4347/22

Permission for construction of a temporary bus depot to facilitate the temporary storage, maintenance and dispatch of buses by Dublin Bus at Jamestown Road & Poppintree Park Lane West, Finglas, Dublin 11. The proposed development is intended to facilitate the temporary relocation of buses from existing Dublin Bus depots (in Dublin City) to allow for the phased infrastructure upgrades of those existing depots (including electrification of those depots) and will include: 1) Construction of a bus maintenance building to provide enclosed daily maintenance routine of bus vehicles and which shall include; a) Internal night service bay, maintenance/inspection pit, cleaning and washing stations and rim cleaning room, b) Stores, parts, tools compressor and battery charging rooms c) Maintenance administration rooms, d) Maintenance staff amenities including; kitchenette with seating, locker, washroom and WC; 2) Construction of an administration building including; a) Depot control, administration, and operation offices; b) Driver staff amenities including: kitchenette with seating; locker changing; WC; rest and welfare areas; c) Service plant and store rooms 3) Construction of external, pervious, hard surface bus parking for provision of circa 178 buses; 4) Construction of a vehicle inspection hut; 5) Staff and service car-parking and 1no. staff bicycle shelter; 6) Modifications to existing site vehicular entrance/egress points onto Jamestown Road including amended road demarcation; 7) 1 no. back-up generator; 8) 2no. water storage tanks (for fire hydrant and fire sprinkler systems) and associated pump house; 9) 3 no. bunded fuel tanks; 10) 2 no. security/control cabins situated at site entrance and egress; 11) On-site surface water management including attenuation prior to controlled off-site discharge via hydrocarbon petrol interceptor to existing public surface water mains on Jamestown Road; 12) Connection to existing water and foul water mains on Jamestown Road; 13) Lighting stands; 14) Provision of noise attenuation barrier on western (Jamestown Road) site boundary; 15) Signage; 16) Landscaping including; erection of new perimeter fencing and planting; and 17) All associated site development works.