Site planning risk brief

Permission for change of use from retail unit to a café/wine bar of the ground floor premises, 5 Casement Square Cobh; a Protected Structure RPS no. 01893 10012027 including the addition of new signage to front

Change of use from disused public house to restaurant on ground floor level with storage ancillary to the restaurant at basement level and habitable accommodation on first, second, and third floors to provide 1 number dwelling unit, proposed works will also include alterations to elevations and the provision of an access cover on the footpath with a fire escape ladder to basement and associated site works at a protected structure RPS No. 290.

Permission for change of use of existing terraced 4 storey building (Protected Structure) from banking/financial with ancillary office space to mixed use with proposed accommodation consisting of; Ground floor: retail unit with café facilities, toilets, goods storage, staff areas. First floor: 3 no. office spaces, new wc serving offices and staff facilities serving ground floor. Second floor: 2 no. office spaces, meeting room, new wc serving offices and staff facilities serving ground floor. Third floor: 2 no. office spaces, office canteen room, new wc serving offices and cleaners store. Related building works to consist of: reinstatement of front entrance door in place of existing front window, internal alterations to existing layout on all floors, removal of non-original raised roof light to flat roof to rear, new roof light to rear flat roof, reinstate roof lights to building's mains roof. External works to consist of: refurbish front façade by cleaning, painting and removal of recent external lights and fittings, new external lighting, signage and refurbishment of existing timber sash windows, along with all ancillary site development works.

Continued use as an amusement arcade and associated signage to front façade as previously permitted under planning ref. 17/5918.

The conversion of ground floor commercial unit to apartment dwelling and the conversion of a single dwelling unit on the upper floors to 2 no. apartments with one unit on the first floor and a duplex unit on the second and third floors

The removal of existing external corporate signage including spotlights and replacement of same with a) New 450mm high halo-illuminated individual AIB stainless steel letters, b) new 150mm high pinmounted individual stainless steel letters ‘’Cobh’’, c) new external illuminated 600 x 600mm double sided projecting sign with new spotlights and d) new ATM surround, noting that the building is a “Protected Structure”.