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PA0043
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Deirdre Carroll
31 Cameron Square
Kilmainham
Dublin 8
9th October 2015
kieran Somers
Executive Officer
Direct Line:O l-873 7107
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Deirdre Carroll,
31 Cameron Square,
Kilmainham,
Dublin 8.
The Secretary,
An Bord Pleam3la,
64 Marlborough Street,
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02 October 2015.
Dear Secretary,
We are making this submission in relation to the proposed Health Infrastructure
Development comprising the National Paediatric Hospital, Innovation Centre and
Family Accommodation Unit at St. James Hospital Campus, and Satellite Centres
at Tallaght and Connolly Hospitals, and future development plans as laid out in
the 'Draft site capacity study' for St. James campus.
As parents of two young children, we fully recognise and support the need for a
state of the art children's hospital providing first-rate clinical services on one
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Another viable alternative is the Coombe site, which has more than twice as much
area for developing the new National Paediatric Hospital. It has the added
advantage of a co-located maternity hospital on site.
We appreciate the urgent need for development of a new National Paediatric
Hospital, especially in light of the delay caused by a previous application. We
believe that acting in haste will not serve the nation's children well, however, and
note that ~~ ... while any avoidable delay should be minimised, it is more important
to choose the right site which meets essential criteria over the long-term (say 50100 years) than one which is merely the fastest in the short-term ...." (Dolphin
Report, p.42).
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The plans for development of the St. James's site include a 'draft plan for future
development' as detailed in section 3a of the Architectural Reports, entitled 'St.
James's Campus- Draft Site Capacity Study'. The current planning application is
based on this blueprint for the development of St. James's site, and although it
does not ~~ ... purport to be a development plan for the campus ..'', it seeks to show
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an indication of its potential capacity .... ". It is therefore central to the current
application. We believe that rather than indicate its potential capacity, this draft
plan clearly indicates the limitations of the current St. James's site, not only for
future development, but as a site for the planned National Paediatric Hospital. It
also raises fundamental questions as to the continued provision of adult services
at St. James's, which is the primary designation of the site. Presentation of this
draft plan raises questions about (a) the planning process, (b) the assumptions
and methodology on which the plan is based, and (c) the provision of healthcare
services in the state.
A number of key questions arise:
(1) What will happen to adult services at St. James hospital if this plan goes
ahead? Where will adult services be located as approved for this site?
Where will adult outpatient services be located? No detail has been
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provided for provision of adult services (including decanting, etc.) whilst the
various developments of sites A to H of the Draft Site Capacity Study is
being carried out.
The Dolphin report {attached) highlighted a significant risk that the " .... new
children's and maternity hospitals will consume most of capacity for
expansion of adult hospital.... " {Dolphin report, p.69). This is completely
ignored in the present application.
{2) What is the projected cost of this development, and what are the plans to
fund it? No cost estimations are provided, and no provision for funding has
been made under the National Development Plan or other alternative
source
(3) This draft plan represents a gross overdevelopment of the St. James site.
The indicative layout illustrates the extent of development required for the
three hospitals within the campus. This indicates that further 6 and 7 storey
buildings with basement levels will be required. There is no indication of
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Apart from an announcement of 650 million to fund the National Paediatric HosJ :I, no cost projections or
sources of finance have been provided.
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site coverage and no three dimensional analysis. The study relies on plot
ratio assessment only (the plot ratio expressed is 2.2 2, which is in the upper
bound permissible), indicating that the campus is barely capable of
achieving the quantitative extent of development required within the
standards of the Dublin City Development plan with little room for further
expansion or enhanced public realm. In order for the campus to
accommodate the development of three hospitals, the remainder of the
site will be as intensively developed as the proposed Paediatric hospital
portion of the site (see following section).
The St. James site is zoned Z15 in the Dublin City Development Plan, the objective of which is '7o protect and
provide for institutional and community uses and to ensure that existing amenities are protected." Under this
zoning "buildings for the health, safety and welfare of the public and Medical and related cofWdtants:.ar.e
permitted in principle, with "car park ancillary to main use" open for consideration. The qul ntitative me asures to
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assess the scale of development include Plot Ratio, Site Coverage, Building Height and dista1ces ~hi~ved betweenGy
new and existing residential areas. The indicative plot ratio of Z15 land is 0.5- 2.5 in the Du
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(5) 'Plans' for development of sites A to H (as listed in section 6 of the draft
capacity plan) are extremely ambitious, and suggest that the site coverage
will greatly exceed that permitted under the Dublin City Development Plan.
Given the reservations around the capacity of the
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The publicly displayed site notice (see appendix 1) is incompatible with the
present application, which is for an 8 storey building. We believe this
inconsistency in the present planning application raises fundamental questions
about the capacity of the St. James site for the proposed development, and for
further expansion plans as detailed in the 'Draft Site Capacity Study'.
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The site will be accessed by two roads, the Old Kilmainham road and the South
Circular Road. These roads are already operating at full capacity and come to a
standstill at rush hour in the morning and in the evening. They are particularly bad
during wet and freezing conditions, and it is not uncommon, for example, for both
roads heading Westwards to be at a complete standstill, with minor roads (such
as Brookfield road) similarly blocked. We contend that the traffic assessment
detailed in the Environmental Impact Study is flawed, both in terms of
methodology and conclusions.
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The projected traffic plans are that " ... no more than 27% [of staff] will travel by
car and that this will fall to 23% on completion of the future maternity hospital..."
(Chapter 6, Environmental Impact Study, 6-95).
This appears highly optimistic given present car usage of staff (77% of staff at
Crumlin drive to work; 78% of staff at Tallaght Children's hospital drive to work;
57% at St. James and 35% in Temple St.). There is no national or international
evidence to support this assumption.
Furthermore, " ...It is envisaged that the staff modal split would reduce from 27%
by car to the campus following the completion of the new children's hospital to
23% by car following the construction of the Maternity Hospital ' including the
retention of the outpatient department on campus ..." and further that " .....should
the expansion of the campus development as set out in the Dra~~te CapaGity
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3a St. James Campus, Draft Site Capacity Study, Architectural Reports).
Parking: The required car parking on campus is inadequate to support this level of
transport. In addition, it is also noted that 11 ... the future maternity hospital would
require in the region of 120 patient/visitor car parking spaces. It is proposed that
these spaces are provided by reducing the number of staff spaces within the
campus ... " (6-95). Reducing the ratio from 1 space per 2.8 staff to 1 space per 5.8
staff members is highly optimistic (6-94).
The NPHDB appear to agree that there is inadequate parking provision in the new
development. The authors note that " ... free on-street parking on the local streets,
increases the attractiveness of driving.... " (6-46). This suggests that the NPHDB are
urging staff to park on the local streets to alleviate the lack of on-site parking.
Sewage and water: The application does not clearly identify capacity in respect of
sewage. It is incorrect to state that " ...The St James's Campus and surrounding
area are well served by potable water supply... " (section 5.4.3 'Potable Water
Supply', Draft Site Capacity Study). The water pressure in Cameron Square is very
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The relevant guiding planning document is the current Dublin City Development
Plan 2011-2017. The proposed development by reason of its inappropriate scale,
bulk, mass and layout materially contravenes the Development Plan, and as a
result is likely to seriously and adversely detract from the residential amenities of
Cameron Square.
Cameron Square land is zoned as Zone 2: To protect and
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to experience the greatest impacts on Daylight and Sunlight" ..... (13-35 micro
climate).
This analysis is disingenuous. It grossly understates the extent of overshadowing,
overlooking and sunlight blocking of the proposed National Paediatric Hospital to
the East. It also uses inaccurate measurements.
A cursory look at the plate below indicates that our house is going to be
detrimentally affected by the proposed development, both to the East by the
34.95m Paediatric hospital, and to the South by the proposed 12.6m Family
Accommodation Unit. Additionally, a new road is proposed to run directly up to
our boundary fence on the East side. Not only will this have a severe effect on the
health of our youngest son who has asthma, but the added noise and pollution at
all hours of the day and night will severely affect the health of our whole family.
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Height: The proposed National Paediatric Hospital has a roof height of 34.9Sm
and 37.95m to chimney height. Accordingly, the roof height exceeds the
permitted development plan height of 28m by 6.95m, and if permitted would
materially contravene the Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017.
The Dublin City development plan requires a separation of 22m between 2 storey
dwellings in order to protect their amenity. This standard is applicable in this
context. This standard is not met in relation to our home, which according to the
drawings is 18.9m from our gable wall. Furthermore, this distance is a minimum
distance, and greater distances should be provided where buildings exceed two
storey in height.
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The proposed development will dwarf the height of our main living area and
kitchen (2.9m). As we spend over 90% of our waking hours in this room, this will
be detrimental to the amenity of our residence.
In addition, the proposed Family Accommodation Unit will be constructed on our
East facing boundary. We will be overshadowed and overlooked on two sides.
Overlooking: The proposed National Paediatric Hospital will overlook our garden
and main living area. The lodged drawings indicate that it is proposed to locate
balconies and glass fronted corridors immediately to the East of our home at a
height in excess of 25m above the level of our house. Without prejudice to this
objection, we ask that in the event of permission being granted: that the
proposed Paediatric Hospital be set back a minimum of 22m from the boundary
fence of our home, and that the height of the proposed Hospital be lowered to
the height permitted in the Dublin City Development Plan (28m). In addition, we
seek that the proposed Paediatric Hospital be stepped back, and that all windows
and balconies overlooking our home be glazed in obscured glass to prevent
overlooking of our garden and living area.
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Overshadowing: The patio doors of our main living area face due East, with our
other windows and patio doors facing due South. At present we receive direct
sunlight at 7am. The Shadow plans produced in the Environmental Impact Study,
Chapter 13 Micro climate, section 13.1.1.8 (and reproduced in appendix 2)
indicate that there are significant and severe overshadowing implications of the
new proposed National Paediatric Hospital for the residents of Cameron Square,
and our house in particular. These shadow plans support the comment of an
NPHDB representative at a drop in session in June 2015, when he remarked that
" .....you will be lucky to receive sunlight by midday ....". The overshadowing
implications are likely much more severe than presented in Chapter 13 Micro
Climate, as the shadow plans produced are only for the equinoxes (21st
March/September), and do not provide an accurate assessment of the loss of light
year round. Without prejudice to this objection, we request that the NPHDB
provide detailed shadow plans for each hour from 7am to 7pm for a full year on a
weekly basis to provide an accurate assessment of overshadowing at all times of
the year. We request that this also includes shadow plans for the proposed Family
Accommodation Unit. We believe that our right of light is denied for an East
facing window under the Prescription act 1832. This is a serious infringemen! on =
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In addition, we have serious concerns regarding security due to the huge increase
in pedestrian traffic and footfall of unrelated persons in and around our homes.
Air quality and pollution: The new road which is planned to run along our
boundary fence will result in a significant increase in NlO pollutants, which will
have a detrimental effect on the health of our youngest son who has asthma. In
addition, if permission for this development is granted, there will be a huge
number of construction vehicles passing by the boundary fence of our home (as
413,000 cubic metres of soil and materials are due to be moved off site, along
with construction materials being moved on site, the construction plan envisages
that 420 HGVs and LGVs per day will pass by our home).
The dirt, noise pollution and air pollution will only be 12.Sm from the main door
of our home. It will have a detrimental effect on the health of our family.
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We are also concerned that a complete environmental assessment has not been
conducted of the buildings to be demolished to the East of our home. In
particular, we are concerned that there is a significant amount of asbestos, and
that our garden will be contaminated by asbestos dust. We are afraid that the
health of our family will be put in danger by the pollution from demolition.
Light pollution: There will be a very significant light pollution from the National
Paediatric Hospital and the new road running along our boundary fence. The new
hospitable building has down lighters along the perimeter of the building and at
all the entrances. Also each of the roof gardens is to be lit up. Lighting at roof
garden level consists of Type H In-ground up-light luminaire LED, dimmable with
colour change capability. Reference drawing no. NPH-EARUP-DR-XX-ST-1002 for
details.
Lighting is proposed along the new road which runs right along our perimeter
fence. This consists of Type A along road - both sides 6m pole top luminaire LED,
100% DLOR, dimmable. This will floodlight our main living area at all times after
dark, and floodlight our childrens' bedroom which is at the rear of our home. It
will make it impossible for our children to get to sleep at night.
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Planned excavations for the National Paediatric Hospital: The drawings lodged
to an Bard Pleanala indicate that a hollow approximately 27m deep has to be
excavated in order to build the National Paediatric Hospital. This massive planned
excavation is extremely close to our home (less than 25m), and there is no
information contained in the planning documents as to how the construction firm
intends to secure this deep pit in order to prevent serious subsidence of our
property.
We are extremely worried that the engineers have provided no information
whatsoever on this point, and this engenders a complete lack of confidence about
the engineering and structural aspects of the proposed development. Without
prejudice to this submission, we request that the NPHDB be required to provide
detailed plans as to how the excavation is to be secured in order to prevent
subsidence to our home and nearby houses. We also request that the NPHDB be
required to insure us against subsidence and structural damage arising from the
proposed development.
Noise: Without prejudice to this objection, we are extremely concerned at noise
levels if permission for this development is granted. Along with heightened noise
levels from construction traffic and works (pile driving etc.), pumps will be
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With respect to the inspector's report (attached in appendix 3), we would like to
address the considerations raised by Mr. Kevin Moore in section 7:
Alternative sites
We contend that the NPHDB have not provided a detailed assessment of
alternative sites as intended by the planning inspector.
Justification for the siting, scale, functioning and form of the overall scheme in
planning and environmental terms.
We contend that the NPHDB have not provided adequate justification for the
overall scheme in planning and environmental terms. In particular, the NPHDB
have not provided justification for the location of a National Paediatric Hospital in
a city centre location which is surrounded by a congested road network.
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The constrained nature of the St. James' Hospital site and capacity for trilocation (children's hospital, adult teaching hospital and maternity hospital).
The NPHDB have not addressed the constrained nature of the St. James site,
particularly in relation to tri-location. The indicative plot ratio is at the upper
bound of that permissible by the Dublin City Development Plan.
expansion of these
The developments now and into the future in the context of a new Master Plan
for St. James' Hospital complex.
These developments have not been considered by the NPHDB. For example, what
are the provisions for expansion of adult health services at St. James, as approved
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for the site? What are the implications for adult health services whilst the
National Paediatric and New Maternity Hospitals are being built on site?
Satellite Centres - their need and applicability in the context of a national and
regional strategy relating to same.
The original aim of the National Children's Hospital is for ' ... the provision of a for a
state of the art children's hospital providing first-rate clinical services on one
campus ...'. The present application is contrary to that guiding principle. Proposals
for satellite centres suggest that the St. James site is insufficient for the
development of the National Paediatric Hospital.
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The outcome in the event of one or both Satellite Centres failing to acquire
planning permission or failing to be developed.
No consideration has been given to this possibility.
The NPHDB have not provided serious consideration or analysis of the Coombe
Hospital or the Connolly Hospital sites as alternatives to the St. James site, as is
clear from the absence of detailed plans.
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We have been good neighbours of St. James hospital for many years, and we are
proud of our hospital. We have had a friendly, cooperative relationship at all
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We conclude that the St. James site is not suitable for the proposed development
on the grounds that it is a gross overdevelopment of the current site, with
inadequate space for future development, both for the new paediatric and
maternity clinical services and the adult services currently on site. The local
infrastructure is incapable of supporting this development, and it will lead to
traffic gridlock. The proposers have not given due consideration to the issues
raised by Mr. Kevin Moore in his Inspector's report. We respectfully request that
An Bord Pleamila refuse planning permission for the proposed development, and
that the NPHDB consider alternative sites for a state-of-the-art children's hospital
on one campus, such as Connolly hospital or the Coombe site.
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Inspector's Report
Proposed Development
Construction of a Proposed Integrated National Paediatric Hospital Project, Dublin.
Prospective Applicant: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
Planning Authorities: Dublin City Council
South Dublin County Council
Fingal County Council
Nature of Development: Health Infrastructure
Inspector: Kevin Moore
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Area. Further to thismeeting, the prospective applicant senta letterto the Board which
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was received on 30 May 2014.Therein reference was made to an Outline
Construction ManagementPian and to consideration of the useof a largelyvacant
HSE site on Davitt Road, lnchicore asa main
contractor'stemporarycompoundassociated with the proposed development. At a
further meeting on 8"'April, 2015, the prospective applicant referred to the inclusion
ofa family accommodation unit aspartofthe proposed development. Atthe meeting
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of23 June, 2015, theprospective applicant introduced aresearch and innovation
centre as partof the overall project.
2.21t is noted that the prospective applicant, in the letter received on30"' May 2014, sought
the Board's agreementthat the composite projectat thattime of the new children's hospital
and the two satellite centres constitute strategic infrastructure development and can be
handled as a single planning application and with a single Environmental Impact
Statement.ltwas further requested if guidance could be given on whether it isappropriate to
include the planningfor the contractor's compound with the application for the children's
hospital and satellite centres or whetheritshould be submitted in isolation to Dublin City
Council's PlanningDepartment.The Board, by letter issued on 24..June, 2014, stated
thatitconsidered it would be appropriate for the proposed satellite centresto be treated as
integral elements of theproject forthe purposes ofanyformalplanningapplication and that, in
respect ofthe proposed temporaryconstruction compound, there would be no objection to its
inclusion in the planningapplication.
2.3The proposed developmentnowcomprises:
A 473bed children's hosoitalat St.James'sHospital campus. Dublin8.forminqa 7storeystructure over three basement levelson a site of
4.85hectares,comprisingapproximately 122,727 square metres grossfloor area (exclusive of
approximately 30,000 squaremetres ofbasementcar parking),
A Children's Hospital Satellite Centre at Connolly Hospital campus,Bianchardstown, Dublin
15,comprisingapproximately 5,000squaremetres gross floorarea and forminga 3-storey
building to thefront ofthe existingstructure,
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with the remaining 325 for staff members. Up to 400 cycle parking spaces are proposed. In
addition to the established vehicular entrances at James's Street and South Circular
Road at the St. James's Hospital campus, a new entrance would be added at Mount
Brown.
2.9 Regarding consideration of the composite project of the above referenced components,
I acknowledge firstly the Board's previous acceptance of the National Children's
Hospital, the satellite centres being integral elements of the project, and the inclusion
of the construction compound in any forthcoming application. I also acknowledge the
new elements of the project since that determination, namely the research and
innovation centre and family accommodation unit. I submit that the functions of these
elements demonstrate they are integral to the overall project. Furthermore, I note the
proposed siting of the relevant structures within the St. James's Hospital complex in
the vicinity of the location for the proposed National Children's Hospital structure. I
advise that it would be appropriate for these proposed developments to be treated as
integral elements of the project for the purposes of any formal planning application
for the National Paediatric Hospital Project.
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would, if carried out, fall within one or more of the following paragraphs, namely(a) the development would be of strategic economic or social importance to the State
or the region in which it would be situate,
(b) the development would contribute substantially to the fulfilment of any of the
objectives in the National Spatial Strategy or in any regional planning guidelines
in force in respect of the area or areas in which it would be situate,
(c) the development would have a significant effect on the area of more than one
planning authority.
The Seventh Schedule of the Act is amended by section 78 Planning and
Development (Amendment) Act, 2010 to include:
Health Infrastructure
4. Development comprising or for the purposes of the following:
-A health care facility providing in-patient services, but excluding a development
which is predominantly for the purpose of providing care services within the meaning
given to that term by section 3 of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009.
3.2 Environmental impact Statement
Section 37E(1) of the Act states:
An application for permission for development in respect of which a notice has been
served under section 378(4)(a) shall be made to the Board and shall be
accompanied by an environmental impact statement in respect of the proposed
development. _______________________________
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6.0 RECOMMENDATION
6.1 Having regard to the record of the pre-application consultations between An Bard
Pleanala and the prospective applicant, I recommend that the Board decides that:
1. The proposed development constitutes Strategic Infrastructure
Development under the meaning of Section 37A of the Planning and
Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act, 2006 (as amended), as it would
fall within paragraph 37A (2) (a) of the Act; and
2. An EIS is required to be prepared under Section 37E (1) of the Planning and
Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act, 2006 (as amended).
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Appendix4
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1 ,- June 2015
At recent ensasement RSSions between t"- tutlonal Paediatric Hospital Development lolld
(NPHDB) and residents from Cameron Square, concerns were raiAd by a number of raldents 1ft
relation to any possible lmpects construction of NCH mJaht have on their homes. The NPHDI
offeree~ to canv out condition Inspections of thelt PfOpertles ahud of anv p~apoad construction
wortc on the above project. In response to this request we write to advise that AIL SUrwyots Ud.
Chartered Building Surveyors Mite been appointed to c.ny out SCedules of Condition ~~
ahead of any proposed construc:tlon work on the above projeCt, which is sub)lct to ....,. of
PJ.nnlng Permission.
NPHDB are offertna residents and bulldll'll owners. whose homes/properties are .....,.,. ...,
adjacent to the proposed works, the opportunlty to have a visual concfition survey arrild CM1t an
the exterior and Interior of their property. The survey propolld is allandlnl pnautlonMy ....,
canfed out In advance of works commenc:lnl with no cost to the owner/oa:upler.
The purpose of the lnspectlan Is to record the ex1st1n1 structural condition of your IJfOI*lY . _
lntern.lly and extarnally. A Schedule of Condition Report lndudlftl pho_.phs. . . . . _ . .
be prepared and a COPV of this will be Issued to the relevlnt praperty ocnrr'er/OwMr fir dlllr
We would antldplte that the lftSPidlon wiD lll&e approxlrnltelv Z-3 houri Cll.,l ,._
property.
we Intend to commence work on CIIMrDn SqUIN on w.ek co~ the a-~ Jll5 _.
would be .,.ateful If you could make canllct with me on my mollie ....., 017..- lrJf
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at your lllt'llelt corMnlence to lfNIIII a IUitalllt tlllt
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.. your co apl :adel' In this matter and look ron.rd 1D ..._... ,_.
We apprecIa ~..
vours sincerely,
I II, _ Mull~
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