Lands Adjacent to Saint Laurence College, Wyattville Park, Dublin 18, D18AK07
Permission for development at this site (2.6ha) located on lands adjacent to St. Laurence College, Wyattville Park, Loughlinstown, Dublin 18, D18 AK07. The Subject Site is enclosed by Wyattville Park, the N11 (Bray Road) and St. Laurence College school grounds. The development will consist of the demolition of the existing AstroTurf and hardcourt area and the construction of a mixed use development ranging in height from one to six-storeys across five no. blocks (21,458sq.m. GFA). The proposed development comprises a Transitional Care Facility with 177no. bedrooms; Assisted Living Facility with 124no. apartment units and associated Management Office (80sq.m. GFA); Childcare Facility (385sq.m. GFA) with associated external play space; Local Medical Centre with dispensary (318sq.m. GFA); Community Room (145sq.m. GFA) and a Café / Tearoom (196sq.m. GFA) and new landscaped Public Open Space including a Children’s Playground. The development is described on a block-by-block basis as follows: Block A: a part one/part five-storey mixed use building comprising a Community Room (145sq.m. GFA), a Local Medical Centre with dispensary (318 sq.m. GFA) and a Local Café / Tearoom (196sq.m. GFA) at ground level with 28 no. Assisted Living apartment units above ground floor level comprising 24 no. 1-bed apartments and 4no. 2-bed apartments all with associated private balconies and associated circulation and service spaces; Block B: a five-storey mixed use building comprising a Creche Childcare Facility (385 sq.m. GFA) with associated outdoor play space and Assisted Living Management Office (80 sq.m. GFA) at ground level with 28no. Assisted Living apartment units above ground floor level comprising 24no. 1-bed apartments and 4no. 2-bed apartments all with associated private balconies and associated circulation and service spaces; Block C & D: part five/part six-storey conjoined buildings comprising of 68 no. Assisted Living apartment units comprising 56no. 1-bed apartments and 12no. 2-bed apartments all with associated private balconies and associated circulation and service spaces; Block E: a five-storey Transitional Care Facility building comprising 177 no. bedrooms at ground to fourth floor level; reception area/waiting area at ground level; associated communal residents’ spaces at ground to fourth floor level including physio/OT room, 4no. activity rooms, quiet room, family room, 4no. treatment rooms, oratory, 2no. private meeting rooms, 4 no. private visiting rooms, 3no. sitting rooms and 4no. dining/sitting rooms; associated operational facilities at ground to fourth floor level including admin office, nursing office, 5no. nurse stations, kitchen, housekeeping sluice, housekeeping store, laundry room, staff room, staff shower room, female staff changing room, male staff changing room, sprinkler tank room, bin store, comms room, 2no. storage rooms, total 31no. stores, 20no. WCs and 9no. sluices; and associated circulation and service spaces. The development will include provision of Communal Open Space (1,904sq.m. total) comprising of 742sq.m. Assisted Living Communal Open Space and 1,162sq.m. Transitional Care Facility Communal Open Space as well as new landscaped Public Open Space (6,533sq.m. total) including a Children’s Playground. The development will include an upgraded vehicular, pedestrian and cycle access off Wyattville Park Road serving the development and St. Laurence College and an upgraded drop off/pick up area serving St. Laurence College in a landscaped setting. The development will also include a new pedestrian and cycle link from the N11 (Bray Road) to Wyattville Park which will be accessible by the public. A total of 99 no. car parking spaces (including 5no. accessible spaces and 20no. EV charging spaces) are proposed along with a total of 120 no. cycle parking spaces (including 60no. long-stay secure covered spaces and 60.no short-stay spaces) and a total of 4no. motorcycle parking spaces. The development will also require the partial demolition of existing boundary walls fronting onto Wyattville Park and the N11 (Bray Road) to facilitate the development and the temporary removal of part of the existing wall fronting the N11 (Bray Road) to facilitate a temporary construction access via the N11 (Bray Road) slip road. The temporary construction access via the N11 (Bray Road) slip road will be decommissioned and the associated boundaries and playing field finishes reinstated following the construction phase. Planning permission is also sought for associated signage and all ancillary site and development works to facilitate the development including bin stores; electrical substation; electric switchroom; mechanical and electrical installations; roof top plant, equipment and solar panels; internal roads and footpaths; public lighting; retaining walls; boundary treatments; hard and soft landscaping; SuDS; attenuation pond; green/blue roofs; water, surface water drainage and foul drainage works; and all associated site strip and excavation works above and below ground.