Planning precedent report

Planning permission for proposed widening of existing driveway entrance with associated ancillary landscape work.

RETENTION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission is sought for the retention of a privacy screen, on an existing rear boundary wall, within the curtilage of a protected structure.

The development will consist of: The demolition of the existing single storey car showroom fronting Rathgar Avenue and Kenilworth Square South and the two storey building fronting Garville Lane; Construction of a residential development comprising 19 No residential dwellings (7 no. 2 beds, 8 no. 3 beds and 4 no. 4 beds) in the form of houses, apartments and duplex apartments. This is made up of: • Block 1 will be a 3 storey building with 14 no. Residential dwellings and will provide 7 no. 2 bed apartments and 7 no. 3 bed duplex apartments above. • Block 2 will also be three storeys in height and will provide a terrace of 4 no. 4 bed houses. • Block 3 will provide a single, two storey, 3 bed mews house will be provided onto Garville Road and incorporating the existing building to be retained on this site. All residential units will have private open space in the form of gardens, balconies or terraces facing north/ south/ east/ west. The development will be accessed from Garville Lane, Rathgar Avenue and Kenilworth Square South. The proposal also includes the provision of car and cycle parking, open spaces, landscaping, bin stores and all associated site development works, landscaping, boundary treatments and other servicing works.

Murphy & Gunn car dealership located at 44 Kenilworth Square South, and to the rear of 45-47 Kenilworth Square South, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The site has frontage to Rathgar Avenue, Kenilworth Square South and Garville Lane. The proposed development will consist of: -Demolition of single storey car showroom fronting Rathgar Avenue and 2-storey building fronting Garville Lane; -Construction of a residential development of 18 units comprising: Block A - A terrace of 3 no. 4-bedroom 3-storey houses facing Kenilworth Square South; Block B - A terrace of 5 no. 3-bedroom 3-storey houses facing Rathgar Avenue; Block C - A pair of 4-bedroom 3-storey houses facing Garville Lane, with 2 no. integrated parking spaces; Block D - A terrace of 5 no. 3-bedroom 2 and 3-storey houses facing a new internal access road; Block E - A pair of 3-bedroom 3-storey dwellings facing Garville Lane, with 2 no. integrated parking spaces; A 4-bedroom 2 storey mews dwelling incorporating the existing mews structure at Garville Lane, with integrated parking space. -Private open space to all units comprising gardens, terraces and balconies; -A new internal vehicular access road to be accessed from Kenilworth Square South; -Pedestrian access from Kenilworth Square South, Rathgar Avenue and Garville Lane; -13 no. surface car parking spaces to serve Blocks A, B and D; -Landscaping, boundary treatments, bin store, bicycle store and all associated site works and services.

Permission for development at No. 45 Kenilworth Square South, Rathgar, Dublin 6. The development will consist of change of use, reconfiguration and extension of the property from office use to a 3-bedroom dwelling. The development includes: Demolition of existing single storey commercial floorspace to side and rear of property; • Construction of replacement single storey extension to side with side access to rear garden; Construction of a 2-storey extension to rear; Construction of new boundary walls to side and rear to separate the proposed dwelling from the adjoining commercial property; All associated site works and services.

Permission is sought for the alterations to the previously approved planning application 4000/23. The alterations include minor changes to the elevational treatment and the inclusion of a new ESB kiosk substation at Rathgar Villas at Rathgar Avenue, Dublin 6, D06 X3T0 and 27A Rathgar Avenue, Dublin 6, D06 T0X6 which are to the rear of nos. 27, 28 & 29 Rathgar Avenue and adjoin Rathgar Villas by E.W.R. Rathgar Ltd, Ross Dunne & Joseph Dunne.