Plans lodged for 252 Tallaght apartments

South Dublin is set for another strategic housing development after plans were lodged for a site in Tallaght.

According to buildinginfo.com construction industry database, Steelworks Property Developments Limited intend to apply to An Bord Pleanála for permission for a strategic housing development at Units 66 and 67 Fourth Avenue, Cookstown Industrial Estate in Tallaght.

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The development will consist of:

252 ‘build-to-rent’ apartments comprising 50 studios, 96 one-bed apartments; 100 two-bed apartments and 6 three-bed apartments in a two to nine storey development.

Each apartment has associated private open space in the form of a ground floor terrace or a balcony and has access to 613sqm of internal communal amenity space including a concierge and management facilities, communal gym, flexible meeting rooms, library/co-working space, lounge, cinema/multimedia room and external covered game area.

1792sqm of external communal amenity space at first and second floor levels; and a 65sqm external covered communal amenity area at first floor level.

The development is served by an under-croft carpark accessible from the south-western corner of the site providing a total of 73 parking spaces and 500 bicycle spaces at ground floor level and (b) 2 commercial units (comprising of a 95sqm unit accommodating a café/restaurant and a 145sqm unit accommodating Class 1, 2 and 8 uses as per the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001-2019, as amended) and a 275sqm crèche, with associated 86sqm play area, at ground floor level

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Steelworks Property Developments Limited have also applied for permission to demolish the existing industrial buildings on the site and for permission to build:

A road, junction and streetscape upgrade works along Fourth Avenue and Cookstown Road, including the installation a signalized junction at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Cookstown Road;

A temporary access road along the southern site boundary; and associated site and infrastructural works are also proposed which include: foul and surface water drainage; attenuation tanks; lighting; landscaping; boundary treatment; plant areas; ESB substations; and all associated site development works.