pa0043 sub anthony keane.pdf

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Our Ref:

29N.PA0043

P.A.Reg.Ref:

Your

Ref:

Anthony Keane

13 McDowell A venue

Ceannt Fort

Kilmainbam

D08HNX9

8th October 2015

Dear Sir,

Re:

Health Infrastructure Development comprising National Paediatric

Hospital, Innovation Centre and Family Accommodation Unit at St

James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght

&

Connolly

Hospitals and Construction Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.

An Bord Pleanala

An

Bord Pleamilabas received your recent submissionin relation

to

the above mentioned proposed development and will

take it into consideration in its determinationof the matter. A receipt for the fee lodged is enclosed.

The Board will revert to you

in

due course with regard to the matter.

Please be advised that copies of all submissions observations received in relation

to

the application

will

be made

available for public inspection at the offices ofDublin City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County

Council and at the officesof

An

Bord Pleamila when they have been processed by

the

Board.

f you have any queries in the meantime please contact the undersigned officer of the Board. Please quote the above

mentionedAn Bord Pleanata reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with the Board.

Yours faithfully,

eieran Somers

Executive Officer

Direct Line:Ol-8737107

Encls.

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The Secretary

An Bord Pleanala

61-64 Marlborough Street

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Case reference: PL29N.PA0043

13 McDowell Avenue

Ceannt Fort

8HNX9

1 October 2015

Health Infrastructure Development comprising National Paediatric Hospital,

Innovation Centre and Family Accommodation Unit at t James Hospital

Campus, Satellite Centres

at

Tallaght and Connolly and Construction

Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to express my concerns about the planning application above. I have valued

and supported the work of St James s Hospital as a resident of the area for over forty

years. The hospital and the institutions that predated it are inextricably linked with the

lives and histories of local people. I was enthusiastic about the future developments

of

the hospital. However, the project proposed

in

application PL29N.PA0043 will have t

a significant negative impact

on

some residents living in the surrounding area,

especially on those in the historic estate of Ceannt Fort adjacent to the hospital site.

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I object to the proposed project for a number of reasons:

Zoning

and

Development

Plan

Ceannt Fort and the old frontage along James Street falls under the zone-designated

Z2 Conservation Area,

in

the current Dublin City Development Plan (2011-2017),

which aims: To protect and/or improve the amenities of residential conservation

areas . The proposed development does nothing to promote this. In fact, the old

frontage of the South Dublin Union along James St is referred to erroneously in the

Planning Application as 'The Schoolhouse'. The Archology report makes no reference

to the significance of these buildings

in

the events of the 1916 Rising and no

consideration was given to incorporating part of the existing ~ d e o e proposed

design. This is indicative of a nonchalant attitud

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CRIC and Lack

of

onsultation

This attitude is also reflected in the absence of consultation with the residents of

McDowell Avenue, who will be affected by the proposed construction of the Children's

Research

and

Innovation Centre (CRIC). The drawings were first displayed publicly

on 6th August 2015, only four days prior to lodging the application on 1Oth August.

The design of the CRIC extends the current Trinity Centre almost to the boundary wall

of houses

on

McDowell Avenue, effectively leaving a 4-storey building overlooking the

houses and blocking daylight.

No Conditioning Survey

No

conditioning survey was offered to the residents of McDowell Avenue whose

properties are susceptible to structural damage because of the proximity of the CRIC

development. Vibration and settlement damage is most likely, given the nature and

scale of the proposed works, and this

has

not been adequately assessed . The

residents of O'Reilly Avenue have highlighted the risk of this type of damage to their


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houses following a survey.

In

a similar way, it is unlikely that the

100

year-old drains

at the rear of McDowell Avenue will withstand the risk

of

disruption

and

displacement.

Moreover, access to the CRIC site during the construction phase will most likely

include the movement of material-carrying trucks alongside the rear boundary wall

of

the houses on McDowell

Avenue-

a few feet away from the sewage drain that serves

the terrace of houses.

Environmental Impacts and Traffic Congestion

It

is

evident

in

the application that the impact of noise, air and light pollution, vermin

infestation and other environmental hazards has not been adequately assessed or

addressed. Similarly, plans to address traffic congestion in the area during and after

the construction phase seem aspirational at best. For example, during construction

Old Kilmainham Road will become the main access route for thousands of

construction-related truck journeys travelling to and from The Davitt Road compound.

This route

is

already subject to significant congestion at peak commuting times. I often

experience difficulties trying to exit the estate on weekday mornings because of the

volume of traffic. In addition, a

15-20

minute journey time from Kilmainham Cross to

Ceannt Fort is not unusual during evening rush hour. I find it difficult to imagine traffic

conditions

if

the construction project proceeds.

In

common with other residential areas

in the vicinity

of St

James's Hospital, the residents of Ce

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Site Expansion

Inevitably, the St. James's Hospital Master Plan and accommodation

of

the future

requirements

of

the National Children's Hospital will involve further construction on a

constrained site. The proposed site expansion of a minimum of

20

will most likely

exacerbate negative impacts on the adjoining houses and the residents' quality of life.

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I ask that PL29N.PA0043 be rejected and resubmitted in a

more

appropriate form. he

fee of 50.00 is enclosed.

Yours sincerely

Anthony Keane

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