Former Irish Glass Bottle and Fabrizia Sites Phase 1B

Permission for development for a mixed use development (Referred to as Phase1B) on this site of 15.06 hectares including lands known as the Former Irish Glass Bottle & Fabrizia Sites, Poolbeg West, Dublin 4, focused primarily, but not exclusively, on a net site area of 0.76 hectares (identified as within the A3 Lands) in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) Planning Scheme (April 2019). The overall site is bounded to the north-west by Sean Moore Road, to the north-east by South Bank Road, to the south-east by Dublin Port lands and Dublin Bay, and to the south-west by Sean Moore Park. The overall site subsumes the 4.3 hectares site of the infrastructure permission (Parent Permission) (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19) for which Dublin City Council issued a Notification of Final Decision (10-year permission) on 28 January 2020, permitting: streets, transportation, water services and utilities’ infrastructure; public realm and public amenity spaces; and temporary landscaping of a school site, to facilitate Phase 1 development as provided for under the approved Poolbeg West SDZ Planning Scheme. The overall site is also the subject of an application for planning permission (Phase 1 RFI Scheme) (PWSDZ3207/21) which relates to the development on a site area of some 4.46 hectares and proposes 570 No. apartments within a mixed-use development (53,032 sq m), as well as the Multi-Modal Transport Hub (232 sq m) and the Meanwhile Use ‘Cultural Hub’ (1,364 sq m). The Phase 1 RFI Scheme is located directly adjacent to the proposed Phase 1B development within the overall site. Access and servicing of the proposed Phase 1B development will be by way of the central boulevard and adjoining side street as included in the Phase 1 RFI Scheme application for planning permission (PWSDZ3207/21) which also seeks to amend the infrastructure permission (Parent Permission) (Reg. Ref. PWSDZ3270/19) amongst other things. The proposed Phase 1B development will consist of: amendment to Permission Register Reference PWSDZ3270/19 in those areas where the net site of 0.76 hectares overlaps with the boundaries of the earlier 4.3 hectare infrastructure permission (including amendments to the permitted vehicular and basement access point, materials, urban tree locations and landscaping, and changes in level for the permitted streets, village green and public realm and public amenity spaces); and the construction of a residential and mixed-use scheme comprising a floor area of 43,944 sq m (37,020 sq m above basement, together with a basement/undercroft area of 6,924 sq m, comprising 1 No. block (identified as Block L) to provide: 356 No. apartment units and associated residential amenity facilities; ground floor retail unit; together with associated infrastructural works on the overall site. The 356 No. apartment units will consist of: 264 No. apartment units; 55 No. affordable housing apartments; and 37 No. social housing apartments. (The social and affordable housing is provided in accordance with Objective H7 of the Planning Scheme.) The proposed Phase 1B development will consist of: • The building will range in height from 5 – 18 storeys over basement/undercroft to provide 356 No. apartment units (with balconies/terraces to be provided on all elevations at all levels for each residential block, consisting of: 89 No. 1-bedroom units (2no. studio 1-bedroom 1 person and 87 no. 1-bedroom 2 persons); 213 No. 2-bedroom units; and 54 No. 3-bedroom units (for the avoidance of doubt, Section 11.5.1 of the Planning Scheme clarifies the description of ‘height’ in Figure 11.3 to be taken from the constructed ground floor level; references to ‘basement’ and ‘undercroft’, respectively, are interchangeable given the changes in level across the site); • The provision of 844 sq m of residential amenity facilities (to include a lounge, meeting area, and other private amenities); • Retail space located at the ground floor (310 sq m); • A total of 69 No. car parking spaces (incl. 6 No. car share spaces) located at basement level with vehicular access from the street level along the north-western elevation and the new adjacent side street, and the provision of 11 No. on-street car parking spaces (incl. 2 No. EV on-street car parking spaces)) (Note the 11 No. on-street car parking spaces is inclusive of 2 No. on-street car parking spaces proposed as part of the Phase 1 Residential application for planning permission (PWSDZ3207/21)); • Provision of 610 No. bicycle parking spaces (550 No. long-stay standard bicycle parking spaces located at basement level); 38 No. short-stay standard bicycle parking spaces located at surface level; 17 No. cargo bicycle parking spaces located at basement level; and 5 No. cargo bicycle parking spaces located at surface level); • plant rooms and resident storage spaces located at basement level; • Landscaped open spaces to comprise c.2441 sq m of residential communal courtyards (incl. children’s play areas), and roof terraces (6th, 8th, 10th & 17th Floors); and • 1 No. ESB double substation and associated LV switch rooms located at ground floor along the south elevation. The proposed development will also include hard and soft landscaping, pedestrian and cycle links, boundary treatments, tree planting, interim site hoarding, public lighting, green roofs, commercial and residential waste facilities, piped site wide services and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation. This application will be accompanied by an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)