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Approved Part 8 Planning Permission for a New Library in Drimnagh / Cead Pleanála Cuid 8 ceadaithe do leabharlann nua i nDroimeanach
City Architects are delighted that the proposed new library in Drimnagh, which has been designed in-house, received Part 8 planning approval this week. The proposed development is located at 314–318 Crumlin Road and on Rafter’s Lane, within the grounds of the former Ard Scoil Éanna school.
The approved development comprises a new single-storey and partial two-storey branch library building. With a total floor area of 841 sqm, the library will include a combined adult and junior library space, public study areas, an events room, meeting rooms and ancillary spaces at ground floor level, with a reading room, meeting rooms and staff spaces on the first floor.
Conservation repair works and alterations are proposed to Ard Scoil Éanna House, a protected structure. Originally a farmhouse dwelling and later part of a school complex, the building will be adapted from school use to café use at ground floor level and library use at first floor level.
The library grounds will be landscaped to create an accessible public realm. The new library building is designed to present a welcoming and distinctive identity onto Crumlin Road, with the new library and Ard Scoil Éanna House framing a new green open space.
A new north–south pedestrian route will link Crumlin Road with Rafter’s Lane. At the rear of the site, an existing retaining wall will be removed and replaced with steps and an accessible ramp to resolve changes in site level, allowing improved views and pedestrian access from Rafter’s Lane.
Now that planning permission has been granted, Dublin City Libraries intend to proceed to the detailed design stage as the project moves towards construction.
Project Team
- Client: Dublin City Libraries
- Architects: Dublin City Council – City Architects Department
- Conservation Architect: Dublin City Council – City Architects Department
- Landscape Architect: Ait
- Civil Engineers: Punch Consulting Engineers
- Quantity Surveyors: Levins Associates
- Perspective Images: Concrete Clouds
Foireann an Tionscadail
Tá áthas ar Ailtirí na Cathrach gur fuair an leabharlann nua atá beartaithe i nDroimeanach, a dearadh go hinmheánach, cead pleanála Cuid 8 an tseachtain seo. Tá an fhorbairt bheartaithe suite ag 314–318 Bóthar Chromghlinne agus ar Lána Uí Rheachtúir, laistigh de thailte iar-scoile, Ard Scoil Éanna.
Baineann an fhorbairt cheadaithe le foirgneamh leabharlainne brainse nua, aon stóir agus dhá stór páirteach, ar achar iomlán 841 m². Beidh spásanna do dhaoine fásta agus do dhaoine óga, spás staidéir poiblí, seomra imeachtaí, seomraí cruinnithe agus spásanna foirne san fhoirgneamh.
Tá oibreacha deisithe agus athruithe caomhnaithe beartaithe do Theach Ard Scoil Éanna, struchtúr faoi chosaint, lena thiontú go caifé ar urlár na talún agus úsáid leabharlainne ar an gcéad urlár.
Tá na tailte le tírdhreachú chun spás poiblí inrochtana a chruthú, agus beidh bealach nua do choisithe ag nascadh Bóthar Chromghlinne le Lána Uí Rheachtúir.
Anois agus cead pleanála deonaithe, tá sé i gceist ag Leabharlanna Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath dul ar aghaidh le céim an deartha mhionsonraithe de réir mar a théann an tionscadal i dtreo tógála.
- Cliant: Leabharlanna Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath
- Ailtirí: Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath – Roinn Ailtirí na Cathrach
- Ailtire Caomhnaithe: Comhairle Cathrach Bhaile Átha Cliath – Roinn Ailtirí na Cathrach
- Ailtire Tírdhreacha: Ait
- Innealtóirí Sibhialta: Punch Consulting Engineers
- Suirbhéirí Cainníochta: Levins Associates
- Íomhánna Peirspictíochta: Concrete Clouds
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