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 Limited intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission for a strategic housing development at this site of c.3.81 ha at ‘Winterbrook’ and ‘Barrington Tower’, Brennanstown Road, Dublin 18. The application site contains a Protected Structure - ‘Barrington Tower’ (RPS No. 1729). The site is bounded by Brennanstown Road to the north, the Luas Green line to the south, Brennanstown Vale to the west and the Barrington cemetery, dwellings along Brennanstown Road and Druid’s Glen to the east/southeast. A small area of the site (c.203sqm) falls within the Cherrywood Planning Scheme SDZ area providing access to the Brennanstown luas stop and an existing ESB substation.

The development will include the demolition of an existing habitable dwelling “Winterbrook”, and the derelict, former dwelling attached to Barrington Tower protected structure. ‘Barrington Tower’ itself will be retained and restored. It is also proposed to demolish the existing boundary wall to the north of the site along Brennanstown Road.

The development will provide a ‘Build to Rent’ (BTR) apartment development consisting of 8 no. blocks ranging in height up to 10 storeys (including lower ground floor) providing a total of 534 no. apartments. This will comprise of:

- 30 no. studio, 135 no. 1 -beds, 318 no. 2-beds & 51 no. 3-beds. All residential units provided with associated private balconies/terraces to the north/south/east/west elevations.

- Resident Support Facilities & Resident Services & Amenities (total floor area c.1,496 sq.m) including flexible spaces including entertainment rooms, meeting rooms, parcel rooms, media rooms, lounge and workspaces, gyms and studio, chef’s kitchen and dining area.

- A creche (c.356.5 sq.m), and a retail unit (c.336.8 sq.m).

- Car and cycle parking at basement (2 levels) and at ground level. This will provide 419 no. car parking spaces, 1,266 no. cycle parking spaces and 17 no. motorcycle spaces.

- All associated site development works, open spaces and landscaping, boundary treatments, plant areas, waste management areas, cycle parking areas, and services provision (including ESB substations).

Vehicular/pedestrian/cyclist access from Brennanstown Road will be provided along with improvement works to the Brennanstown Road including a new junction and pedestrian crossing facilities. Pedestrian/cyclist access through the site to the Brennanstown Luas Stop will also be provided.

The application contains a statement setting out how the proposal will be consistent with the objectives of the relevant Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2016-2022 (currently in force), the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Development Plan 2022 – 2028 (adopted, due to come into force on the 21st April 2022) and the Cherrywood Planning Scheme 2014 Strategic Development Zone.

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.

An Environmental Impact Assessment Report and a Natura Impact Assessment have been prepared in respect of the proposed development.

The application together with the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and the Natura Impact Assessment 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.barringtontowershd.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 website: www.pleanala.ie or on the Citizens Information

Service website: www.citizensinformation.ie.

Signed: ………………………………………………………………………

Cáit Marley (Agent), McGill Planning Ltd., 22 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2. (Phone: 01 284 64 64)

Date of erection of site notice 7th April 2022