Site Address: Ashtown-Pelletstown, Ashtown, Dublin 15.

The Development: The proposed development comprising of minor amendments to elements of Block 1 only of the permitted Strategic Housing Development, as amended, consist generally of the following: –

• Relocation of the permitted substation and metre room at first floor level of Block 1 from the southern elevation (canal side) to the western elevation of the adjoining caféunit, resulting in
  • Reconfiguration and minor reduction (c.7sqm) in gross floor area of the permitted café unit (now c. 143 sqm);
  • External façade changes including the addition of windows to the southern façade; and
  • Relocation of 1no. visitor car parking space to accommodate access to the substation and meter room with associated minor landscape works.
• Amendments to the ground floor level car park comprising: –
  • Addition of a retail lobby (c. 16.3sqm); and
  • Reconfiguration of the car parking layout, including the replacement of 1no. retail car parking space to 1no. retail accessible car parking space with no overall change to the permitted car parking quantum (419no.)
• Addition of ventilation louvres to the northern, eastern and western facades of Block 1 and all associated and ancillary site development works.

This application does not propose any amendments to the residential element of the permitted scheme. The development otherwise permitted under ABP-307656-20 (as amended) remains the same.

This application for the proposed amendments to the consented Strategic Housing Development (ABP-307656-20 and subsequently altered by ABP-312262-21, DCC Reg. Ref. LRD6029/23-S3 and LRD6039/23-S3), is a Large-scale Residential Development as defined under Section 2 of the Planning & Development Act 2000, as amended. “