobbies resulting in an additional 113.6sqm and involving loss of 5no. car parking spaces. Permission is also sought for public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, green roofs, photovoltaic panels and all associated site and development works. 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 South Dublin County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.dundrumb5shd.com