3143/22
Permission for an apartment development. The proposed development will include: a) The demolition of the existing single-storey warehouse structure, offices, fences, walls, and railings b) The construction of an apartment development of 2 no. six storey blocks (with a setback level at fifth-floor level) with a total of 18 no. student accommodation apartments (8 no. 5 bed units, 8 no. 6 bed units and 2 no. 7 bed units, totalling 120 no. bed spaces). The ground floors across both blocks will comprise of a total of 4 no. car spaces, 72 no. bicycle spaces, and cargo bike spaces, bin stores, services/ plant room, 2 no. stair and lift cores to access the apartments; c) The development will be accessed by 2 no. pedestrian/ cyclist gates and 4 no. car spaces will be accessed from Convent Avenue. The development includes a fire exit onto Richmond Lodge. d) All associated works including landscaping, planting and boundary treatments, infrastructure, lighting, foul/ surface drainage, site works, necessary to facilitate the development.
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal was refused due to excessive scale and massing impacting local amenities and insufficient communal facilities for the proposed student accommodation.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The development's height, scale, and massing would negatively impact visual amenities and cause overbearing and overlooking issues for existing and future residents.
- The quantum of indoor and outdoor communal and recreational facilities is insufficient to serve the 120-bedspace student accommodation, undermining occupant amenity.
- The proposal is contrary to the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022 and would set an undesirable precedent that injures the property amenities in the vicinity.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Decision Document Summary
This planning application proposed a student apartment development containing 120 bedspaces at Convent Avenue, Dublin 3. Dublin City Council refused permission because the physical scale and massing of the building were considered detrimental to the visual character of the area and the residential privacy of neighbors. Furthermore, the application failed to provide adequate communal and recreational space as required by Section 16.10.7 of the Development Plan, leading to a determination that the...PDF Document Missing
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