Jamestown Road apartments given the green light by An Bord Pleanála

A PROPOSAL for the construction of 128 apartments on the Jamestown Road in Inchicore has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.

On June 18 last, Donard Properties Limited submitted plans to Dublin City Council for their large-scale residential development.

The proposed development includes the demolition of the existing warehouse/industrial buildings at 86 and 90-96 Jamestown Road.

This to make way for the construction of a mixed-use development primarily comprising 128 residential apartments, including 63 one-beds, 57 two-beds and eight three-beds.

A childcare facility, a retail unit, a healthcare unit and a café/restaurant also form part of the plans.

The development has a total floor area of 12,452.2 sq m and is primarily proposed in four blocks.

The first block ranges in height from one to six storeys, the second block is one to seven storeys, the third block is one to five storeys, and the fourth block is one to ten storeys.

The proposed development also includes vehicular access and reconfiguration of footpaths at Jamestown Road.

A total of 31 car-parking spaces, 28 in the podium/undercroft car park and three at the lane between 86 and 90-96 Jamestown Road, three car club/share spaces and two set-down bays are included.

A total of 324 bicycle-parking spaces, two motorcycle-parking spaces and two bin stores form part of the plans.

Dublin City Council granted planning permission for the scheme in August last year, and two appeals were made against this decision – one by the applicant and a separate one by local residents.

A number of Jamestown Road residents lodged a joint appeal against the council’s decision, citing concerns about building heights, negative impact on existing property values, lack of community gain, impact on the City Edge project, and impacts on traffic, transport and car-parking.

Developer Donard Properties Limited submitted an appeal concerning two of the conditions the council had applied in its grant of permission.

One of the conditions included the revision of west-facing units in the fourth block to maximise their compliance with guidelines concerning daylight.

The second condition that was appealed centred on including a five per cent provision for arts/cultural and community use in the development.

Last December, An Bord Pleanála approved the development and upheld the council’s decision.