Former Doyles Nursery, Garden Centre (D18 Y688) & Benoni (D18 V2H9), Brennanstown Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18
Permission for Strategic Housing Development comprising 234 residential units in a mix of apartments and duplexes in three blocks (Blocks A, B and C) ranging in height from 1-8 storeys with associated residential facilities including open space, a Gym, a creche and a Lower Foyer. Block A will consist of an approx. 248sqm Gym, approx. 67sqm of circulation space and approx. 317sqm of a creche facility all at Ground Floor level, with 6no. 2-bed duplex residential units at first and second floor. Block B will consist of an approx. 254sqm Lower Foyer at Ground Floor Level and 29no. apartments comprising 8no. 1 bed apartments, 13no, 2-bed apartments, 2no. 3-bed apartments and 6 no. 3-bed duplex apartments from Lower Ground to Second Floor level. Block C will consist of 199no. apartments comprising 63no. 1-bed units and 136no. 2-bed units from lower ground to sixth floor level. Balconies are to be provided on Blocks A (south and southeast elevation), Block B (east elevation) and Block C (east and west elevations). The proposed development includes for the demolition of 'Benoni' (c.252 square metres - a habitable dwelling proposed for demolition to facilitate the proposed development and main vehicular access), together with the extant single storey buildings associated with the former Doyle's Nursery and Gardens (c.690 square metres); vehicular access to the site is proposed at the location of the existing entrance to the new Doyle's Nursery Garden Centre facility adjoining the south of the subject site which is to be realigned and improved and which will serve both the Garden Centre and the proposed development (note: the new Garden Centre is not part of subject application site). Car parking is to be provided in the form of on-curtilage car parking, on-street parking and a basement car park over three levels for 184 spaces; the proposed development will also provide all ancillary and associated site development and landscape works including open space (c.9,859sqm) internal to the site, play areas, the removal of existing obstructions in the Cabinteely Stream adjoining the east of the site and the reprofiling of the riparian corridor located west of the stream, and the provision of 2no. Electricity Supply Board sub-stations (c.44 square metres), and all necessary bin and bicycle storage including basement level stores for the apartment units. The proposed development includes for measures to upgrade the Brennanstown Road including works within Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) owned lands from the location of the proposed site entrance northwards as far as the junction of the Brennanstown Road with the Bray Road at Cabinteely Village and these works are to comprise road widening and realignment works, widening and resurfacing of the existing footpath located on the western side of the Brennanstown Road as per the DMURS guidelines to a maximum of c.1.8m in width where physical constraints permit, the introduction of controlled pedestrian measures in the form of a 4- arm mini-roundabout at the proposed site entrance at the junction with the Brennanstown Road and Lambourne Wood Estate, the construction of a c.2.5m wide pelican crossing at the north arm of this roundabout, the construction of a c.2.5m wide raised crossing at the south arm of this roundabout, and the construction of a raised table at the junction of the Brennanstown Road and the Carraig Glen Estate further north of the subject site. The proposed development also includes for improved pedestrian and cyclist connections comprising a pedestrian footbridge to a c.21m span over the Cabinteely Stream at a location to the north east of the subject site to be of steel construction with recycled plastic non-slip boarding with c.1.4m high safety railings providing connectivity for the site to Cabinteely Village, the Stillorgan QBC, and DLRCC owned lands to the east of the subject site identified as a future walking and cycling route ('The Cabinteely Greenway'). The connectivity proposals also include for a new c.3m wide pedestrian and cycle shared surface path connecting the site into the Brennanstown Avenue Estate to the south of the site. The new shared surface path will be c.55m long and connects into an existing footpath along Brennanstown Avenue. All on lands measuring c.1.85 hectares nett (c.2.3 hectares gross including third party owned lands) bounded generally to the east by Cabinteely Stream, to the south by the new Doyle's Nursery and Garden Centre and residences at Brennanstown Avenue and to the west by the existing houses fronting on to Brennanstown Road at the Former Doyle's Nursery and Garden Centre and 'Benoni', Brennanstown Road, Cabinteely, Dublin 18. 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.brennanstownroadshd2.ie.