Our Ref: 29N.

PA0043
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Your Ref:

Aengus 6 Snodaigh and Others

347 Ballyfennot Road
Dublin 12
D10T678

8th October 2015

Re: Health Infrastructure Development comprising National Paediatric

Hospital, Innovation Centre and Family Accommodation Unit at St

James' Hospital Campus, Satellite Centres at Tallaght & Connolly
Hospitals and Construction Compound at Davitt Road, Dublin.
Dear Sir,
An Bard Pleanwa bas received your recent submission in relation to the above mentioned proposed development and will
take it into consideration in its determination of the matter. A receipt for the fee lodged is enclosed.

The Board will revert to you in due course with regard to the matter.
Please be advised that copies of all submissions I observations received in relation to the application will be made
available for public inspection at the offices of Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County
Council and at the offices of An Bord Pleanala when they have been processed by the Board.
If you have any queries in the meantime please contact the undersigned officer of the Board. Please quote the above
mentioned An Bord Pleanala reference number in any correspondence or telephone contact with the Board.
Yours faithfully,

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Ref: Planning Application: PL29N.PA0043

Re: National Paediatric Hospital, St James's Hospital site & Davitt Road compound

A chara,
We wish to make the following observations in relation to the planning application
PL29N.PA0043 which was lodged on August 10 2015 and is being currently
considered by An B6rd Pleanala which is to be decided by February 15 2016.
The application is in relation to the construction of a National Pediatric Hospital, the
related research centre, construction depot, a Family Accommodation Unit all on

Aen1us 6 Snodalgh TD
Constituency Office, 347 Ballyfermot Road, D10 T678
(01) 6259320 085 8674197 aengus.osnodaigh@oireachtas.ie

Councillor Maire Devine

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Councillor Maire Devine

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Also in the Dublin South Central team: Cllrs Ray McHugh; Criona Ni Dhalaigh, Greg Kelly and Daithf Doolan

StJames' Hospital Campus in Dublin 8, along with related works at Davitt Road
where a construction depot will be housed and the building of two children's
ambulatory centres in at Tallaght and Connolly.
We enclose the relevant fee.
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Aengus 6 Snodaigh TO

Councillor Maire Devine

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Councillor Greg Kelly

Councillor Ray McHugh

Councillor Daithi Doolan

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In general
While we welcome the development of a national paediatric hospital we are
concerned about some aspects of the plans in relation to its siting if planning
permission is granted on the StJames' Hospital campus. And, we acknowledge the
statement in the Outline Construction Management Plan that "A construction project
of this scale, while being planned to be as least disruptive as possible, can introduce
a degree of concern and inconvenience for impacted neighbours and staff. The
Project Team are seeking to endeavour to protect the right of all affected
stakeholders in continuing their daily lives with limited or undue interruption (as far as
reasonably practicable) that may be caused by traffic, vibrations noise, dust and
nuisance or to be inconvenienced by the construction operations". To date we have
not been convinced that the application has sufficiently addressed those concerns, in
the main around traffic to and from the hospital and how it will impact on the
neighbouring communities during and after the construction and some other matters.
While we don't have the expertise to question the contention that no shadow will be
cast on the neighbouring houses as a result of the construction of this eight~storey
building, it will though substantially alter the skyline in the vicinity and will increase
the artificial light in this area, which could have a negative impact on residents and
on wildlife. We believe amendments should be made to the plans to ensure that
mitigating steps are taken to reduce the artificial light pollution which will be emitted
from a large 24/7 paediatric hospital.
Given the height of the building and the fact that the upper floors windows allow for
gardens in the neighbouring Cameron Square and Ceannt Fort in particular to be
overlooked, remedial steps should be taken to ensure that the privacy of local
residents is not encroached on.

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Traffic (during construction)

Because much of our submission and others deal with traffic issues in particular we
would ask that the An B6rd Pleanala members tasked with making a decision on this
application may consider an on-site on this occasion given the scale of the
development, its location and to acquaint themselves fully with the local roads
network prior to deciding on the application at times of peak traffic to better gauge or
understand the points being raised in this submission but also several others by
concerned residents' groups or individual residents.
We believe that such a visit would illustrate better than the planning application
documentation the exact nature and issues around traffic at the existing Rialto Gate
and down South Circular Road away from the city to Suir Road, observe the
problems of traffic at the junction of Suir Road and SCR and Suir Road and Davitt
Road, as well as traffic on the Old Kilmainham Road and in particular at its junction
with SCR, areas where most of the construction traffic in particular for the five year
period of build and commissioning of the hospital and related research centre is
expected to take.
While there is acceptance in EIS in Chapter 6 Traffic and Transportation that "during
the morning peak period, traffic conditions travelling westbound are relatively slow
moving in both directions along South Circular Road, with queues and delays
experienced at the various traffic signals located on the South Circular Road in
Kllmainham, including the recently upgrade Rialto Roundabout. During the evening
peak period traffic conditions travelling westbound towards Kilmainham and
northbound towards Con Colbert Road are also generally very slow with queues
extending back through the various junctions located along this route" we don't
believe that enough planning of how the addition of all the construction traffic
including many slow moving truck or even long vehicle and the 1 ,000 or so
construction workers heading to and from work will impact on an already problematic
traffic flow.
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We also believe that not enough account has been taken of the problems for
vehicles, and now HGVs (trucks and long trucks in particular delivering large
concrete or steel components to the construction site) will have at various junctions,
in particular at the Suir Road/South Circular Road junction which is problematic at
the best of times, causing queuing for those wishing to head north, if a large vehicle
is at the lights and can't tum due to traffic build up on SCR or due to sequencing of
the lights, as is often the case at present.
Also in relation to some of the construction traffic exiting onto Old Kilmainham Road,
a very narrow road, with narrow pavements throughout, we don't believe that
consideration has been given that currently there is no right tum onto South Circular
Road heading to the Con Colbert Road and if it was re-introduced you would be
added to the nearly continuous queuing which occurs at that junction already for
traffic turning left or heading straight onto Emmet Road. The option of having the
construction traffic turning right this would add the related construction traffic issues
mentioned above. Heading straight onto Emmet Road is no solution either as they
would head straight into the bottleneck that is lnchicore Village and Tryconnell Road
in particular.
We believe that An B6rd Pleanitla set a condition that the developers of the site
would ensure continuous traffic monitoring through an identified and approachable
person or company throughout the construction during different phases to assess the
traffic flows in particular during peak hours, with powers to recommend alterations of
the times of construction traffic to avoid huge localised congestion as a result.

Proposed Access Routes

While the Outline Construction Management Plan at 3.5.2 Figure 12 suggest that
you can tum left from Dolphin Road heading up Crumlin Road, this is a tricky
manoeuvre at the best of times and definitely not suitable for HGVs or long trailered
vehicles.

Traffic (after commissioning)

Mobility Strategy
While we welcome the initiates in relation to encouraging staff and hospital users to
use public transport which is in train, we are told that it hasn't impacted positively to
date on the neighbourhoods adjacent to the hospitals and that will the large number
of construction staff, that increase in staff on the StJames Hospital Campus once
the new children's hospital is commission and the cars of patients' parents taken into
account that the targets are not ambitious enough, an increase of 17% in cycling,
12% in pedestrian or 26% using one of the many accessible public transport types is
low, especially given that it is hoped that many of the staff would live close by as
they do in Crumlin Children's Hospital, that new gates from the Luas stops at Fatima
and Rialto will make the hospital more accessible to Luas users.

Red Cow parking

The proposal to book some many parking spaces in the Red Cow Luas Stop would
be welcome, but that carpark is often already full so an alternative or discussion with
Luas or South Dublin County Council regarding an adjacent site or extension to
accommodate hospital staff should be considered.

More traffic
The increased car parking space in the complex will also mean more traffic as the
displaced staff cars only take two journeys a day on the local roads, whereas
patients' parents vehicle will be rotating the car park more frequently, so a car
parking spot which in the past had one staff car could have 4/5 cars using it over the
same period, which we accept is a better utilisation of that space, but it does add to
cars on the neighbouring roads and must be fully taken account of regarding traffic
management.

Parking Permits
We would be opposed to extending the On-Street Controlling Disc Parking Area
suggested in 6-80 EIS Chapter 6 Traffic and Transportation as a measure to ensure
parking restriction within the StJames's Hospital campus do not impact negatively
on residential parking in the vicinity of the hospital. Pay parking on Mountshannon
Road and it hasn't prevented staff from parking there. At present for pay parking is
1 per hour. Hospital visitors are charged 2.50 an hour so at present the incentive
is there already. Increasing it by a 1 would still not be a disincentive to hospital
users, future construction staff, but would punish residents.
The 'solution' would be we believe a Residents Only Parking Permit, free to
residents for the duration of the construction phase at least. Otherwise there would
be nothing to stop some of "1,000 construction personnel on site during the most
labour intensive phases of the construction programme", or existing StJames's
Hospital staff parking in the neighbouring streets, albeit at an increased cost. The
introduction of a Residents Only Parking Permit would some small compensation to
residents for the chaos that will surround them for years while construction
continues.

Road Safety
Mount Brown
While we accept the restrictions of space for doing anything to widen the very narrow
paths around Mount Brown, we believe that given the increased footfall from the new
entrance that will allow entrance to the hospital complex more needs to be done to
protect pedestrians, differentiate between paths and the road and a crossing from
the bus stops on the northside to the newly enhanced steps into the hospital. All
such changes should take into account that not all using these paths or steps will be
able-bodied and may be relying on wheelchairs to get around or maybe in buggies or
prams being pushed by their parent or guardian.

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Some of the problems identified with the new entrance/drop off point in the Road
Safety Audit may be addressed if it was moved further south in line with South
Circular Road rather than offset to the left as it is proposed and as it is at present.
This might also moving one of the four blocks facing on the SCR to opposite side of
entrance and a realignment of the entrance hall.
There is a need if the underground car park exits on Old Kilmainham Road to be
widened to have two lanes, to prevent backlogs of cars if the front car is turning right
towards James Street, or if car turning left heading towards lnchicore, as both at this
junction could be problematic at various time. Their needs to been a raised platform
here with a yellow box to allow cars to enter and exit without delay also.
StJames's Street entrance
The entrance to the Hospital at James Street should be enhanced with clearer road
signs, to prevent vehicles ending up on the Luas tracks, and ensuring that flooding
problems in the area are addressed as this can slow down traffic trying to enter and
cause traffic delays which can impact the Luas trams as this is a shared section of
road.
Existing pedestrian crossings should be enhance and highlighted more. Any
shrubbery etc. removed as part of enhancement works related to entrance works
should be replaced elsewhere on the site.

Construction Issues
Wheel wash
Welcome the proposal regarding wheel wash facility for trucks, but unsure if one
would be enough, as the Outline Construction Management Plan accepted, given
volume of trucks and that some will be exiting at Mount Brown entrance and others
at Rialto Gate.
During the disposal of excavation waste in particular the trucks sides should also be
hosed down before exiting onto residential roads.
Do the wheel cleaners have the capacity to deal with up to 235 trucks leaving a site
a day, 23/24 an hour in a 10 hour day?

Noise
We believe that the limits on Sundays and bank holidays should be same as night
time which should be at 45dB.
That the 4m hoarding, along shared boundaries with residential and hospital areas
should have noise abatement treatment on the construction site side to dull down
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We welcome fact that in the Outline Construction Management Plan 3.3.17 that
condition/dilapidation surveys should be undertaken prior to any works commencing
on site". With that in mind we would ask that the nearest houses on South Circular
Road, Mountshannon Road to the site should be included and the homes on
McDowell Avenue in particular be added to list of those needing a survey.
That Table 12 be amended to accept that even in cases of hairline cracks,
associated for instances with period s of intense pilings, that there may need to be
action taken including redecorating That the category of damage 3 includes a survey

of chimneys and roofs to ensure that areas which cannot be often seen by the
resident is not suffering damage.

Underestimation of Construction Traffic

In the tables concerning vehicle traffic movements there is an underestimation of
50% the actual number throughout, as they seem to only be recording the trip in or
out to the site not both, especially true given that there is no parking provided for
trucks to remain on site.
This is a simple but important error which impacts on the traffic management of the
area and would lend weigh to our arguments for additional points staff at key
junctions along the route to and from the construction site to ensure existing traffic
isn't additional hampered by construction traffic. So the figures in Table 9 should
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Remember on South Circular Road and Davitt Road that is 40 trucks an hour going
one way or the other. Or more because it suggests also that the working day may be
extended to 15 hours at key points, meaning 240 Cement trucks as well as other
construction traffic going through residential areas in the one day. This would
happen several days during the construction given the scale of the project involved.
The average truck movement over the construction period as a whole would be 11 0
journeys a day, but with an average of over 300 a day suggested by Figure 13 for 16
months of the construction

Asbestos
There should be early identification of this and early removal. At all times adjacent
residents and the existing hospital should be made aware of when the extraction and
disposal of any asbestos is about to occur.

PILING
We suggest that the hours in which piling occur be limited given how intrusive it is on
neighbouring streets in particular, the likes of Mount Brown and around Cameron
Square. We would suggest between the hours of 9-5 and not on Saturdays and that
notice is issued in advance of commencement of that phase of construction work to
all household locally so they can make alternative arrangements if such activity is
going to disturb them, for instance shift workers etc. given that it is expected that
piling will be virtually continuous for nearly three months as per figures extracted
from Outline Construction Management Plan and that's not including the Research
Centre works.
(1,000 piles at 4 rigs managing 4 each a day, means 68 days piling, No Sundays
means nearly 80 days.)
Could we suggest the erection of an electronic countdown clock for residents so they
have some idea when the piling or other different phases of construction are going to
last.

The Research Centre

The Research Centre is to be located to the rear of McDowell Avenue in Ceannt
Fort, but the intention to demolish buildings and a historic wall with links possibly to
the 1916 Rising in the centenary year is worrying, with no mention of preservation,
refurbishment or even removing and rebuilding faithfully elsewhere. We are not
aware of local consultation on this section of the application and believe that the site
is illogical; being away from the main hospital block it's meant to serve and should be
looked at again. This development would severely encroach on the privacy of
McDowell Avenue residents in particular and on Ceannt Fort residents given that the
construction site will be next to the entrance to the estate and that there can be
difficulties as is exiting and sometimes entering from
Needs to be a full survey done of the houses here, similar to other houses in
Cameron Square and O'Reilly Avenue to ensure no damage is done during
construction given the proximity of the houses. There should be consideration given
to the privacy of the residents here to ensure no windows etc. are overlooking their
gardens and that light from the building does not create light pollution which can
affect them and their garden's flora and fauna negatively.
We cannot see why the construction of the Research Centre cannot be done in
tandem with the building of the main Children's Hospital, to lessen the impact on the
local community. Piling and construction is set to commence on the Research facility
nearly a year and a half later. Given how invasive the piling in particular will be on
neighbouring houses, surely it would be logical to move the equipment from one site
to the other (different ends of the campus) for the months intended. The same can
be said in relation to the demolition, debris removal, excavation and build, that they
be done in tandem or directly after completion of such phases in the main project,
thus lessening, by several months at least, the disruption to adjacent residents and
road users in the area.
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Davitt Road Construction Material Compound

The main issue with creating a construction compound on the Davitt Road is that
there doesn't seem to have been any consultation given to local residents who will
be impacted upon greatly.
It is envisaged that the compound will be used to store building materials and be an
area for truck and delivery vehicles to wait if there is no space available for them to
deliver directly. While it is stated that would be minimal personnel deployed here
being limited to security and gatemen/flag men the site we believe will create noise
and disruption to the neighbourhood. Light pollution will arise from having the site
fully lit for security and for other operation reasons and that must be kept a minimum
and also must be monitored to ensure it is lessened where possible and will not
negatively affect the adjacent houses.
The noise of a construction compound of the scale intended will, we believe,
seriously impact on the houses backing onto the site at Galtymore Road, Drimnagh.
This noise pollution (as this site is intended to take delivery of most of the
construction material first before forwarding it on to the main situation as required. It
will be used for the storage of construction vehicles, and for the queuing of Cement
Trucks when a large pour is intended. Those trucks must sit with their engines
running and their bodies turning the whole time while waiting. Given that it is
intended to have 10 trucks an hour heading to the hospital during such pours, for a
number of days, we can safety predicted that at a given time there could be up to the
same number or more idling in this compound.
While it is stated that with "no queuing of trucks allowed or permitted on the public
roadways around the site", we find it difficult to square this with our experience as a
local residents who frequently use Davitt Road, Suir Road and South Circular Road.
The regular traffic jams at Suir Road in particular turning onto South Circular are
legend, ask Dublin Bus and will cause problems for trucks which need to be on site
at key points coming from Davitt Road. Given that many oflfiese construction

vehicles must return to the Davitt Road compound, they will be adding to traffic on
this road, which is severely problematic from 4pm to 7pm each evening. We believe
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Kilworth Road and Cooley Road in particular as rush hour traffic will try bypass the
compound and its traffic.
We believe that there will be a need for very experience points men at the entrance
and exit of the compound and at the junctions of Davitt Road/Suir Road and Suir
Road/Davitt Road. Dublin City Council and the project team must ensure that
Galtymore Road and Mourne Road which are residential areas do not become rat
runs for traffic coming along the canal heading to the main route out of the city, the
Nass Road.
Serious consideration needs also to be given how the construction to the compound
will impact on the traffic problems already existing at the junction of Davitt
Road/Naas Roadfryrconnell Road {Biackhorse) which is also shared by the Red
Luas Line.
The route along Davitt Road must also be looked at to ensure the safety of
pedestrians is paramount, given that many alighting the Luas at Suir Road,
Drimnagh, Goldenbridge and Blackhorse stops cross the very road all the trucks
heading down towards the hospital. There have been a number of serious accidents
on this road, because of how narrow it is, the speed of traffic in comparison to
pedestrian who sometime step out from very narrow Luas or bridge platforms. Cyclist
must be encouraged to use the canal bank more and greater care must be taken of
motorcyclist who will also be sharing this road with a greater frequency of trucks that
ever before. There was at least one fatality on this road in recent years.
Another consideration is that planning permission was granted to the HSE earlier this
year to construct an ambulance depot at this site, while welcome; consideration
doesn't seem to have been given how its construction and operation will be impacted
on by having such a large construction storage compound next to it.

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We very much welcome the Harnessing the potential: maximising the community
benefit from the New Children's Hospital and its laudable aims. An analysis of the
companies which should be attracted towards locating near an enhanced StJames's
Hospital campus should be done early to ensure they can be encourage to thus
locate, but also to ensure that their needs can be factored into local educational
strategies so the existing surrounding communities can benefit from future job
opportunities rather than see them being filled by employees from outside the local
area.
We believe also that some of the projections of employment directly or indirectly from
the hospital build is conservative and with greater effort more local people could be
employed as a result of the opportunity such a large scale capital build project, the
running of a national children's hospital, associated industries and services will bring.

Miscellaneous
DART Underground
We would also point out that the DART Underground mentioned in the
Transportation documentation while being an integral part of the future planned
Dublin integrated transport system has not been given the green light in the
government's capital spending proposals and therefore should not be relied on as
part of any planning around accessibility now or in the future of public transport to
the new hospital.

Drimnagh Sewer
There should be a more detailed submission of how the diversion of services, in
particular the Drimnagh Sewer can occur while at same time sharing the space with
a temporary road around the construction site, which would be used by construction
traffic and ambulances.

Heritage
The current steel gate in the wall nearing the Bridge on SCR should be preserved, if
it is one of the original gates of the original South Dublin Union. During the Rising of
1916, some of the Volunteers entered the hospital from the Rialto end and all gates
were secured against the British soldiers before eventually the British made their
way in later in the week. We endeavour to try supply more information if available
before the Board makes a final decision on the application.

Car Parking (future)

In relation to numbers in Table 6.29 which mentions Off-Campus 137 spaces in St

James's Steel, is this not double accounting as the same 137

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We believe that the Irish Aviation Authority should have been invited to make a
submission, given the location of a helipad in the heart of the city and whether it is
appropriate etc. It should be considered that they be invited to the oral hearing to
make such a presentation.
Consideration should also be given to seeking the input from the following to ensure
that what is planning will deliver as intended, a national paediatric hospital capable of
dealing with the current and future needs of paediatric care of the country.
A historical account of the sites relevant to 1916 should be sought from local
historians, such as Paul O'Brien who has written extensively on the South Dublin
Union and the Rising, given the importance of preserving what remains of battlefield
sites relating to it for heritage, interpretation and tourism reasons.
A presentation from Luas regarding their concerns around the impacts of
construction and opportunities afterwards should be requested from the operators of
the Luas and Bus Atha Cliath.
Would it be appropriate in advance of construction to ask for a Fire Brigade chief
statement regarding the challenges such a construction will give them and whether
there is a need to enhance the equipment available on site on the campus as a
whole given the greater concentration of staff, patients and combustible/noxious
materials locate in the one site in the future. He may also address questions around
the access required by their ambulances and whether the proposed entrances meet
their requirements.
On a related matter the government officials etc. responsible for national disaster
planning also need to be questioned as to whether the hospital as currently projected
would have the capacity to deal with some of the scenarios they plan for in disaster
planning.
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A statement from the operators of the Dublin Bikes scheme and whether they should
also plan a site at the new hospital for bikes would add to the transportation strategy
around this proposal.
Consideration may be given to getting addition statements or inviting ESB, Irish
Water, Child Development experts
Is it intended that the National Children's Development Board will remain in situ
locally accessible beyond commissioning date to help residents etc. in their queries.

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We believe that it would be appropriate that the Board also consider the future name
of the facility as the National Paediatric Hospital doesn't roll off the tongue easily. We
believe it should be named Doctor Kathleen Lynn National Children's Hospital or
even St Ultans National Children's Hospital in recognition of her pioneering role in
paediatrics in Ireland.
We believe that naming it the Kathleen Lynn Children's Hospital would be
recognition for her important role in delivering medical care for the women and
children of Dublin (the poor in particular) in her pioneering St Ultan's Hospital which
was only down the canal from St James Hospital at Charlemont Street. Dr Lynn
played in children's medical care including the roll-out of a vaccination programme
for BCG. A Mayo woman she challenged many of the norms in society at the time in
relation to women, being a suffragette; a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons; the
first resident doctor in the Eye and Ear Hospital; soup kitchen worker during Lock
Out 1913, a Citizen Army Volunteer and the Officer Commanding of the City Hall
garrison at the end of Easter Week 1916,(the only female Office Commanding
republican forces that week) a prisoner of war, TO and councillor; the founder of St
Ultan's Hospital where worked until she was over 80.
We believe also that it would be also appropriate in the forthcoming commemorative
period that her role as a suffragette, a volunteer in the Irish Citizen Army during the
1916 Rising would also be marked. This would be appropriate in the St James'
Hospital site; given that it was the site of one of the Republican strongholds during
the 1916 Rising -the South Dublin Union.

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Maternity Hospital
On a final note, it is disappointing that this application is a stand-alone application
given that the government has signalled its intention to build a maternity hospital on
the same campus and its plans and these plans would have been better assessed
together given that that construction of it could have and may well if planning is
granted commence while this project is still on site.

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