Blanchardstown Town Centre – Site A LRD

Blanche Retail Nominee Limited, hereby apply to Fingal County Council for a ten year planning permission for a Large-scale Residential Development (LRD) at lands at Site A (White Car Park) at Blanchardstown Town Centre, Coolmine, Dublin 15. The application site has an area of c. 6.62ha and relates to a portion of the existing surface car park (known as the White Car Park) for Retail Park 2, a section of Road G and Road E (including the associated roundabout junction), a section of Road C and Road D (including the associated roundabout junction), a section of Blanchardstown Road South, and associated verges and footpaths. The application site is bound by Blanchardstown Road South to the north-west, Retail Park 2 and existing surface parking to the north/north-east, Road G to the south/south east, and Road E to the east.

The proposed Large-scale Residential Development consists of 971 no. apartments (comprising 117 no. studio apartments, 368 no. 1 bed apartments, 422 no. 2 bed apartments, and 64 no. 3 bed apartments) in 7 no. buildings (Blocks A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) ranging from 1 no. to 16 no. storeys in height, over a basement level (below 6 no. of the blocks), and provision of a Mobility Hub, with 7 no. levels. The development includes 7 no. commercial units (for Class 1- Shop, or Class 2- Office / Professional Services, or Class 11 Gym, or Restaurant / Café use, including ancillary takeaway use) in Blocks A, C, G and the Mobility Hub, 1 no. Community Facility and 1 no. Place of Worship in the Mobility Hub, 1 no. Childcare Facility in Block A, and ancillary resident amenity floorspace to serve the residential units (in Blocks A, B, D, E and F).

The Mobility Hub will provide partial replacement car parking (from level 1 to 7) for the surface retail car parking to be removed from the application site and includes staff car parking for the childcare facility, and ancillary sustainable transport facilities at ground floor level, including visitor cycle parking, and including an access core and a roof garden area (for commercial use) at the split roof level.

Car parking spaces for the residential units are provided in the basement level (below Blocks A, B, C, E, F and G). Secure cycle parking spaces are provided in the basement level and at ground floor level of Blocks E and F to serve the residential units. Short term/visitor cycle parking spaces to serve the residential units are located within the Mobility Hub and at surface level.

The proposal includes road, pedestrian and cycle upgrades and associated alterations to the road infrastructure within the application site boundary. The development includes the provision of a new access road junction from Blanchardstown Road South and an associated internal road which provides pedestrian, cyclist and vehicular access to the basement level, access to a proposed loading bay and the existing surface retail spaces and the Mobility Hub, and associated alterations to the retained existing surface retail car parking spaces. An access and set down area is proposed off Road G. A two-way cycle lane is proposed linking Blanchardstown Road South to the proposed development, the Mobility Hub and Road E to the east. The proposal includes the provision of a relocated pedestrian crossing on Road G.

The proposed development includes public open space, communal open space, landscaping and public realm improvements, 4 no. ESB substations and associated switch rooms, bin stores, plant rooms, green roofs, PV panels and telecommunications infrastructure at roof level. The associated site and infrastructural works include site clearance and excavation, including the removal of the existing car wash facility, provision of utilities and associated civil works, foul and surface water drainage and public lighting, along with all ancillary works.