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Dublin City Council has granted final planning permission with conditions for a 547-bed purpose-built student accommodation development on Shanowen Road in Santry, Dublin 9. Known as Project Nest, the scheme will redevelop the Shanowen Business Centre site, including Kaybee House and part of Shanowen House.
3D Design Bureau supported the project through planning with a daylight and sunlight assessment, architectural CGIs, verified view montages and presentation photomontages. These technical and visual materials helped communicate the proposed design, its scale and its relationship with the surrounding area, providing information to support the local authority’s assessment.
Our daylight and sunlight assessment found that the approved development broadly complies with the BRE guidelines and is designed to provide good daylight and sunlight conditions for future occupants while largely preserving those of surrounding existing and permitted properties.
The development will involve the demolition of approximately 11,117 sq m of commercial and warehouse buildings. The student accommodation will comprise 72 shared apartments and 70 studios across five blocks within two principal residential buildings, reaching up to six storeys.
Student facilities will include study areas, a gym, lounges and laundry facilities, alongside landscaped outdoor amenity space. The approved scheme also includes indoor and outdoor community, cultural and arts space within Block 2, its adjoining courtyard and the ground floor of Unit 1, Shanowen House. A permanent interpretive display will commemorate the site’s industrial heritage as the former Bush Television Factory.
The scheme includes a public pedestrian and cycle route through the site, connecting Shanowen Road to the southern boundary and a separately permitted route towards Collins Avenue.
The development will provide bicycle parking for residents, visitors and staff. Its three car parking spaces will be accessible and EV-enabled, with no allocation for general resident parking.
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Project Name: Project Nest
Project Type: Student Accomodation
Site Location: Shanowen Business Centre, and Kaybee House, Shanowen Road, Santry, Dublin 9 , Co. Dublin
Stage: Plans granted
Planning Documents: Link
Planning Authority: Dublin City Council
Reference for Planning: WEBLRD6097/26-S3
Developer: Ravenshire Limited
Architect: Coady Partnership Architects
Planning Consultant: John Spain Associates
Landscape Consultant: Mitchell & Associates
CGI Consultants: 3D Design Bureau
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