Core Planning Reasoning
The proposed development, by reason of its increased height, scale, and the location of balconies overlooking the adjacent school site, would constitute overdevelopment and seriously injure the amenities of the area.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The addition of a 4th floor and balconies along the northeast of the building would cause direct overlooking and have a significant negative impact on the amenities of the adjoining school facility.
- The landscaping proposals are insufficient to mitigate the increased height as they fail to demonstrate the retention of existing mature trees or provide adequate screening along the western boundary.
- While national height guidelines generally preclude blanket numerical limitations, the site-specific constraints and the absence of an effective design solution for these three additional apartments make the proposal contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Objective PM44Objective CASTLEKNOCK 2Objective CASTLEKNOCK 4Section 3.2 of the Urban Development and Building Heights Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2018)SPPR 1 of the Urban Development and Building Heights Guidelines
Decision Document Summary
The application seeks modifications to a previously permitted apartment development (ABP-307889-20) at Glenmalure, Castleknock, Dublin 15. The proposal involves increasing the building height from part-3/part-4 storeys to a full 4-storey building, resulting in an increase from 25 to 28 apartments. The site is a constrained infill location zoned 'Town Centre' and is situated immediately adjacent to Castleknock National School and the Castleknock Park residential estate. Key arguments in the asses...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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