Cookstown Industrial Estate

The development consists of; (i) retention permission for amendments to the previously approved development (ABP Ref. No. ABP-303803-19) including: (a) reduction of the footprint of the approved basement level, providing 67 no. car parking spaces and 316 no. bicycle parking spaces; (b) removal of Core C and the provision of a glazed link bridge at first floor level between the approved blocks C and D; (c) alterations to the layout, size and positioning of the internal communal areas, with all communal amenity rooms and communal facilities now consolidated at ground floor level (407.7sq.m); (d) alterations to the layout, positioning and a reduction in the size of the approved creche unit (from l9lsq.m to 182sq.m) and relocation of associated external play space at ground floor level; (e) omission of the previously approved office space, gym space and 2 no. apartments (previously approved Apartment 1 Block C and Apartment 6 Block D) at ground floor level and the provision of additional commercial retail floor space (increased from 248sq.m to 604sq.m) comprised within 2 no. commercial retail units and associated amendments to building line; (f) relocation of substation and switch room from the ground floor level of the previously approved Block D to the ground floor level of Block A and associated alterations to previously approved ground floor Apartments 2 and 3 in the approved Block D and Apartments 1 and 2 in Block A; (g) minor internal alterations within the approved Blocks A, B, C and D to accommodate 8 no. additional residential units in total (8 no. one-bedroom units) and a revised unit mix of 17 no. studio units, 88 no. one bedroom units, and 99 no. two-bedroom units, to now provide for 204 no. units in lieu of the permitted 196 no. units (ABP Ref. No. ABP- 303803-19). Retention permission is also sought for: (ii) minor alterations to the previously approved facades and building materials; and (iii) all associated development works necessary to facilitate the development