Amendments to the permitted development as approved by South Dublin County Council under…

Proposed development

The development will consist of amendments to the permitted development as approved by South Dublin County Council under Planning Reg. Ref. SDZ23A/0018 comprising the Clonburris Development Areas CSW-S1 and CSW-S2 of the Clonburris SDZ Planning Scheme 2019 as follows: Site A (to the north of the permitted CSLS) the proposed amendments to the permitted layout and external elevations of Apartment Block B1 to include: i. A change to the location of window / terrace door at ground floor level; ii. The swapping of a terrace door / window at ground and upper floor levels; iii. Amendment to the stair core and omission of a step-out of the external wall at ground and upper floor levels; iv. Proposed relocation of a plant room door at ground floor level on the western elevation; v. Proposed change of doorway to bicycle store at ground floor level on the western elevation; vi. Provision of 1 no. Cleaner's Store at ground floor level (c.12.4 sq.m); vii. Proposed increase in area for PV panels from c.15 sq.m to c.175 sq.m and provision of 7 no. additional Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs) at roof level; viii. Provision of 2 no. additional internal fire doors at ground floor level; ix. Amendment to 6 no. units at ground floor level to provide for Universal Access; x. The amalgamation of 2 no. Plant Rooms, as approved under the parent permission, to provide for 1 no. single Plant Room (c.86.32sq.m) and a Meter Room (c.14.19 sq.m) located to the north of the Plant Room; xi. A proposed change from green roof, as approved under the parent permission, to brown roof; xii. The lowering of the higher roof parapet level from 74.47 AOD to 73.42 AOD on the western elevation; xiii. Proposed change of finish from render to buff brick on western elevation and provision of protruded buff brick detail on upper floor levels of northern, southern, eastern and western elevations; xiv. Provision of wall mounted feature panel (3.45 sq.m) at ground floor level on the western elevation; xv. Proposed change from brick finish to render at ground and upper floor level of the western elevation; and, xvi. The omission of dark render detail at upper floor levels on the western elevation. Site B (to the south of the permitted CSLS) the proposed amendments to the permitted layout and external elevations of Apartment Block B2 to include: i. A change in window location at ground and upper floors on western elevation due to a change in apartment layout; ii. Relocation of plant room door on ground floor level on eastern elevation; iii. the provision of a new window ope at ground and upper floor levels on the northern elevation; iv. Provision of Cleaner's Store (4.79 sq.m) at ground floor level; v. Proposed change to fenestration arrangement on northern, southern, eastern and western elevations due to change in apartment layout; vi. Amendment to arrangement of stairway; vii. Provision of 2 no. additional Automatic Opening Vents and increase in area for PV panels from 30 sq.m to 132 sq.m at roof level; viii. The lowering of the higher roof parapet level from 75.32 AOD to 74.47 AOD on the western elevation; ix. The amalgamation of 2 no. Plant Rooms, as approved under the parent permission, to provide for 1 no. single Plant Room (c.59.55 sq.m) and a Meter Panel Room (c.13.82 sq.m) located to the south of the Plant Room; x. Proposed change from green roof to brown roof; xi. The omission of dark render detail on the upper floors of the eastern elevation; xii. The provision of a wall-mounted feature panel (3.91 sq.m) at ground floor level on the western elevation; xiii The lowering of brick finish to window head height on the northern, southern and eastern elevations; xiv. The omission of a canopy above the permitted entrance on the eastern elevation; xv. The provision of protruded brick details at upper floor levels on the western elevation; and, xvi. The provision of alternative render panels on upper floor levels of the northern and eastern elevations. The proposed amendments will result in an overall increase in Gross Floor Area by 35.4 sq.m to 7,722.2 sqm and will also include the relocation of an ESB substation and associated switch room to the gable end of Apartment Block 2, the reconfiguration of the existing bin, bicycle and ESB room to provide for bin and bicycle storage only and a minor amendment to car parking spaces to provide for access to the relocated ESB substation and all associated/ancillary amendments.

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Permission was granted on 3 Jun 2025. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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