Description of Development
The proposal is for an assisted living accommodation and Good Shepherd NS sports facilities improvements development, providing 117 no. residential units in 3 no. blocks and sports facilities and landscaping to the school grounds.
The accommodation is described as follows: –
- Block A is a perimeter block design with an enclosed communal open space courtyard at podium-level, with undercroft accommodating car and bicycle parking, refuse stores and apartment storage areas. The building is part 4-storey, part 5-storey and provides 79 no. units consisting of 22 no. 1-bed units (including 2 no. guest units) and 57 no. 2-bed units with associated terraces/balconies; Communal facilities including a gym, cinema room, consultation rooms, a meeting room, residents lounge, communal dining room with an associated outdoor terrace, staff facilities, toilets and a kitchen all located at ground floor level and a library located at first floor level;
- Block B is L-shaped along Whitehall Road and fronting onto a public plaza to the front and to a podium level open space behind with undercroft accommodating car and bicycle parking. The building is part 4-storey, part 5-storey and provides 28 no. units consisting of 24 no 1-bed units (including 1 no. staff accommodation unit) and 4 no. 2-bed units with associated terraces/balconies; caretaker’s office and laundromat located at ground floor;
- Block C is part 1-storey, part 2-storey and consists of 2 no. terraces providing a total of 10 no. 2-bed units with associated private amenity spaces;
- A public plaza is proposed fronting Block A and Block B extending in open plan to Whitehall Road and includes a children’s play area;
- An all-weather pitch within the Good Shepherd NS school grounds, with mesh fencing to the perimeter, ball stop netting, lighting, landscaping and a practice wall;
- A dedicated pitch emergency access route from Whitehall Road;
- Vehicular and pedestrian access from Whitehall Road;
- Landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, outdoor fitness equipment, allotments and ESB substation;
- All associated site works and services
Applicant: Whitehall Property Investments Ltd
Address: Lands at Whitehall Road, Dublin 14