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New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock – Ossian Smyth

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New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock – Ossian Smyth Ossian Smyth Green Party Councillor for Dún Laoghaire Menu HomeWell-nighme Priorities Latest News Press Get involved Donate Contact New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock A developer has unromantic  for planning permission for nine houses and forty-two apartments on a corner site in Blackrock. For increasingly than ten years now, the former Mazda Europa garage in Blackrock village has been falling into dereliction. This is a prominent site of an acre and a quarter, that faces Blackrock House on Newtown Avenue. In 2005, MSL unromantic for permission for 69 apartments in two 5 and 6 storey blocks. They sooner got their permission but the financial crash put an end to the plans. Since then, the planning permission expired and the site has reverted hands several times. There have been two remoter failed attempts to obtain permission to redevelop the site for residential use. Now the owner has re-applied for permission and has tried to transpiration the scheme to write the reasons for which the most recent plans were refused last year. In this article, I am going to examine the new plans. Height The 2015 scheme was rejected for stuff too large and overlooking or overshadowing houses in Newtown Villas (tramway cottages) and to the South on Newtown Avenue. The new plans propose a height of 4 storeys with stepping lanugo to 3 storeys at the Southern purlieus and withal Newtown Villas. The proposed buildings are still very tropical to the rear of No.s 1 and 2 Newtown Villas and may loom over the garden of No 61 Newtown Avenue. Layout and form The last scheme was rejected for stuff of poor quality design, too generic, and out of keeping with the neighbouring houses. The revised plans have tried to be less monotonous by using a mixture of surfaces ( brick and render), various sizes of windows, and by breaking up the streetscape with balconies, and alcoves. Traffic The exit from the last scheme was considered hazardous due to the pedestrian sightlines. The new scheme uses a relocated entrance. However the road outside is one-way and this proposal brings flipside 51 households to a road that is very congested at rush hour.Unshutspace The new scheme provides increasingly unshut mindfulness space than previously proposed. Parking All of the parking (67 spaces) is to be underground. Built and Natural heritage The sycamore tree is to  be kept, while it is planned to devastate the old tram sheds with their blue-beamed gables. All in all, it looks to me like an resurgence on what went before, but there’s nothing very special or remarkable well-nigh it. I’d prefer to see the historical tram sheds retained – they are something of a landmark but are not included in the architectural conservation zone that covers neighbouring Newtown Villas. I will make a submission to the steering planners on this proposal. Let me know what you think.   -Ossian New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock Ossian February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 Latest News 2 Comments ← Why Bulloch Harbour redevelopment was refused permission Designs published for Cherrywood town centre → 2 thoughts on “New plans for the Europa site in Blackrock” Patricia McGettrickJuly 23, 2018 at 10:14 pmPermalink Hi Ossian, I stipulate with you well-nigh the tram sheds at Europa and there they are …gone! Is this minutiae going ahead??,I am thinking of ownership in Newtown Villas but am worried OssianPost authorJuly 24, 2018 at 11:03 amPermalink Hi Patricia Yes – this minutiae is under construction. There will be a lot of excavation to be washed-up to build the underground carpark and this may rationalization a lot of vibration and noise. As it stands, the site has been derelict for increasingly than a decade and this minutiae will modernize the area. Newtown Villas are the cottages originally lived in by the tram workers. They have a trappy weft and are protected as they fall within an architectural conservation area. There is a tropical polity on the street of people of variegated ages. There are unconfined suavities in walking distance. Ossian Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email write will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Archives September 2017 February 2017 December 2016 January 2016 November 2015 October 2015 August 2015 July 2015 April 2015 February 2015 December 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 January 2014 Meta Log in Copyright © 2018 Ossian Smyth. Powered by WordPress. Theme: Spacious by ThemeGrill.