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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
D01
V902
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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