5530/22

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for a Build-to-Rent apartment development on lands known as 'Blackberry Fair' and part of No. 46 Lower Rathmines Road (the rear extension) located to the rear of Nos. 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 (a Protected Structure) and No. 46 Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. The site is bounded by No. 34 Lower Rathmines Road (a Protected Structure) to the north; Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church to the south (a Protected Structure); Lower Rathmines Road, Nos. 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 (a Protected Structure) and No. 46 Lower Rathmines Road to the west; and Fortescue Lane and 3 no. dwellings (Bessborough Court) to the east. The proposed development will consist of the demolition of a one-storey extension to the rear of no. 46 Lower Rathmines Road and an existing two-storey structure known as the Old Coach House and the construction of a 1 no. new 4-storey apartment building (part 3-storey, part 4-storey). The building will comprise 29 no. Build-to-Rent apartments (28 no. 1-bed apartments, 1 no 2-bed duplex unit); with balconies/terraces to the east and west elevations and 1 no. communal roof terrace located at fourth-floor level; residential support facilities at ground floor level to include facility management office; parcel store; laundry; bike store; shared multimedia room; gym; 1 no. ESB substation; 7 no. car parking spaces; 48 no. bicycle parking area (32 no. indoor spaces and 16 no. external spaces); landscaping; public lighting; boundary treatment; and all associated site development and engineering works necessary to facilitate the proposed development. Vehicular and pedestrian access will be provided via Lower Rathmines Road.