Glass Bottle, Dublin

What’s proposed

The council’s description

Pembroke Beach DAC intends to apply for a 10-year planning permission for development of a residential and mixed-use scheme (referred to as ‘Quadrant A4’) on this site of 15.06 hectares, including lands known as the former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4. The proposed development is focused primarily on a net site area of 3.89 hectares (identified as located in the south-east quadrant of the ‘A’ lands) in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme (April 2019). The proposed Quadrant A4 scheme comprises a total residential and mixed-use Gross Floor Area (GFA) of c. 140,707 sq m (incl. ancillary spaces at basement/undercroft level) across 6 no. principal blocks (identified as Blocks R, S, T, U, V, and W) ranging in height between 6 and 18 storeys over basement/undercroft. The proposed Quadrant A4 scheme also comprises 4,967 sq m of podium space, together with c. 22,542 sq m of basement/undercroft space, for the provision of car and bicycle parking and associated circulation (GFA). The proposed development comprises the provision of the following: - 1,510 no. apartment units (with balconies/private terraces provided for all units) of the following mix: 28 no. studios; 753 no. 1-bedroom units; 636 no. 2-bedroom units; and 93 no. 3-bedroom units (totalling c. 128,648 sq m of residential use and associated circulation space); - Internal residential amenity space including the provision of tenant reception and admin support spaces, shared workspaces, resident lounge spaces, events spaces, library/media room, dining and kitchen rooms, meeting rooms, and storage spaces (totalling c. 3,660 sq m); - A creche (c. 372 sq m) located at ground floor level of Block T with an outdoor play space at podium level (c. 130 sq m); - Artists’ studio space at ground floor level of Block T (c. 167 sq m); - A Community Hub at ground floor/podium level of Block T (incl. a multi-purpose hall at basement/undercroft level) (totalling c. 2,103 sq m); - A healthcare facility at ground floor level of Block R (c. 518 sq m); - 8 no. retail/non-retail (Class 1 and Class 2 uses) units at ground floor level (2 no. units in Block R and S, respectively, and 1 no. unit in Block T, U, V, and W, respectively) (totalling c. 2,361 sq m); - 6 no. 10/20 kV Single ESB substations and 1 no. 10/20 kV Double ESB substation with associated switch rooms located at ground floor level (1 no. single substation in Blocks S, U, V, and W, respectively, 2 no. single substations in Block T, and 1 no. double substation in Block R) (totalling 231 sq m); - 12 no. (residential / commercial / retail / non-retail / community) bin stores located at basement/undercroft and ground floor level [6 no. located at basement/undercroft level (1 no. associated with each block) and 6 no. located at ground floor level (1 no. within each block)) (totalling c. 1,046 sq m)]; - Landscaped residential communal amenity spaces comprising courtyards c.3,244 sq m (incl. children’s play areas) and amenity terraces c. 5,945 sq m (overall c. 8,969 sq m); - Landscaped public realm spaces at street level including the provision of the ‘Coastal Park’, a section of the ‘Coastal Link’, the Quadrant’s local ‘side’ and ‘home zone’ streets (all as defined by the SDZ Planning Scheme), and all ancillary public amenity spaces; - 695 no. private car parking spaces [incl. 35 no. accessible spaces]; - 23 no. visitor car parking spaces [incl. 4 no. accessible spaces], 3 no. car share spaces, 1 no. creche car parking space, 1 no. healthcare car parking space and 4 no. retail car parking spaces; - 1 no. loading bays, 4 no. delivery van drop-off bays, and 4 no. bin staging areas at surface level; - Vehicle access to basement/undercroft and podium level car parking from the Quadrant’s local side streets (basement/undercroft level access at Blocks T and U and podium level access at Blocks R, S, V, and W); - 2,408 no. long-stay bicycle parking spaces at basement/undercroft and podium level (incl. 114 no. cargo bike spaces) and 126 no. short-stay bicycle parking spaces at surface level (incl. 24 no. cargo bike spaces); and - Plant rooms, resident storage spaces, attenuation tank, water storage, and sprinkler rooms located at basement/undercroft level (totalling c. 1,600 sq m); The proposed development includes hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and cycle infrastructure, boundary treatments, tree planting, interim site hoarding, public lighting, green/blue roofs, SuDS, commercial and residential waste/recycling facilities, site-wide services, and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation of the development, above and below ground. The proposed development also comprises amendments to Permission Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19 (as amended) and PWSDZ3207/21 (as amended) in those areas where the net site area (identified by a non-statutory green boundary line on the site location and layout plan) overlaps with the boundaries of the earlier permitted developments. This includes amendments to the layout of the ‘Coastal Park’ and internal quadrant roads as well as interfaces between the proposed scheme and the ‘Village Green’, ‘Neighbourhood Square’, and ‘Central Boulevard’. Vehicle access and servicing of the proposed development will primarily be by way of the Central Boulevard permitted under Permission Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3207/21 (as amended), which itself amended the earlier infrastructure Permission Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19 (as amended). This application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)