Planning precedent report

PERMISSION & RETENTION: Planning permission for the retention of 3 number rooflights to the front elevation and for modifications to existing rear dormer window to a wider structure including new double doors with Juliet balcony and new flat roof, including all associated site works.

Provision of 2 no. roof lights to the front elevation, removal of existing dormer and replacement with wider dormer with flat roof on rear elevation and associated site works.

Permission for the conversion of the garage/storage area at the house known as no. 5 The Apex, Kilmainham Lane, Dublin 8, to study/home office with associated alterations to the south elevation on Rowerstown Lane.

Planning permission for the subdivision as a separate, two-bedroom house of the two/three-storey (including a roof terrace) extension built in 2018 onto the east side of the two-storey house at No. 10, Rowsertown Lane, Kilmainham, Dublin 8, together with associated alterations, including to the street façade.

RETENTION: Planning Permission for the retention of the conversion of the original garage/storage area at the house known as no. 1 The Apex, Kilmainham Lane, Dublin 8 to study/home-office with associated alterations to the east elevation on Rowserstown Lane.

Permission for development at a site of c.0.212ha. at 40 Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin 8. The site is bounded to the south by Old Kilmainham Road, to the east by 39 Old Kilmainham Road, to the west by 41 Old Kilmainham Road and rear/side properties of 2, 3 and 4 Lady's Lane and 3 and 5 Millbrook Terrace and to the north by Rowerstown Lane. The development will consist of the following: • Demolition of all existing commercial buildings on site including former car showroom, garage, warehouse and offices (c.1,095sqm floor area); • Construction of a mixed-use development arranged in two blocks across 6-8 storeys comprising the following: 1no. ground floor commercial unit fronting Old KIlmainham (c.170sqm floor area) and 74 no. apartments consisting of 35 no. 1 bed units, 38 no. 2 bed units and 1 no. 3 bed units ranging in size from c.46sqm to c.102sqm floor area each; • North, south, east and west facing private terraces and balconies throughout; • Ancillary and plant areas at ground floor level including bin and bicycle storage, switch rooms, generator, water tank storage and ESB substation; • Circulation areas throughout and stair/lift cores in Blocks A and B; • Associated plant and photovoltaic panels at roof level; • The total floor area of the proposal is c.6,235sqm; • Removal of the existing bridge and replacement with a new footbridge over the River Camac; • A new public access route serving pedestrians and cyclists connecting Old Kilmainham Road to the south with Rowerstown Lane to the north via the new bridge; • Vehicular access serving delivery, service and emergency vehicles from Old Kilmainham Road; • Improvements and widening of the public footpath along Old Kilmainham Road; • All associated site development works, service provision, drainage works, diversion of the existing combined sewer, public and communal open space and landscaping and boundary treatment works.