16 January 2024
Proposed construction of a 6-storey apartment block (block 2), Ref:BA.02 comprising 50 apartments
18 December 2023
Proposed construction of a 6-storey apartment block (Block 1), Ref: BA.01 comprising 43 apartments
29 May 2023: Community group has asked the High Court to refuse permission. The case was adjourned to a date next month.
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A ten-year permission for a Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) at this site at Ballymastone, Donabate, County Dublin. The application site, of 15.02ha, comprises a land parcel dissected by the Donabate Distributor Road (DDR). The site is bounded by existing residential development of The Links and St. Patrick’s Park to the west, the wider undeveloped Ballymastone lands and The Priory to the north, greenfield residential development lands (as permitted under F17A/0373 and F20A/0510) and New Road to the South, and St. Patrick’s GAA Club and Donabate Golf Club to the east.
The proposed development will consist of the construction of a residential development, which represents Phase 1 of the wider development of the Ballymastone Lands (as identified in the Donabate Local Area Plan 2016 (as extended)), ranging in height from 2 to 6 storeys to accommodate 432 no. residential dwellings (including a mix of apartments, duplexes and houses), a crèche and public open space. The site will accommodate 554 no. car parking spaces, 831 total no. bicycle parking spaces, new pedestrian/cycle links, road improvements, storage, services and plant areas. Landscaping will include communal amenity areas, and a significant public open space provision. The development is set out as follows:
1. The Construction of 432 no. new residential dwellings consists of 93 no. Apartment units, 126 no. Duplexes and 213 no. Houses set out as follows:
– Construction of 2 no. Apartment blocks, ranging in height from 3 to 6 storeys, with balconies on all elevations, green roofs, and external amenity courtyards, providing a total of 93 no. units (42 no. 1-beds, 41 no. 2-beds & 10 no. 3 beds).
– Construction of 213 no. 2-storey houses (75 no. 2-beds, 130 no. 3-beds & 8 no. 4-beds).
– Construction of 126 no. 2 to 3 storey duplex units, with balconies on all elevations (10 no. 1-beds, 55 no. 2-beds & 61 no. 3-beds).
2. The scheme provides 15.6% public open space of the net site area comprising of two small parks and two pocket parks which total c. 15,417 sq.m. The two small parks, referred to as Baile Uisce Park and Ballisk Park are located centrally within the scheme, either side of the DDR, and are organized around existing archaeological features.
3. Provision of 1 no. crèche, located to the south of the site of c. 909 sq.m and will cater for c.182 no. child places with an external play space of c.430 sq.m.
4. A total of 544 no. car parking spaces are provided (in-curtilage for the houses and in a mix of both on-street and communal courtyard parking areas for apartments/duplexes and visitor parking) and a total of 10 no. spaces for the crèche. A total of 791 no. cycle parking spaces are provided for the residential units (comprising 717 no. long stay/resident spaces in secure locations and 74 no. short stay/visitor spaces at surface level) and 40 no. spaces for the crèche.
5. The development provides vehicular access from New Road via the Donabate Distributor Road, Portrane Road via The Links Road and directly from the Donabate Distributor Road as well as pedestrian links to all surrounding access points. Upgrade of the existing junction at the Portrane Road/The Links Rd is included for. An east-west pedestrian cycle route is proposed, with associated landscaping, connecting the DDR to the Links Road to the north of the site. The site also connects, via the DDR, to the proposed Ballymastone Recreation Hub. The development includes for the proposed alterations of the permitted routing of the connection from New Road to the Links Road, within the site boundary, as permitted under F17A/0373 (PL06F.249206).
6. The proposed application includes all site enabling and development works, landscaping works, PV panels, bin stores, plant, boundary treatments, ESB substations, lighting, servicing, signage, surface water attenuation facilities and associated and ancillary works, including site development works above and below ground.
An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Statement have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.
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