ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Concorde
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT Concorde Industrial Estate, Naas Road, Dublin 12 In Association with: Reddy Architecture and Urbanism; IAC, Openfield Ecological Services; Modelworks Media; Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers; AWN Consulting, May 2019 Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology Concorde SHD Environmental Impact Assessment Report Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE John Spain Associates, Planning & Development Consultants, have been commissioned by Development Ocht Ltd. to prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) for a proposed strategic housing development of 491 no. unit “Build to Rent” residential development with commercial uses comprising of a shop, restaurant, café, creche, medical centre at Concorde Industrial Estate, Naas Road, Dublin 12. The application site comprises of a former car dealership and a range of other commercial uses such as car repair, and gym in the Concorde Industrial Estate. The site is located to the south of the Naas Road and is located in a mixed use area comprising of a range of commercial and residential uses. The proposal seeks to redevelop the subject site for a mixed use “build to rent” residential and commercial development. The proposed development will comprise of 492 no. residential units and a range of commercial uses, public open space, communal open space, surface and basement car parking and the provision of new pedestrian and cycle linkages. The central purpose of the EIA process is to undertake an assessment of the likely and significant impact on the environment of the proposed development in parallel with the project design process, and to document this process in an Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR); which is then submitted to the competent/ consent authority, in order to inform the subsequent decision as to whether the development should be permitted to proceed.
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