Blackrock Rd, Haggardstown, Blackrock Dundalk, Co. Louth SHD Application Planning Report & Statement of Consistency Strategic Housing Development: Application to An Bord Pleanála Residential Development at Blackrock Road, Haggardstown, Blackrock, Dundalk, Co. Louth on behalf of Kingsbridge Consultancy Limited Declan Brassil & Co. Ref: 17/062 1 Blackrock Rd, Haggardstown, Blackrock Dundalk, Co. Louth SHD Application TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Prospective Applicant ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1.2 Brief Description of Nature & Purpose of Development ........................................................................... 5 1.3 Strategic Housing Definition ............................................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Possible Effects on the Environment ................................................................................................................ 7 2 SITE LOCATION & CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1 Site Location.............................................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Site Description ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 Subject Site Planning History ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.4 Planning History Adjoining or Adjacent Sites ............................................................................................. 12 3 PARTICULARS OF PROPOSED STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 12 3.1 Layout & Design .................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Open Space, Access. Permeability & Parking .............................................................................................. 15 3.3 Integration with Surrounding Land Use ........................................................................................................ 17 3.4 Part V ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.5 Ancillary .................................................................................................................................................................... 18 3.6 Services Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................................... 18 3.7 Built and Archaeological Heritage ................................................................................................................... 19 3.8 Possible Effects on the Environment .............................................................................................................. 19 4 PRIOR CONSULTATION .................................................................................................................................................... 20 4.1 Consultation with Planning Authority ............................................................................................................ 20 4.1.1 Details of Outcomes ......................................................................................................................... 20 4.2 Pre-Application Consultation ............................................................................................................................ 21 5 STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY ..................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1 Ministerial Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................... 22 5.1.1 Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas Guidelines, 2009 & Urban Design Manual – A Best Practice Guide (2009) ....................................................................... 22 5.1.2 Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities March (2018) .............................................................................................. 22 5.1.3 Urban Development and Building Heights Guidelines for Planning Authorities – December 2018 .................................................................................................................................. 25 5.1.4 Childcare Facilities – Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2001 ......................................... 26 5.1.5 Guidelines for Planning Authorities – The Planning System and Flood Risk Management 2009 ............................................................................................................................ 27 Declan Brassil & Co. Ref: 17/062 2 Blackrock Rd, Haggardstown, Blackrock Dundalk, Co. Louth SHD Application 5.1.6 Appropriate Assessment of Plans and Projects in Ireland – Guidance for Planning Authorities (2009) .............................................................................................................................. 28 5.1.7 Statement of Consistency ............................................................................................................... 29 5.2 Louth County Development Plan 2015-2021 ............................................................................................... 29 5.2.1 Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy ..................................................................................... 29 5.2.2 Residential Development and Other Objectives .................................................................... 30 5.2.3 Statement of Consistency with Louth County Development Plan ................................... 31 5.3 Dundalk and Environs Development Plan 2009-2015 .............................................................................. 33 5.3.1 Land Use Zoning & Designations ................................................................................................ 33 5.3.2 Core Strategy and Settlement Strategy .................................................................................... 34 5.3.3 Residential Development ................................................................................................................ 35 5.3.4 Statement of Consistency ............................................................................................................... 35 5.3.4.1 Land Use Zoning & Designations ................................................................................................ 35 5.4 Other Guidance...................................................................................................................................................... 38 5.4.1 National Planning Framework ....................................................................................................... 38 5.4.2 Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Houses and Homelessness..................................... 40 5.4.3 Eastern & Midland Regional Assembly’s Regional Spatial & Economic Strategy ...... 40 6 TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION ..................................................................................................................................... 43 6.1 Statement on Traffic & Transportation Issues ............................................................................................ 43 6.2 Statement of Consistency with Design Manual for Urban Roads & Streets .................................... 44 APPENDIX A ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 APPENDIX B ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 APPENDIX C ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 APPENDIX D ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 APPENDIX E ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 List of Figures Figure 2.1.1 Strategic Level Site Location. ................................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 2.2.1 Aerial Image of Local Context with the Subject Site outlined in red. ................................................... 10 Declan Brassil & Co. Ref: 17/062 3 Blackrock Rd, Haggardstown,