Planning precedent report

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning Permission is sought at Nos. 49, 50 & 51 Amiens Street, Dublin 1 (No. 51 Amiens Street is a protected structure), for the following works: (i) restoration of No. 51 Amiens Street to provide 4 no. apartments (1 no. studio apartment and 3 no. one bed apartments) at basement to second floor levels (inclusive); (ii) provision of light well to rear of No. 51 at basement level; (iii) construction of 4 storey (with recessed 5th storey) mixed use building over basement at Nos. 49 & 50 Amiens Street to provide for 7 no. apartments (1 no. studio apartment, 4 no. one bed apartments and 2 no. two bed apartments) and 2 no. commercial units; (iv) restoration of front facade of Nos. 50 & 51 Amiens Street, including removal of non-original sand and cement render to expose the original brick; (v) provision of courtyard behind No. 50 Amiens Street front facade at ground floor level and erection of glazed roof over courtyard; (vi) restoration of original lightwells at ground floor level of Nos. 49-51 Amiens Street at basement level; (vii) landscaped courtyard providing communal amenity space and incorporating bicycle parking to rear of No. 49, 50 & 51; and (viii) landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS drainage, infrastructural works and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Change of use of office/retail development on 5 floors over basement car park to Health Clinic and medical consultants' suites to be comprised of 3 no. Clinic Areas (460 sq.m) at Ground Floor level and Medical Consultant suites on part Ground Floor and First to Fourth Floor (3,266 sq.m), and necessary amendments: (1) Addition of AHUs and auxiliary plant services at Roof Level with 2.0 m high surrounding metal louver screening as indicated to match existing in colour and material specification; 2) Reposition glazed door in existing Ground commercial glazing unit and opaque film added to back of glazing units as indicated. 3) Replace signage to match existing in material specification and detail; 4) Provision of Waste Storage facilities at Ground Floor Level; 5) Amended layout to waste storage area at Basement level with a reduction of 2 no. car parking spaces to provide total of 14 no. car parking spaces; and 6) Addition of bicycle parking spaces at Basement level to provide a total of 30 no. spaces and 7) All ancillary and associated site works.

RETENTION. PROTECTED STRUCTURE. The development consists of the retention of the works carried out to date to 7 No. existing apartments, namely (a) external works including wig repointing of entire front elevation, cleaning of cills, plinths, parapets and stone surround to front door, replacement of previously replaced roof timbers, replacement of synthetic slates with natural roof slates, repointing of chimney stack and coping stones to parapet, replacement of 10 no uPVC windows with timber sliding sash windows, replacement of concrete steps with granite steps and repointing of granite cappings below the new front railing, refurbishment of the fanlight over the front door, installation of new cast iron rainwater downpipe, removal of “thrust out” structure to rear and (b) internal works including removal of all electrical, plumbing and drainage services, removal of the following non original items to all storeys; ceilings and covings, partition walls, decayed floor joists, floor coverings, doors, plasterboard linings to external walls and underside of stairs. (c) All associated site works.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RPS no. 6849. The development consists of: (i) three storey over lower ground floor extension to the rear, (ii) relocation of stairwell to the new extension. (iii) change of use of the completed building from residential to hostel type use. (iv) internal layout revisions to accommodate same, (v) removal of later addition overhanging W.C. to the rear elevation (vi) repairs to the existing roof and chimney (vii) re-point existing external brick walls (viii) replacement of existing aluminium windows with heritage style timber sash windows, (ix) all associated site works.

Planning permission for change of use of ground floor unit (50 sq.m) from retail to cafe at 110 Amiens Street, Dublin 1.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development consists of: (i) The addition of a second floor to the extension granted under PL 3241/20 and modified with condition No. 3 and changes to fenestration to accommodate same, (ii) The change of use of the completed building from residential to a 10 bedroom Bed and Breakfast and internal layout revisions to accommodate same. (iii) Change of basement level elevation from brick to plaster. (iv) New side entrance door and external stairs. (v) All associated site works.