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PA0043 Sub Anthony Keane
PA0043 Sub Anthony Keane
PA0043 Sub Anthony Keane
PA0043
P.A.Reg.Ref:
An Bord Pleanala
Your Ref:
Anthony Keane
13 McDowell A venue
Ceannt Fort
Kilmainbam
D08HNX9
8th October 2015
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.
Dear Sir,
An Bord Pleamila bas received your recent submission in relation to the above mentioned proposed development and will
take it into consideration in its determination of 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 I observations received in relation to the application will be made
available for public inspection at the offices of Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County
Council and at the offices of An Bord Pleamila when they have been processed by the Board.
If you have any queries in the meantime please contact the undersigned officer of the Board. Please quote the above
mentioned An Bord Pleanata reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with the Board.
Yours faithfully,
Ieieran Somers
Executive Officer
Direct Line:Ol-8737107
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The Secretary
An Bord Pleanala
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
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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CRIC and Lack of Consultation
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.
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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.
I ask that PL29N.PA0043 be rejected and resubmitted in a more appropriate form . The
fee of 50.00 is enclosed.
Yours sincerely,
Anthony Keane
AN BORD PLEANALA
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