Seven Mills, Clonburris

What’s proposed

The council’s description

Cairn Homes Properties Limited intend to apply for a 7 year planning permission for development at a site of c.15.6 hectares (on two land parcels) known as 'Development Area 9' Kishoge South East, Sub Sectors KSE-S1 and KSE-S2, Clonburris SDZ, within the townland of Kishoge, Clonburris, Dublin 22. The site is principally bounded by the Dublin-Cork railway line to the north, the Grand Canal to the south, the Grange Castle Road (R136) to the south-west and undeveloped lands to the north-west and east. The development will consist of the construction of a mixed-use development, which includes 660 no. residential units comprising: • 264 no. semi-detached and terraced houses (7 No. 2 bed 4 person houses, 238 No. 3 bed houses and 19 No. 4 bed houses), ranging in height from 2 to 3 storeys. • 68 No. duplex apartment units (34 no. 2 bed 4 person units and 34 no. 3 bed units), arranged across 6 No. duplex blocks, ranging in height from 2 to 3 storeys; • 328 no. apartments (165 no. 1 bed units, 30 no. 2 bed 3 person units, 133 no. 2 bed 4 person units), arranged across 7 No. apartment blocks (Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b and 5c), ranging in height from 4 to 6 storeys; and • A creche (c. 615 sq m) at ground floor level within Block 4. The development will also include a Local Node at 'Clonburris Little' which includes the provision of a double-height Park Hub building (c. 8m in height) comprising c. 1,558 sq m of community floorspace, including a sports hall/place of assembly, multi-purpose spaces, changing rooms, a café, storage areas, staff and visitor amenity areas and other ancillary spaces. Vehicular access to the site will be from the Clonburris Southern Link Street (as permitted by Reg. Ref. SDZ20A/0021) located centrally between Sub-Sectors KSE-S1 and KSE-S2. The development will also consist of the provision of c.11,049 sq m of public open spaces and associated landscaping (including a section of Grand Canal Park, a local park and pockets parks); communal open spaces; private open space (rear gardens, terraces and balconies); hard and soft landscaping (including internal roads, pedestrian and cyclist routes, pathways, hedgerows, boundary treatments and street furniture); play spaces with natural play elements; surface car parking (653 no. surface spaces in total, including accessible spaces); electric vehicle charging points; bicycle parking (long and short stay spaces including stands) and electric bicycle charging points; motorcycle parking; pedestrian and cyclist connections; routes ESB substations, piped infrastructural services and connections; ducting; plant; waste management provision; SuDS measures (including brown roofs/biodiverse roofs, ponds and wetland areas); solar panels; advertising signage; pedestrian crossings, public lighting; changes in levels and all site development and excavation works above and below ground