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South Dublin County Council · SD20A/0250

Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Refused in Nov 2020.

  1. 1 Oct 2020Received
  2. 25 Nov 2020Refuse permission
Status
Refused
Decision
Refuse permission · 25 Nov 2020
Council
South Dublin County Council
Type
Permission
Units
43
Site
3,029 m²

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What’s proposed

(i) Demolition of existing single storey ESB substation (3.5sq.m) on the north western site boundary; (ii) South building ranging from 5 storeys to 8 storeys (max. height c.26.40m) with a total gross floor area of 2663sq.m comprising; (a) 28 residential units comprising 17 1-bedroom apartments, 10 2-bedroom apartments and 1 3-bedroom apartment; (b) At ground floor and with frontage onto Main Road, 3 commercial units to facilitate a range of uses: Unit B (73sq.m) - Class 1, shop (newsagent, parcel delivery drop store) or Class 10 (Community Centre); Unit C (49sq.m) - Class 1 shop (cycle store/Charity Shop); Unit D (74sq.m) - Class 1, shop, Class 2 (financial/professional services) or Class 8 (Healthcare); (c) Also at ground floor, a management office (17sq.m), a maintenance office (12.5sq.m), ESB substation and switch room (combined 22sq.m) and commercial bin storage area (12.5sq.m); (iii) West building ranging from 4 storeys to 5 storeys (max. height c.16.07m) with a total gross floor area of 1441sq.m comprising (a) 15 residential units including 4 studio units; 5 1-bedroom units, 3 2-bedroom units and 3 3-bedroom units; (b) tenant amenity floorspace (42sq.m) at ground floor;(c) 1 92sq.m commercial unit (Cafe/restaurant/Deli) at the corner of Old Greenhills Road and Main Road; (iv) A communal amenity courtyard (459sq.m) and public open space in the form of a new civic plaza (337sq.m) at the corner of Old Greenhills Road and Main Road and public realm improvements at the southern end of Old Greenhills Road including improvement works to the Katherine Tynan memorial (505sq.m); (v) A basement (1298sq.m) incorporating 25 residents car parking spaces (including 4 Go-Car spaces, 2 electric vehicles spaces and 2 accessible spaces), residents long stay cycle parking (50 spaces) and residents waste management facilities (49sq.m); (vi) A new vehicular entrance from the Old Greenhills Road to the proposed basement; (vii) A total of 24 surface level short stay cycle parking spaces comprising 4 spaces at the Katherine Tynan Memorial, 8 spaces within the residents communal courtyard and 12 spaces at the new civic plaza; (viii) Removal of 2 on-street car parking spaces on Old Greenhills Road to facilitate access to the proposed basement and installation of a raised pedestrian crossing at the southern end of Old Greenhills Road and (ix) All ancillary site development works including installation of drainage and water supply infrastructure, installation of rooftop solar photovoltaics panels (128sq.m) and lighting

Planning details

Reference
SD20A/0250
Local authority
South Dublin County Council
Status
Refused · register status “Officer Allocation”
Received
1 Oct 2020
Observations close
5 Nov 2020 (closed 2167 days ago)
Decision due
25 Nov 2020 · decided 25 Nov 2020
Decision
Refuse permission on 25 Nov 2020
Proposed development
(i) Demolition of existing single storey ESB substation (3.5sq.m) on the north western site boundary; (ii) South building ranging from 5 storeys to 8 storeys (max. height c.26.40m) with a total gross floor area of 2663sq.m comprising; (a) 28 residential units comprising 17 1-bedroom apartments, 10 2-bedroom apartments and 1 3-bedroom apartment; (b) At ground floor and with frontage onto Main Road, 3 commercial units to facilitate a range of uses: Unit B (73sq.m) - Class 1, shop (newsagent, parcel delivery drop store) or Class 10 (Community Centre); Unit C (49sq.m) - Class 1 shop (cycle store/Charity Shop); Unit D (74sq.m) - Class 1, shop, Class 2 (financial/professional services) or Class 8 (Healthcare); (c) Also at ground floor, a management office (17sq.m), a maintenance office (12.5sq.m), ESB substation and switch room (combined 22sq.m) and commercial bin storage area (12.5sq.m); (iii) West building ranging from 4 storeys to 5 storeys (max. height c.16.07m) with a total gross floor area of 1441sq.m comprising (a) 15 residential units including 4 studio units; 5 1-bedroom units, 3 2-bedroom units and 3 3-bedroom units; (b) tenant amenity floorspace (42sq.m) at ground floor;(c) 1 92sq.m commercial unit (Cafe/restaurant/Deli) at the corner of Old Greenhills Road and Main Road; (iv) A communal amenity courtyard (459sq.m) and public open space in the form of a new civic plaza (337sq.m) at the corner of Old Greenhills Road and Main Road and public realm improvements at the southern end of Old Greenhills Road including improvement works to the Katherine Tynan memorial (505sq.m); (v) A basement (1298sq.m) incorporating 25 residents car parking spaces (including 4 Go-Car spaces, 2 electric vehicles spaces and 2 accessible spaces), residents long stay cycle parking (50 spaces) and residents waste management facilities (49sq.m); (vi) A new vehicular entrance from the Old Greenhills Road to the proposed basement; (vii) A total of 24 surface level short stay cycle parking spaces comprising 4 spaces at the Katherine Tynan Memorial, 8 spaces within the residents communal courtyard and 12 spaces at the new civic plaza; (viii) Removal of 2 on-street car parking spaces on Old Greenhills Road to facilitate access to the proposed basement and installation of a raised pedestrian crossing at the southern end of Old Greenhills Road and (ix) All ancillary site development works including installation of drainage and water supply infrastructure, installation of rooftop solar photovoltaics panels (128sq.m) and lighting
As published by the register.
Site area
3,029 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register

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Zoning

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Where this comes from

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Summary

SD20A/0250 is a planning application to South Dublin County Council for (i) Demolition of existing single storey ESB substation (3.5sq.m) on the north western, received on 1 Oct 2020; permission was refused on 25 Nov 2020.