The former Donnybrook Laundry at The Crescent, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 R856 and No. 17 The Crescent, Donnybrook Road, Dublin 4 D04 A6Y7

Proposed Development

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development on a site of approximately 0.26 hectares at the site of the former Donnybrook Laundry at the Crescent, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, D04 R856 and No. 17 The Crescent, Donnybrook Road, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y7. (A Protected Structure is located within the site: a chimney stack (RPS Ref. 8713) under the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022). The site is principally bounded by: the residential development 'Donnybrook Manor' and other terrace dwellings to the north; 'The Crescent' laneway (formerly known as Church Lane) a graveyard and Donnybrook Garda Station to the east; and by the lands associated with St. Mary's Convent to the south and west. The development will consist of the demolition of structures on site (1.166 sq.m gross floor area) other than: the chimney stack (Protected Structure RPS 8713; a two-storey building located at the south-eastern corner of the site identified as Building 03 on the Architects' drawings) (390 sq. m gross floor area); and No. 17 The Crescent, Donnybrook Road, Dublin 4, D04 A6Y7 (an existing two-storey terraced dwelling) (115 sq.m gross floor area). The development will also consist of the construction of a residential scheme arranged in 3 No. new three-four storey blocks with habitable attic accommodation (identified at Buildings 01, 02 and 04 on the Architects' drawings (3,966 sq.m gross floor area) over basement (1,910 sq. m) and within the refurbished and adapted existing Building 03 (659 sq.m gross floor area) (with interventions to Building 03 including: provision of openings within the eastern, southern and western elevations to provide new windows and access points; and provision of a new roof) providing 44 no. apartments (comprising 11 no. one-bedroom apartments, 27 no. two-bedroom apartments, 5 no. two-bedroom duplex apartments and 1 no. three-bedroom duplex apartment). The proposed development will also consist of the provision of: ancillary floor areas over all floor levels (ancillary space includes areas such as circulation cores (lifts and stairs) and plant areas throughout the building, etc.); a central atrium (including circulation areas at all floor levels) with a glazed roof; a roof garden on Building 02 (153 sq.m); private (including terraces and balconies), communal and public open space areas; residents' storage facilities; waste storage facilities; vehicular and pedestrian access / egress and associated circulation routes (including a ramp to basement level; 46 no. car parking spaces (including 3 no. accessible spaces) at basement level; 80 no. bicycle spaces; 2 no. motorbike spaces; electric vehicle changing points; an ESB substation and switchroom; boundary treatments (including sections of new boundary wall); the widening and improvement of the existing vehicular entrance to the property from The Crescent; revised car parking arrangement and landscape design to the front of No. 17 The Crescent; provision of artwork; lighting; all hard and soft landscaping; the provision of Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDs); and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground, including changes in level and associated retaining features, boundary treatment and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply).

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference

ABP-305475-19

Decision

GRANT PERMISSION

Submitted

24 September 2019

Decided

29 January 2020

Location