4820/22

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for a build-to-rent apartment development on lands known as ‘Blackberry Fair’ and No. 46 Lower Rathmines Road and to the rear of Nos. 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 (a protected structure), Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6. The site is bounded by No. 34 Lower Rathmines Road (a protected structure) to the north and Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners Church to the south (a protected structure), 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 of Rathmines Road and an existing two-storey structure known as the Old Coach House and the construction of a new building (1 no.) with gross floor areas of 2,600.2sq.m, which is part 3-storey and part 4-storey in height. The building will comprise of 39 no. build-to-rent apartments (33 no. 1-bed apartments, 2 no 1-bed duplex units and 4 no. 2-bed apartments); with balconies/terraces to the east and west elevations and 1 no. communal roof terrace located at fourth-floor level; ground floor residential amenity facilities service spaces to include facility management office; parcel store; laundry; storage areas; shared multimedia room; gym; 1 no. ESB substation and switch room; covered outdoor bicycle parking area (providing 78 no. spaces in total); 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. Pedestrian access will be provided via Fortescue Lane.