53a Keeper Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12 FD40

What’s proposed

Permission for development of a site at 53a Keeper Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, D12 FD40), bounded by Keeper Road to the south and laneways to the rear of Keeper Road to the north and east. The proposed development consists of demolition of the former Fr. Lar Redmond Community Centre (one-storey, circa 160 sq.m.) and the construction of an older persons 'age-in-place' development consisting of a four, five and six-storey community facility / apartment building in its place. The accommodation proposed consists of 20no. one-bedroom (two-person) units and a community room at (upper) ground floor level, as well as off-street under-croft car parking (3no. spaces), 8no. bicycle spaces, plus residents lock-ups, refuse storage and services infrastructure. The development is laid out in a horse-shoe arrangement around an open-air lightwell / courtyard,, with an external roof terrace for the amenity of residents at fourth floor level. The proposed development includes all associated site works, landscaping, boundary treatments an services installations, as well upgrading the footpath bounding the site to the east in accordance with DCC standards, with provision of a vehicle stet-down area on this side street. The proposed car park access point is of the rear laneway, with entry to the apartment lift and stair core provided from both the parking area and the footpath running along the eastern elevation. Access to the (upper) ground floor community room is provided directly off Keeper Road and from the rear parking area. The apartment units, from the first to fifth floors, are designed to be fully compliant with DCC and D H P L G standards, including three which met with the Irish Wheelchair Association Best Practice Housing Guidelines. The majority are dual aspect and have balcony terraces along the northern, eastern and southern elevations. The total floor area of the proposed development is 1,569 sq.m