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Planning Reference:               4494/17

Registration Date:                   12/12/2017

Last Date for Observations:    24/01/2018

Main Location:                         25 / 27 Donnybrook Road and Nos. 1 – 3 The Crescent, Donnybrook, Dublin 4.

Proposal:

Development comprising: 1) Demolition of existing single storey commercial units comprising Nos. 25-27 Donnybrook Road and Nos. 1-3 'The Crescent'; and 2) The construction of a 6-storey (16 metre high) over basement, 78-room contemporary hotel comprising the following main elements: i) hot and cold water storage, floodwater tank and plant room at basement level; ii) hotel entrance, lobby/ reception and bar area (108 sq.m), restaurant and bar (175 sq.m) with terrace dining/ seating, meeting room/ private dining room (33 sq.m), kitchen, toilets, service areas, ESB substation, plant room and staff facilities at ground floor level; iii) provision of 78 no. hotel bedrooms at first, second, third, fourth and fifth floor levels with 43 no. bedrooms served by balconies screened with timber panels on the side (west facing) and rear (south facing) elevations; and iv) additional incidental space to be provided in the form of internet/ study space at third and fourth floor level to the rear (south facing) elevation. 3) Other works proposed as part of the development include provision of a taxi set down/ drop-off area from Donnybrook Road; v) service yard with bicycle parking spaces accessed via 'The Crescent'; vi) roof plant; vii) facade treatments to include brick and glazing detail with timber screen panels on side (west facing) and part-rear (south facing) elevations; viii) screen planting; and landscaping; ix) SuDs drainage; x) signage and xi) all associated site works necessary to facilitate the development.

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Order:Noted.

Order: Noted.

Order: Motion 4 amended to read “Order: Agreed “.  Agreed.

       i.          Minutes of Traffic Advisory Group meeting held on 19^th December 2018.

       i.          Minutes of Traffic Advisory Group meeting held on 19^th December 2018.

Order: Noted.

1. Update on Community Development, Environmental Services Unit, Housing Projects & Local Area Improvements and Sports & Recreation Sections.

2. Draft Discretionary Fund, as discussed at meeting on 15/12/2017, for agreeing.

1. Update on Community Development, Environmental Services Unit, Housing Projects & Local Area Improvements and Sports & Recreation Sections.

Order: Noted.

      ii.          Draft Discretionary Fund, as discussed at meeting on 15/12/2017, for agreeing.

Order: Agreed to recommend to City Council.

Motion 1 from Councillor Chris Andrews

That this committee agrees that the names of Padraig Pearse, Willie Pearse, Thomas McDonagh and Con Colbert be placed on the three new granite bench seats being placed in position at the triangle in Ranelagh village in view of the fact that Pearse's first school, Cullenswood House, was top of Oakley Road (100 yards away) and the four were all teachers at the school and were executed for their part in the 1916 Rising (Padraig Pearse, Willie Pearse, Thomas McDonagh and Con Colbert), all of whom lived in Ranelagh.

Order: Motion withdrawn.

Motion 2 from Councillor Dermot Lacey

This committee requests a meeting with Irish Water to discuss the problems associated with potential flooding matters at St. Alban's Park in the context of the reply ( attached to this motion) issued by Irish Water to this councillor.

“Thank you for your recent queries in relation to the operation of the pumping station at St Albans Park, to which you will find the response from the relevant department outlined below.

The pump station in question is Ailesbury Gardens, which is a storm water overflow station that only comes on when the main sewer backs up in storm conditions. This discharges to Merrion Strand and is the responsibility of Irish Water, managed under the Service Level Agreement by DCC. The pump station is on telemetry, and is monitored on a daily basis. Planned maintenance takes place on a regular basis with the pumps started every two weeks.

There were a number of flooding incidents reported throughout the city on the morning of Wednesday, 22nd November 2017 due to the extremely high levels of rainfall between the hours of 3am and 6am, with 35mm of rainfall recorded. A combination of events contributed to the flooding of the gardens of St Albans Park, with this type of flooding event now considered unusual;

1. An electrical fault occurred on a relay panel within the pump station serving the storm overflow area. This resulted in the switches tripping whenever a second pump turned on. The pump station reset automatically and restarted every 10 minutes or so, effectively disguising the fact that there was a problem. This was discovered at around 7 am, and responded to immediately. This has now been repaired.

2. There is a longstanding issue in relation to the storage capacity of the pump station which does not provide sufficient storage to protect the area if there is an issue at the pump station. This is currently being examined by consultants working behalf of Irish Water.

3. Road gullies along St. Alban's Park were covered with leaves, preventing rainfall from entering. The initial responders to the pump station at 7am reported this, and two crews were dispatched to clear gullies. These were on site before 9am.

Irish Water has carried out a full investigation of the local network and a survey of the pump station. The deficiencies as noted above were mechanical/electrical, and capacity. Irish Water intends to  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6.

Order: Noted.