2,314-Home Phoenix Park Racecourse Development

Application details

Planning reference

F02A/1255/E1

Council

Fingal County Council

Proposal description

Permission of ten years duration to develop lands including former Phoenix Park Racecourse in townlands of Castleknock and Ashtown, Dublin 15, on site of approx. 45.8 hectares (113 acres) to include the following lands: - north of the N3 Dublin-Navan road, bounded to the north by the Dublin-Sligo railway line and to the east by industrial zoned land; to accommodate a carpark for a future railway station and portion of grade-separated interchange. - lands south of the N3 Dublin-Navan road; bounded to the east and south-east by the Castleknock Road opposite Belville and the Phoenix Park and by the Phoenix Park Garden Centre; to the south-west by Chesterfield and Deerpark housing estates; and to the west by Park Villas, by Saint Brigid's GAA Club and by the Esso filling station. The development in the current application incorporates 2,314 dwellings as follows; - four five bedroom houses, 83 four-bedroom houses and 239 three-bedroom houses; two storeys high along the Deerpark and Chesterfield boundaries and three storeys high elsewhere. - 35 three-bedroom apartments, 1704 two-bedroom apartments and 249 one-bedroom apartments in blocks three to five storeys high; The proposed development incorporates other facilities and services as follows: - retail/commercial/bar/restaurant floorspace and retail, healthcare and office services floorspace of 3455 sq.metres gross floor area in local services centres; - childcare facilities of 579 sq.metres; - associated car parking beneath buildings and at surface level; - 7.2 hectares public park together with open spaces, including regrading as part of landscaping and site development works; - infrastructural utilities including 15 ESB substations and ancillary site works; - demolition of existing gatelodge on Castleknock Road; - grade separated road access from N3 to the development including railway station; - second road access point from N3; and - roundabout access from Castleknock Road, plus separate access to four houses. An Environmental Impact Statement has been submitted. [Location] Lands including former Phoenix Park Racecourse, Castleknock and Ashtown, Dublin 15. [Location]

Location / address

Lands Including Former Phoenix Park Racecourse, Castleknock And Ashtow

Application type

Extension Of Duration Of Permission

Received / registered

10 Sept 2012

Council status

New Application Set Up

Council decision

GRANT EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PERM.

Council decision date

26 Oct 2012