345 apartments planned for site at the junction of Belgard and Airton Road
By Mary Dennehy
A strategic housing development for 345 apartments on the corner of Airton and Belgard Road is at pre-application consultation stage with An Bord Pleanala.
The pre-application was lodged with An Bord Pleanala (ABP) in April by Power Scaffolding Supplies Limited for 345 apartments, crèche and a media and business centre at the former Cable and Wireless site.
Site for 345 apartments at pre-consultation stage located on the farside of Belgard Road (red brick building). The Marlet site lies to the fore of the picture.
This site lies directly across the road from the recently passed Belgard Gardens, which will see 438 apartments, a 403 student bed space scheme and a new urban quarter developed.
Granted permission by ABP last month, the Belgard Gardens strategic housing development will see blocks of between four and ten storeys developed on a site at the junction of Belgard Road and Belgard Square North.
A short distance up the road in Cookstown Industrial Estate, a 107-apartment development was given the green light by An Bord Pleanala last August.
Plans for two separate residential developments, also in Cookstown and consisting of 196 units and 351 units, are currently with An Bord Pleanala, under the fast-track system.
Power Scaffolding Supplies Ltd, the prospective applicant of the Airton Road strategic housing development, has also brought its proposed development straight to ABP under the new fast-track legislation introduced last year in response to the housing crisis.
The new law applies to strategic housing developments, which are large scale developments of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation of 200 beds or more.
However, before an application can be submitted, the prospective applicant must engage in a mandatory pre-application consultation stage with ABP and the relevant local authority, in this case South Dublin County Council.
Specific details on what’s contained in the Airton Road pre-application have not yet been made available.
ABP has until June 10 to decide whether the documents submitted constitute a reasonable basis for an application or is further consideration or amendment required.
If an application is submitted after the pre-application consultation stage, the normal process kicks in with newspaper and site notices being placed.
As part of the new fast track legislation, a dedicated website detailing the proposed development must also go live when an application is submitted.
ABP has 16 weeks to make a decision once an application is received, which includes a public consultation stage and the submission of a report by the local planning authority.
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