The development will consist of a total of 55,523sq.m (gross floor area – GFA) in 4 blocks (Blocks 1 – 4) including: 590no. residential units comprising 234no. 1 bed units, 316no. 2 bed units and 40no. 3 bed units (totalling 53,881sq.m), nonresidential floorspace including 2no. retail/ commercial units (350sq.m), 4no. offices suites (224sq.m), a health/ medical centre (526sq.m) and a creche (542sq.m) all totalling 1,642sq.m and all assocaited roads, streets, public spaces and services infrastructure. Blocks 1 and 2 are located above a shared single level basement with Block 4 also above above a single level basement.
The development is described as follows on a block by block basis:-
Block 1 (19,821sq.m GFA): 211no. apartment units (comprising 91no. 1 bed units, 106no. 2 bed units and 14no. 3 bed units) with ancillary accommodation, terraces, balconies and a roof garden in a 2 to 10 storey block. Block 1 ground floor level includes 1no. retail/ commercial unit (170sq.m), 3no. offices suites (160sq.m) and
a creche (542sq.m) with external play area at ground and first floor levels all fronting onto a proposed pedestrian boulevard.
Block 2 (18,209sq.m GFA): 184no. apartment units (comprising 57no. 1 bed units, 123no. 2 bed units and 4no. 3 bed units) with ancillary accommodation, terraces, balconies and a roof garden in a 2 to 7 storey block. Block 2 ground floor level includes 1no. retail/ commercial unit (180sq.m), 1no. office suite (64sq.m) and a health/ medical centre (526sq.m) all at ground floor level fronting onto the proposed pedestrian boulevard.
Block 3 (8,021sq.m GFA): 95no. apartment units (comprising 54no. 1 bed units, 34no. 2 bed units and 7no. 3 bed units) with ancillary accommodation, terraces and balconies in an 8 storey block.
Block 4 (9,472sq.m GFA): 100no. apartment units (comprising 32no. 1 bed units, 53no. 2 bed untis and 15no. 3 bed units) with ancillary accommodation, terraces, balconies and a roof garden in a 2 to 6 storey block. Vehicular access to serve the proposed development will be provided from Charlestown Place via the southern arm of the existing signalised junction which is proposed to be upgraded. The existing pedestrian access from the Charlestown Shopping Centre across Charlestown Place is proposed to be relocated to the west to align with the proposed internal pedestrian boulevard within the current
application site and the existing internal street within the Charlestown Centre.
Permission is also sought for associated reconfiguration of the central median on Charlestown Place and the existing footpaths, cycle tracks, bus stops, taxi rank and hard and soft landscaping on the northern and southern edges of Charlestown Place and south of the Charlestown Shopping Centre. Pedestrain and cycle access is also proposed via a new entrance on St. Margaret’s Road. Provision is also made for vehicular access from Charlestown Place through the site to McKelvey Celtic AFC playing pitch at the south eastern corner of the site including relcation of the existing gated entrance to McKelvey Celtic AFC playing pitch and a future access to the undeveloped greenfield site to the west.
Permission is also sought for 515no. car parking spaces and 1068no. cycle parking spaces at basement and surface levels, bin storage areas, ESB substations, plant and public lighting, boundary treatments, surface water drainage infrastructure including connection to the attenuation tank permitted by Reg. Ref. F19A/0146 and located beneath a proposed central landscaped public open space of c.4,737sq.m, a linear public open space of c.1,848sq.m and all associated site development and infrastructure works including demolition of the existing temporary surface car park.
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