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- Further consideration and analysis is required to assess the scale, height and massing along with its impact of the proposed updated SDRA 11 diagram.
- It’s requested that a massing exercise is undertaken to model the diagram to ensure that there is a transition in heights from the surrounding existing neighbourhood forming the existing urban grain of predominantly one and two storeys.
- Consideration needs to be given to ensure that the amenity and privacy of the adjoining existing neighbourhood is respected.
- The massing exercise will also demonstrate the qualitative impact of the suggested block placement and the proposed placements of heights within the SDRA 11 area. Buildings of 12-15 stories are considered higher buildings serving to act as Local or District landmarks. Given its size and associated frontages of SDRA 11 the number of higher buildings is excessive [particularly when compared to other SDRA plans submitted] and their locations are miss guided within this new neighbourhood that the SDRA strives to create.
- As the SDRA 11 site is primarily an infill site with no prominent frontages on the south east, south and south west boundaries, placement of the suggestive height of 12 possible 15 stories is mis-placed from an urban design perspective and will dilute the hierarchy of the more prominent public spaces and the link streets.
- While ensuring the creation of a quality neighbourhood with the required densities, it needs to be stressed that height of 12 and 15 stories will have a negative visual impact, decreasing the qualitative environment of the area. Higher buildings need to be placed at prominent frontages and the adjoining streets scaled to address the increase in heights and massing. It needs to be noted that taller buildings do not necessitate to higher density schemes.
- Further Consideration needs to be given to the permeability across the site to ensure there is a hierarchy of streets and local streets prioritising pedestrian movement and cycling which will ensure the creation of a quality new neighbourhood that is less car dependent, which will minimise impact on the existing community.
- Consideration needs to be given to the placement of Public open Space, that it is distributed with the creation of new neighbourhood parks as the SDRA 11 diagram in the mid western side of the site there is an intensity in development of blocks with no open space, which will have a detrimental negative impact on the quality environment of the new neighbourhood.
- Protect the character of the Player Wills Protected Structure by removing the ‘locally higher buildings’ from the Player Wills site
- Amend the SDRA map to include the local park on the Bailey Gibson site as per the Adopted 2017 Framework Plan
- Update the SDRA map so that it accurately represents the current site, to include the new houses on Margaret Kennedy Road, the Player Wills Protected Structure, the demolished St. Teresa’s Gardens blocks, and the Coombe laboratory building.
- “The existing established residential amenity of properties along South Circular Road, Donore Avenue, {Rehoboth} and Eugene Street shall be respected. As such, proposed developments will be required to demonstrate integration with the surrounding streetscapes”. To protect the character of the South Circular road which is identified as an Residential Conversation Area