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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE
Monday, April 15, 2019
QUESTION NO. 2
QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor
To ask the Chief Executive to detail all Strategic Housing Development applications in respect of Cookstown Industrial Estate notified to him by An Bord Pleanala; will he confirm actions he is taking regarding all the applications, and will he make a statement on the matter.
REPLY:
As of 9th April 2019 there are two planning applications in Cookstown Industrial Estate with An Bord Pleanala under the SHD process. The first is an application by Pyrmont Property at Unit 5A-C, Second Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate for 196 build to rent apartments and a decision is due from the Board on the 11th June. The second application is by Bartra Property at Unit 21, First Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate for 150 build to rent apartments and 222 units in shared living accommodation. A decision is due on this latter application on 1st July 2019.
For both applications briefings were held with the elected members and their views recorded. These views are attached to the CE Report which is sent by the Planning Authority to An Bord Pleanala as part of the statutory process.
Through the statutory process, applicants of over 100 units apply to the Planning Authority, in the first instance, for pre-planning with the local authority. Once that process has ended, the applicant applies to the Board for a pre-planning meeting. Having provided an opinion to the Board on the proposed development, the Planning Authority officials are invited to the tripartite pre-planning meeting with the developer and the Board. The Board then issues their opinion to the developer as to whether or not the draft application is of a standard to make a formal application. Both of the applications with the Board in Cookstown have gone through this process.