Townlands of Glebe, Cherrywood, & Laughanstown, Dublin 18

The application relates to development in the Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) and includes part of Superblock TCE4 of the Cherrywood SDZ Planning Scheme 2014, as amended. The proposed development will consist of a Multi-Purpose Arena that will provide a national Winter Sports Hub and an Entertainment and Conference Venue. The development will include: • An Arena building of c. 30,403 m² gross internal floor area accommodating 2 no. Olympic sized Ice Hockey Rinks, one with an 8,000 seat capacity (Arena 1) and the other with a 1,000 seat capacity (Arena 2); • Arena 1 (Main Arena) may be configured to accommodate non-ice hockey events including other sporting events, concerts, entertainment shows, conferences, exhibitions and banqueting. The maximum concert capacity of Arena 1 (seating and standing) is 10,500; • Arena 2 (Training Rink) will support elite training, community activities and public recreational skating with associated facilities; • Supporting accommodation located over 5 levels within the Arena building as follows: - Level 0 – Double height entrance Concourse to Arena 1 for general admission accessed from the public plaza, with licensed food & beverage concessions and sanitary facilities; Hospitality club; Retail/merchandising unit; Café; Entrance lobby and skate hire facilities for Arena 2; Athlete changing rooms and facilities; Staff and crew facilities; Deliveries & Service yard; Substation; Waste management areas; Ice maintenance equipment areas and key storage areas for stillages and retractable seating; - Level 1 – Hospitality lounge and bar; Staff welfare facilities; Offices for venue management and sports bodies; High-performance gym; Artist/performer facilities; - Level 2 – Entrance lobby from the external podium; Full perimeter Concourse of Arena 1 for general admission, with licensed food & beverage concessions, catering stores/cellars and sanitary facilities; - Level 3 – Hospitality lounges and suites with associated bars and sanitary facilities; - Level 4 – Plant and storage, access to rigging and layover areas for rigging equipment; - Plant and storage areas throughout the building at all levels; • A separate Aparthotel building of c. 1,400 m² gross internal floor area over 5 levels plus partial setback level accommodating reception area, shared lounge, recreation and kitchen facilities, 20 no. studio style bedrooms, waste management and plant rooms and 5 no. undercroft car parking spaces; • A landscaped arrival/departure plaza facing Cherrywood Avenue West; • Signage and wayfinding and integrated LED band to façade of Arena building; • A surface level car parking zone with 143 no. car parking spaces and set down and drop off zones for coaches and taxis; • Visitor and staff bicycle parking; • Loading bay to the rear of the Arena building; • PV solar panels at roof level of the Arena and Aparthotel buildings; • 2 no. new signalised carriageway access junctions off Beckett Link Road (under construction) and 1 no. new carriageway access junction off Cherrywood Avenue West;• Upgrade works to Cherrywood Avenue West including segregated cycle lane and footpath and pedestrian crossings; • Construction of a signalised at-grade pedestrian crossing of Wyattville Link Road at Junction O; • All associated site works and services including landscaping, boundary treatments, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems and drainage and water supply connections. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submited with the application.

Location

Dublin 18, Co. Dublin Map

Council

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Planning reference

DZ26A/0804/WEB

Application type

Permission (SDZ)

Applicant

Prime Arena Holdings Ltd

Agent

Sca Planning