Fourth Avenue Cookstown Industrial Estate

What’s proposed

Permission to modify a permitted Strategic Housing Development (SHD) permission (ABP-308398-20 and as extended by Ref SHD3ABP-308398-20/EP and as amended by Ref. LRD24A/0008) by way of a planning application for a Large-Scale Residential Development (LRD) permission on a site of c. 0.7 hectares located on lands at Units 66 and 67 Fourth Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The minor amendments to the permitted SHD consists of: a) Overall decrease in the floor area from 20,989 sqm to 20,602.1 sqm and internal and external re-configuration of permitted development resulting in a reconfiguration of unit mix to provide: 99 no. 1-bed units, 97 no. 2-bed units, 1 no. 3-bed units b) An increase in floor space of the permitted creche from 287 sqm to 514 sqm located at ground floor level of Block C and increase in creche play area from 140 sqm to 230 sqm. c) The amalgamation of the 2 no. retail units to provide 1 no. commercial/ retail unit provided at ground floor level of Block B with an overall decrease in retail floor area from 212 sqm to 179 sqm. d) A decrease in residential amenity from 491 sqm to 165.5 sqm at ground floor level of Block B. e) Reconfiguration of the residential units and a decrease in the overall floor area of the one bedroom units ranging from 49.20 sqm to 45 sqm, the two bedroom units from 76.70 sqm to 66 - 75 sqm and the three bedroom units from 115 sqm to 94 sqm. f) Relocation of the ESB substation and switch room from ground floor of Block C to the southern boundary of the site. g) Increase in total car parking spaces from 73 no. spaces to 75 no. spaces to provide 67 no. spaces at basement level and 8 no. spaces at surface level including a total 6 no. accessible spaces. h) Provision of 8 no. motorbike parking spaces at basement level. i) Decrease in total bicycle parking from 478 no. spaces to 401 no. spaces including 286 no. long-term resident spaces, 99 no. short-term visitor spaces and 16 no. cargo bike spaces. j) Relocation and reconfiguration of bicycle and bin stores. k) Relocation of lift and stair cores. l) Omission of L-shaped balconies and inclusion of standard balconies. m) Removal of glazed bridge links between blocks. n) Revised floor-to-floor heights of 3,075mm. o) All associated landscaping, site development, and infrastructural works. All application documentation and information is available for public viewing at the following website: www.fourthavenuelrdamendment.com