Site planning risk brief

Permission for substitution of house plans granted under planning application reg. no. 20/639 including all associated site works

Construction of a two-storey dwelling house and all associated site works

Permission for alterations and extension to existing dwelling house including bedroom extension to be used as part of attached Granny Flat. Also permission for garage/store and alterations to existing entrance along with all associated site development works

Construction of domestic garage and rear/side boundary walls, replace existing garden sheds, create a parking / turning area, connection to main foul sewer and associated works

Permission for change of use of permitted domestic garage to dwelling including storey and a half extension to the side, porch extension to the front, alteration to elevation, connection to services, vehicular entrance, boundary wall; two car parking spaces; landscaping and all associated site works

Permission for development totalling 2,491.5 Gross Floor Space, all at this site of approximately 0.9761 hectares at the existing Skibbereen Lidl Licence Discount Foodstore. The development will consist of: The demolition of the existing Lidl Licenced Discount Foodstore (1,586 sq m Gross Floor Space with 1,289 sq m Net Retail Sales Area) and the construction of a new single level mono pitched Licenced Discount Foodstore (2,467 sq m Gross Floor Space with a Net Retail Sales Area of 1,652 sq m to include an ancillary off-licence use and bakery, ranging in height equivalent from 1 to 2 storeys), comprising an entrance pod, public facilities (incl. lobby and toilet), staff facilities (incl. welfare lobbies, toilets and shower room, cloak/change rooms, canteen, meeting room and operational office), IT room, plant room, delivery area and storage (incl. cold storage and Deposit Return Scheme facilities), and external covered trolley bay and bicycle parking area; rooftop photovoltaic solar panel array totalling 980 sq m; corporate signage consisting of 2 no. building mounted corporate internally illuminated signs, 3 no. wall mounted externally illuminated poster panel display boards, 1 no. externally illuminated poster display board and 1 no. free standing internally illuminated flagpole sign; a total of 32 no. bicycle parking spaces, 9 no. motorcycle parking spaces, and 92 no. surface car parking spaces (5 no. disabled, 10 no. parent and child, 2 no. EV charging, and 75 no. regular); A landmark public realm amenity garden which includes a sculpture feature/ art piece set within a pedestrian permeable hard and soft landscaped plaza area; and Boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, and all other ancillary infrastructure and associated site development works above and below ground level (incl. 24.5 sq m ESB substation and switching room, a reinforced concrete retaining wall along the stream edge with 1.8 metre Paladin Fence fixed on top of the wall and the removal of the flood embankment, below ground surface water attenuation storage). Primary vehicular and pedestrian access to the proposed new Lidl Licensed Discount Foodstore development to be maintained via the enhanced existing vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Baltimore Road (R595); Secondary vehicular and pedestrian access will be via a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance from Townshend Street; and Secondary pedestrian access will be provided by replacing the existing pedestrian entrance from B