Planning precedent report

The development will comprise the change of use of the bank unit at the ground floor level (211.3sq m) to educational use.

Planning permission for alterations to the existing gable roof to accommodate an attic stairs to allow conversion of the attic into a non-habitable storage space with dormer window and roof window to the rear along with two roof windows to the front and a gable window to the side with all associated ancillary works.

RETENTION: Retention Planning Permission to permanently retain a previously permitted temporary site entrance/access gate (Planning Reg. Refs. 3804/11 & 4179/16) on the Collins Avenue frontage of the Dublin City University Glasnevin Campus (located to the eastern side of the Nano-bioanalytical Research Facility).The site entrance access gate will be retained to facilitate, on a limited, managed and controlled basis, access/egress for maintenance, services and construction traffic and activities in support of DCU's ongoing Capital Development Program. The site entrance/gate will also operate from time to time to facilitate access/egress to and from the DCU Glasnevin Campus for specific events, activities and emergency access requirements. It is not intended to use the site entrance/access gate for normal and regular access to the DCU Glasnevin Campus on a daily basis.

Development will consist of the following: Site clearance of temporary car park and partial demolition of boundary wall.The construction of a 5 storey (9140sqm floor area) general teaching, health and human performance, STEM and administration building comprising exercise studio, research and teaching laboratories, information technology suites, general teaching spaces, staff and subject area offices, sanitary facilities, changing rooms, waste storage areas, basement plant and screened plant at high level. • External works include upgrade to landscaping to full perimeter of building (overall site area 0.49 ha) consisting hard landscaping, plant beds, trees and external furniture, upgrade to existing campus access road surface, reinforced grass access route from Collins Avenue to gas skid with access gates and fencing, 1 no parking bay to be created on Collins Avenue for maintenance access. • All associated site development site services and landscaping works.

Alterations to the previously approved Reg. Ref. 0380/98 as follows: (i) the omission of condition 2 which reads as follows: The number of children to be cared for and the hours of operation shall not exceed that specified in the letter dated 06/04/98 submitted as part of the application. REASON: To protect the amenities of the residential properties in the vicinity. No physical works are proposed to the creche building or the grounds.

Alterations to a previously granted Planning Permission (Ref no. 2686/20). The application requests the removal of Condition No.3 of a previously issued grant of Planning Permission, which relates to construction of a 5 storey (9140 sqm floor area) general teaching, health and human performance, stem and administration building. Condition No.3 requires that the applicant shall 'incorporate a physical link at ground floor level via the proposed atrium of the proposed building providing for a pedestrian route from the existing campus northwards onto Collins Avenue where a doorway will be provided'. This application proposes that there be no external access from the atrium onto Collins Avenue.