Planning precedent report

The development consists of the demolition of all existing structures (which includes the existing apartment building known as The Brokerage, vacant ground floor retail unit and existing bar unit and basement -1, site clearance, site excavation works and associated boundary hoarding.

The development consists of the change of use of the three units to tenant amenity rooms. Proposed works relate to internal remodelling and fit out only.

The development will consist of amendment to the previously approved planning permission, DCC application no. 3991/17 comprising of the change of use of the 2no. existing ground floor retail units at nos. 181 & 185 Townsend Street from retail to residential use to provide 2 no. 1 bedroom ground floor apartments; North façade (front elevation to Townsend Street): removal of ground floor shopfronts and redundant fascia, repair and renewal of underlying brickwork; replacement of existing windows and doors; enlargement of existing door opening and provision of a gate for service access at no. 180 Townsend Street, South façade (rear elevation): the removal and reconstruction of 2 no. rear yard structures to unit no's 181 & 185 with a flat roof concrete deck structure as per adjacent approved units; 4 no. new openings to provide individual apartment windows & entrance doors accessed from the rear yard; omission of approved access gate to adjacent laneway to west of site; relocation of approved bin store to the east of the approved stair core on the south boundary; and all associated siteworks.

The proposed development relates to permission for: • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign comprising raised individual coloured acrylic lettering, fixed back to structure, with an overall area of 2.725m x 5.672m, internally illuminated with led lighting, located on the building inset at sixth floor level on the southern elevation on Townsend Street. • 1 no. ‘Workday’ high level sign comprising raised individual coloured acrylic lettering, fixed back to structure, with an overall area of 3.713m x 7.734m, internally illuminated with led lighting, located at eighth floor level on the northern elevation on Poolbeg Street.

We, College Square GP3 Limited, intend to apply for permission for development at a site of 0.64 ha at the former Apollo House, Tara Street (DO2 N920); 9-15 Townsend Street and 31-33 Tara Street, incl. The former Long Stone Pub (D02 FE00) and the Brokerage Apartment Building; the former College House, Nos. 2-3 Townsend Street, (D02 F990), and the former Screen Cinema, 16-19 Hawkins Street (DO2 DP65), Dublin 2. The site is bounded by Townsend Street to the South, Tara Street to the East, Hawkins Street to the West, Hawkins House to the North and West and Poolbeg Street to the North. The development consists of amendments and additions to the previously permitted redevelopment of the former College House and the former Screen Cinema (DCC Reg. Ref: 3637/17, ABP Ref: PL29S.300709) and the former Apollo House (DCC Reg. Ref.: 3036/16, ABP Ref: PL29S.247907) and as amended by DCC Reg. Ref.: 2415/19, DCC Reg. Ref.: 4170/19, ABP Ref: PL29S.306335 and DCC Reg. Ref.: 2583/20 as follows: 1. The proposed development consists of amendments to the permitted basement -2 layout including the increase in car parking from 39 spaces to 55 spaces (allowing for 5. No car sharing spaces, 5 No. car spaces for shared commercial and residential use and 6 No. car spaces for the commercial offices) and designation of areas within the basement for cargo bikes, e-bikes/e-scooter parking and charging facilities. 2. The proposed development also includes for an additional floor of development in the permitted build-to-rent residential accommodation building increasing permitted overall scheme height from 21 storeys (78.95 m above street level) to 22 storeys (82.1 m above street level) and increasing the no. of residential units from 54 no. build-to-rent units (45 no. 1 bedroom and 9 no. 2 bedroom) to 58 build-to-rent no. units (48 no. 1 bedroom and 10 no. 2 bedroom). The proposed development also includes for a relocation of the permitted communal internal residential amenity space from the proposed 21st floor (previously permitted 20th floor) to the 11th floor including conversion of roof area at 11th floor, on the southern elevation of the residential building, into external landscaped residential amenity space. The proposed amendments results in a total of 4 additional residential units.

Permission for development at a site of 0.66 ha at the former Apollo House, Tara Street (D02 N920); 9-15 Townsend Street and 31-33 Tara Street, incl. The former Long Stone Pub (D02FE00) and the Brokerage Apartment Building; the former College House, Nos. 2-3 Townsend Street, (D02 F990), and the former Screen Cinema, 16-19 Hawkins Street (D02 DP65), Dublin 2. The site is bounded by Townsend Street to the south, Tara Street to the east, Hawkins Street to the west, Hawkins House to the north and west and Poolbeg Street to the north. The development consists of addition to and the amendment of previous permissions relating to the former College House and former Screen Cinema (DCC Reg. Ref. 3637/17 ABP Ref:PL29S.300709) and the former Apollo House (DCC Reg. Ref.: 3036/16, ABP Ref: PL29S.24907) and as amended by DCC Reg. Ref.: 2415/19 and DCC Reg. Ref.: 3668/19, ABP Ref: PL29S.305652 as follows: 1. The demolition of existing structures (which includes the apartment building known as The Brokerage, vacant ground floor retail unit and bar unit basement -1) 2. The construction of a new 8-11 storey commercial development with a building height of c.48.25m, on the site of the existing Brokerage Building on the south east corner of the site, that would integrate into the adjacent permitted College House and Apollo House office development at all levels to the north and west of the application site. This includes the enclosure of permitted setback/terrace adjacent the existing Brokerage building and extension of permitted basement -1 & -2 into the area of existing basement -1 under the existing Brokerage building and the construction of a new basement -2, 3. The proposed additional development relates to an 8-11 storey development with commercial office use on 1st to 9th floors with plant and office uses at 10th floor. At ground floor the permitted café/retail/restaurant provision has extended by 11sq.m, with additional 280sq.m of retail at basement -1 level and an additional office staff entrance is provided onto Tara St. An enlarged external terrace is provided on the south east corner onto Townsend Street and Tara Street. 4. Alterations to the existing layouts at -1 and -2 including relocation of plants areas and cycle facilities and incorporating additional parking spaces resulting in an increase in car parking from 33 to 55 and an increase in cycle parking from 470 (incl. 20 at ground level) to 508 (incl. 40 at ground level). 5. The proposal also includes for an increased public realm at the corner of Tara Street and Townsend Street and the provision of a new pedestrian crossing on Tara Street. 6. Minor alterations including infilling of permitted building insets, setbacks and façade on permitted College House and Apollo House. Increase in the height of the permitted College House roof plant screen at 10th floor level on by 1.5m and the enclosure of the plant screen with a louvered cover. 7. Overall increase in permitted café/retail/restaurant floorspace of 291 sq.m, increase in venue floorspace of 9 sq.m and increase in commercial floorspace of 6,968 sq.m resulting from these proposed alterations. 8. The proposed scheme includes green roofs, associated signage and associated site works to facilitate the development.