COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE 1

Tuesday, March 04, 2008

MOTION NO. 6

MOTION: Councillor C. Keane

"That this Committee discuss the site adjacent to St Peter’s NS Limekiln Road with the aid of a full report on planning history; if current derelict state of the site has been ascertained under the derelict sites act; or what action can be taken as it is causing considerable annoyance to adjacent residents."

REPORT:

The following is the planning history on the site:

SD04A/0710 - The demolition of the existing 3 storey school building and the construction of 46 no. apartments all above basement level, comprising 6 no. 1 bed units and 39 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 3 bed units in 5 no. blocks as follows:  Blocks 1 and 2 located along Temple Manor Avenue consists of 2 storey building containing 16no. 2 bed apartments, with balconies facing Temple Manor Road and landscaped courtyard; Block 3 consists of 3 storey block containing 4no. apartments consisting of 3no. 2 beds and 1 no. 3 bed with basement car parking access and balconies facing the internal courtyard and south, Block 4 and 5 located along the school boundary consists of 3 storey blocks containing 26no. apartments containing 6 no. 1 beds, 20 no. 2 beds with balconies facing north and south.  Basement parking containing 82 no. car spaces and 3no. at ground floor.  Refuse areas, cycle storage, plant equipment, are located at basement level, pedestrian and vehicular access off Limekiln farm together with an ESB substation, security access gates, landscaped courtyard together with all associates site works and boundary treatments. Permission was refused both by the Council and by An Bord Pleanala.

There is a current live planning permission in respect of the site – Reg Ref:

SD05A/0847 - Demolition of the existing 3 storey school building and the construction of 30 no. dwellings which are broken down into 5 blocks A, B, C, D and E all above basement as follows: Block A consists of a 3 storey block containing a total of 5 no. apartments as follows- 4 no. 3 bed & 1 no. 2 bed apartments with dormer windows facing north-east & south-west;  Block B consists of a 4 storey block containing, 7 no. apartments consisting of 6 no. 2 bed apartments and 1 no. 3 bed apartment which is incorporated within the roof with dormer windows facing north-east & south-west;  Block C consists of a 4 storey block containing 7 no. apartments consisting of 6 no. 2 bed apartments and 1 no. 3bed apartment which isincorporated within the roof with dormer windows facing north-west and south-east;  Block D consists of 9 no. 3 storey terrace houses consisting of 9 no. 3 bed with balconies;  Block E consists of a 4 storey block containing 2 no. 4 bed houses with the fourth floor incorporated within the roof and dormer windows facing north-east & south-west;  basement level consists of 44 no. car parking spaces, plant room, attenuation tank, and lift & stairs for access to the courtyard and access to Block E;  ground level consists of 7 no. car spaces, refuse storage and bicycle storage located to the south-east of the site and covered lift and staircase for access to the basement located in the courtyard, together with an E.S.B. substation facing south-west with pedestrian and vehicular access off Limekiln Farm Road with security gates all with proposed landscaped courtyard, boundary treatment and site development works. Permission was granted by the Council on 9/12/05 and by An Bord Pleanala on 16/6/06.

The site is zoned “A” – to protect and/or improve residential amenity.

A commencement notice has not been received to date by the Planning Department in respect of Planning Ref: SD05A/0847.

The site has been examined by the Council’s inspector under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 and is not considered derelict.  However, it is understood that the owners are currently negotiating with adjoining land owners to establish access to the site to be developed under SD05A/0847.