Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016

Planning and Development (Strategic Housing Development) Regulations 2017

Notice of Strategic Housing Development Application to An Bord Pleanála

Cairn Homes Properties Ltd., intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission for a strategic housing development at this site at the former Blakes and Esmond Motors sites, Lower Kilmacud Road, the Stillorgan Road, (N11) and the Hill, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin all on a site of c. 1.41 hectares. The development will consist of the construction of a mixed use scheme of 377 no. “Built to Rent” BTR apartments, Community Sports Hall (c. 933 sq. m), along with 5 no. restaurant/cafés (c. 841 sq.m), creche (c. 215 sq. m), office (c. 195 sq m) and ancillary residents’ support facilities/services (c. 1,016 sq. m) laid out in 6 no. blocks ranging in height from 3-9 storeys (over basement) comprising 21 no. studio apartments, 189 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 159 no. 2 bedroom apartments & 8 no. 3 bedroom apartments (selected no. with balconies), and public realm upgrades as follows:

Building 01 (Part 3, 4, 6 & 7 storeys over basement) consists of 77 no. apartments comprising 13 no. studio apartments, 30 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 33 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 1 no. 3 bedroom apartment (with a creche of c. 215 sq. m with associated play area at ground floor);

Building 02 (Part 3, 5, 7 & 8 storeys over basement, (with a two-storey undercroft at ground and first floor levels on northern elevation of building) consists of 95 no. apartments comprising 7 no. studio apartments, 57 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 24 no. 2 bedroom apartments, 7 no. 3 bedroom apartments; Building 03 (Part 7 and 9 storeys over part basement) consists of 54 no. apartments comprising 18 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 36 no. 2 bedroom apartments (and office of c. 195 sq. m);

Building 04 (7 storeys over basement) consists of 60 no. apartments comprising 42 no. 1 bedroom apartments & 18 no. 2 bedroom apartments;

Building 05 (6 storeys, over basement to Lower Kilmacud Road & 7 storeys to the south and west) consists of 62 no. units comprising 1 no. studio apartment, 26 no. 1 bedroom apartments, & 35 no. 2 bedroom apartments (restaurant/café unit c. 219 sq. m at lower ground floor/plaza level & 2 no. restaurant/café units c. 234.1 sq. m and c. 133.9 sq. m respectively at ground floor level onto Lower Kilmacud Road) along with a double height Community Sports Hall including ancillary areas (c. 933 sq. m);

Building 06 (5 & 6 storeys) consists of 29 no. units comprising 16 no. 1 bedroom apartments and 13 no. 2 bedroom apartments (restaurant/café unit c. 185.9 sq. m at lower ground floor/plaza level & 68.1 sq. m restaurant/café unit at ground floor level onto Lower Kilmacud Road);

The BTR development will also include ancillary Residents’ Support Facilities/Services (c. 1,016 sq. m at ground floor of Building 03 and 04) as well as open space areas and improvements to the public realm along the Lower Kilmacud Road (to footpath and cyclepath) and The Hill, new road layout (omission of left turning lane, widening of footpath) to The Hill, hard and soft landscaping, set down area on the Lower Kilmacud Road.

Provision of 2 no. vehicular access points from ‘The Hill’ into 2 no. separate basements to include basement car parking spaces (119 no.); 1 no. set down surface car parking space as well as 866 no. cycle spaces (basement and surface levels) and ancillary areas; pumping stations at basement level, along with solar panels, and green roofs at roof level;

All associated site development works, open spaces, landscaping, boundary treatment, plant areas, waste management areas, and services provision (including ESB substation).

The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Development Plan and Local Area Plan. The application contains a statement indicating why permission should be granted for the proposed development, having regard to a consideration specified in section 37(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, notwithstanding that the proposed development materially contravenes a relevant development plan or local area plan other than in relation to the zoning of the land.

A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development. The application, together with the Natura Impact Statement, may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, during public opening hours at the offices of An Bord Pleanála and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The application may also be inspected online at the following website set up by the applicant: www.BlakesSHD.com.

Any person may, within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by An Bord Pleanála of the application and on payment of the prescribed fee of €20 (except for certain prescribed bodies), make a submission or observations in writing to An Bord Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1 or online at www.pleanala.ie, relating to the implications of the proposed development, if carried out, for proper planning and sustainable development in the area or areas concerned, and the likely effects on the environment or the likely effects on a European site, as the case may be, of the proposed development, if carried out. Submissions or observations duly made will be considered by An Bord Pleanála in making a decision on the application. Such submissions or observations must also include the following information:

(a) the name of the person, authority or body making the submission or observations, the name of the person, if any, acting on behalf of that person, authority or body, and the address to which any correspondence relating to the application should be sent,

(b) the subject matter of the submission or observations, and

(c) the reasons, considerations and arguments on which the submission or observations is or are based.

An Bord Pleanála may grant permission for the strategic housing development as proposed, or may grant permission subject to such modifications as it specifies in its decision, or may grant permission in part only, with or without any other modifications it may specify in its decision, or may refuse to grant permission for the proposed development. An Bord Pleanála may attach to a grant of permission such conditions as it considers appropriate. Any enquiries relating to the application process should be directed to the Strategic Housing Development Section of An Bord Pleanála (Tel. 01-8588100). A person may question the validity of a decision of An Bord Pleanála by way of an application for judicial review, under Order 84 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), in accordance with sections 50 and 50A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (No. 30 of 2000), as amended. Practical information on the review mechanism can be found in the Judicial Review Notice on the An Bord Pleanála’s website: www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information Service website: www.citizensinformation.ie.

Signed: ..........................................................................

(John Spain Associates, Agent for the Applicant, 39 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2)

Date of erection of site notice: 5th April 2022