8 Feb 2024
Proposed construction of a five-storey residential block over a single storey basement (to be known as Block 1) At The Former Bailey Court Hotel, Main Street and at lands located south of the Martello Tower on Balscadden Road, Howth, County Dublin.
05 Sept 2023 Enabling Works • Demolition of the existing hotel buildings • Demolition of the existing sports centre building • Local cut & fill earthworks to form access ramps and piling platforms • Installation of 2 sections of secant piled wall and temporary propping to retain ground • Bulk excavation and removal off site of approx. 70,000 cubic metres of sand and gravel material
The development will consist of the demolition of existing structures on site including the disused sports building (c. 604 sq m) on the Balscadden Rd portion of the site and the Former Baily Court Hotel Buildings on Main St (c. 2051 sq m) and the construction of a residential development set out in 4 no. residential blocks, ranging in height from 2 to 5 storeys to accommodate 180 no. apartments and duplexes with associated residential tenant amenity, 1 no. retail unit and 2 no. café/retail units. The site will accommodate a total of 139 no. car parking spaces and 410 no. bicycle parking spaces. Landscaping will include a new linear plaza which will create a new pedestrian link between Main St and Balscadden Rd to include the creation of an additional 2 no. new public plazas and also maintains and upgrades the pedestrian link from Abbey Street to Balscadden Road below the Martello Tower. This is set out as follows:
1. The 4 no. residential buildings range in height from 2 storeys to 5 storeys, accommodating 180 no. apartments comprising 4 no. studios, 62 no. 1 bed units, 89 no. 2 bed units and 25 no. 3 bed units. The breakdown of residential accommodation is as follows:
• Block A is a 3 storey building, including balconies, accommodating 2 no. units;
• Block B is a 2 to 5 storey building, including setbacks, balconies, and external roof terraces at 3rd and 4th floors accommodating 126 no. units;
• Block C is a 3 to 5 storey building, including setbacks and balconies, accommodating 43 no. units;
• Block D is a 3 storey building, including balconies , accommodating 9 no. units;
• Residential Tenant Amenity Space is provided in Blocks B and C, totalling c.427.1 sq.m and Communal External Amenity Space is provided at throughout the scheme including at roof level on Block B, totalling c.4,108 sq.m.
2. Non-residential uses comprise of retail unit of c. 106.4 sq.m in Block A at ground level, café/retail unit of c.142.7 sq.m in Block C at ground and first floor, café/retail unit of c. 187.7 sq.m in Block D at ground level resulting in a total of c. 436.8 sq.m of non-residential other uses.
3. The development will include a single level basement under Block B, accessed from Main St only, containing 139 car spaces including 7 accessible spaces, plant, storage areas, waste storage areas and other associated facilities. A total of 410 cycle parking spaces are provided for at both basement and ground level, comprising 319 resident spaces and 91 visitor spaces.
4. The scheme provides for a new linear plaza which will create a new pedestrian and cycle link between Main St and Balscadden Rd to include the creation of an additional 2 no. new public plazas and also maintains and upgrades the existing pedestrian link from Abbey Street to Balscadden Road below the Martello Tower.
5. All other ancillary site development works to facilitate construction and the provision of the basement car park, site services, piped infrastructure, a sub-station, public lighting, plant, signage, bin stores, bike stores, boundary treatments and hard and soft landscaping.
6. It is proposed to reduce the ground levels on the site from c. 34.5m OD to c. 19.975m OD locally under Block C. A single storey basement is proposed under Block B with the existing ground level reduced from c.20m OD to c.17.1m OD. occurring at formation level.
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