Cromcastle Court and Old Coalyard Part 8 Planning Consultation

Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)

Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) PART 8

Applicant: Dublin City Council – Housing and Community Services Department.

Location:  Cromcastle Court and Old Coal Yard, Kilmore, Dublin 5.

 Image: View from Kilmore road of proposed Cromcastle Court & Old Coalyard Development

Pursuant to the requirements of the above, notice is hereby given of the redevelopment of the existing Cromcastle Court and Old Coal Yard sites bounded by Cromcastle Park, Kilmore Road and Kilbarron Road, Dublin 5. The site is split by Kilmore Road. The existing 1.68 ha site currently comprises of 3 no. four storey apartment blocks providing 48 homes and a welfare depot on Cromcastle Court. The proposed works are in the vicinity of a Protected Structure, Woodville House RPS 4259. 

The proposed development, which will be managed by Dublin City Council, comprises of:

• Demolition of existing buildings on Cromcastle Court site.
• Provision of 152 homes (90 no. 1 bed apartments, 47 no. 2 bed apartments,15 no. 3 bed duplex apartments).
• Provision of a community facility.
• Construction of 6 no. apartment blocks on Cromcastle Court Site.
• Construction of 1 no. apartment block on the Old Coal Yard Site.
• Building heights ranging from four to six storeys.
• Construction of new ESB Substation.
• Provision of public and private open spaces.
• Provision of all associated site development works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, car and bicycle parking, ancillary structures and associated site infrastructure works, revision to access, footpaths, and all other necessary enabling works, site clearance works, roads and services.

The proposal has undergone Appropriate Assessment Screening in accordance with Article 6(3) of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) and screening for Environmental Impact Assessment under the EIA Directive 2011/92/EU, as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU.

In accordance with Article 81 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001, as amended, the Planning Authority has made a determination and concluded that:

(a) The proposed development, either individually or in combination with other plans and projects, is not likely to have a significant effect on any European site(s) and therefore a Stage 2 Appropriate Assessment is not required. 

(b) There is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and that the proposed development is not of a class set out under Schedule 5 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, and therefore does not require an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR).