Planning precedent report

Permission for development on a site of c. 0.35 hectares at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1 to amend part of the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for an increase in the permitted basement area of c. 51 sqm to provide for additional plant and back of house for the hotel.

Permission for development on a site of c. 0.35 hectares at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1 to amend the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18 and Reg. Ref. 2997/19. The proposed development provides for the amendment of 1 no. retail and restaurant unit and 1 no. retail unit permitted at ground floor to provide 3 no. retail units, now comprising of: Retail Unit no. 1 )c. 1,550 sqm), including an off-licence sales area (c. 50 sqm) accessed via Abbey Street Upper; the relocation of permitted pedestrian entrance and bicycle stands onto Abbey Street Upper; the provision of 1 no. illuminated fascia sign and 2 no. illuminated projecting signs at Abbey Street Upper: provision of retail delivery access with roller shutter to serve the unit from Great Strand Street; and associated increase in soffit height of all opes to Great Strand Street at ground floor level. Retail Unit No. 2 (c. 120 sqm) onto Great Strand Street and Retail Unit No. 3 (c. 88 sqm) onto Byrnes Lane. Provision of additional basement area (c. 51 sqm) to provide for additional plant and back of house for hotel and provision of additional plant at first floor terrace area and onto permitted laneway to east.

Permission to amend the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for the construction of 2 no. additional floors to the permitted hotel building fronting Abbey Street Upper (resulting in an 11 no. storey building) and extension of the 7th and 8th floor level to the north resulting in an additional 64 no. bedrooms and an overall hotel comprising 303 no. bedrooms and revisions to the facade of the hotel onto Abbey Street Upper. The proposed development also provides for the construction of 1 no. additional floor to the permitted aparthotel building fronting Great Strand Street (resulting in a 10 no. storey building) and extension of the 7th and 8th floors to the east resulting in a n additional 21 no. bedrooms and an overall aparthotel comprising 277 no. bedrooms. Associated relocation of PV panels, plant and lift overruns to resulting roof levels. The overall works result in an increase to the floorspace of the permitted development of c. 2,860 sqm.

The proposed mixed-use development will consist of the construction of an 11-storey (with 9th and 10th floors set back) over shared basement hotel building fronting Abbey Street (comprising 252 No. bedrooms and related hotel facilities including reception area, lounge and bar, 2 No. external courtyards on the 1st floor, staff facilities, bin store, switch room and plant areas) and a 10-storey (with 7th and 9th floors set back) over shared basement aparthotel block fronting Great Strand Street (comprising 222 No. bedrooms and related aparthotel facilities including reception area, lounge, restaurant, gym, 1 No. external courtyard area at 1st floor level, staff accommodation, bin store, switch room and plant areas); 2 No. retail units at ground floor level (c. 1,540 sq.m and 126 sq.m respectively), including 1 No. off-license area (c. 50 sqm) within the larger retail unit: 1 No. illuminated fascia sign and 2 No. illuminated projecting signs at Abbey Street Upper; signage zones at Abbey Street Upper and Great Strand Street; and 2 No. ESB substations at ground floor level. The overall development will have a total gross floor area of c. 24,429 sq.m (including shared basement of 1,769 sqm). The development will include vehicular access via Great Strand Street to provide service access, 30 No. bicycle parking spaces, associated lighting, site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply), the provision of SuDS measures (incl. attenuation tank below ground and sedum roofs), and PV panels, external plant at 1st, 7th, 9th floor and roof levels (including telecoms infrastructure at, aparthotel roof level); and lift overruns at roof levels. The scheme also includes all hard and soft landscaping, including external public plaza at ground floor level; boundary treatments; provision of vehicle set-down along Great Strand Street; provision of connection to building for the LUAS Overhead Cable System; changes in level; and all other associated site excavation and site investigation works. The proposed development will also include pedestrian and cycle links, boundary treatments, interim site boarding, site lighting, waste facilities, piped site wide services and all ancillary works and services necessary to facilitate construction and operation, as necessary.

Permission to amend part of the development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development provides for an increase in the permitted basement area of c. 129 sqm to provide for additional hotel storage space, resulting in a revised basement area of c. 1,718 sqm.

Permission for development on a site of c. 0.35 hectares at Nos. 31-34 Abbey Street Upper, 42-51 Great Strand Street and bounded by Byrnes Lane, Dublin 1 to amend part of the hotel development permitted under Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 3172/18. The proposed development replaces the permitted stairwell providing access to Byrnes Lane (from basement to 8th floor level) to now provide for an increase of c. 15.5 sqm to basement storage space, an increase of c. 16.5 sqm to ground floor retail unit to provide a service access/escape and the provision of 8 no. additional hotel bedrooms (1 no. bedroom per floor from 1st to 8th floor level (resulting in an increase in the number of permitted hotel bedrooms from 239 no. 247 no. The development also provides for associated revisions to the facade fronting Byrnes Lane to accommodate the hotel bedrooms and for revisions to the facade of the hotel fronting onto Abbey Street Upper.