Planning precedent report

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for provision of 4 no. new windows to first floor level, and 7 no. new windows to second floor level, and all associated site works, to the rear courtyard.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for development consisting of the construction of a single storey glassed entrance lobby, 2.5sqm in area, at ground floor level of Wolfe Tone House. The proposed lobby will be located at ground floor level facing on to and accessed from the existing ground floor car park located in the rear courtyard of the building.

Part off-licence use in the existing retail unit.

PI Hotels & Restaurants Ireland Ltd intends to apply for permission for development to amend a previously permitted hotel scheme (Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 4110/17 (ABP Ref. PL29N.301416) (extended under DCC Reg. Ref. 4110/17/X1), which was subsequently amended by Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 4679/19 (ABP Ref. PL29N.306858) and Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 4009/23) on this site of 0.127 hectares at Twilfit House, 137-140 Abbey Street Upper, 57-60 Jervis Street and 1-4 Wolfe Tone Street, Dublin 1, D01 R2P0. The site is bound: to the north by Wolfe Tone Park; to the south by Abbey Street Upper; to the east by Jervis Street; and to the west by Wolfe Tone Street. The proposed amendments to the permitted hotel development include: lowering of floor levels at Basement Level by 300 mm; the reconfiguration of the internal layouts (from Basement Level to Seventh Floor Level to include amendments to the lift core, stair cores, bicycle parking store, service, staff and storage rooms / spaces (including Back-of-House (BoH) spaces), riser / python spaces, column concealing elements, smoke shaft automated opening vent space, fire fighting and delivery corridors, Front of House (FoH) spaces, hotel bedrooms, plant areas / rooms (which includes areas such as circulation areas and cores (lifts and stairs) and routes throughout the building; changes to structural column design at Ground Floor Level; alterations to the permitted building’s elevations from Ground to First Floor Level, including alterations to the lightwell elevations; addition of mechanical ducts and ventilation louvres to central lightwell; provision of openings in Seventh Floor Level plant screen; reconfiguration of the permitted building’s Roof Level Plan to include amendments to the lift core, stair cores, roof access ladders, drainage pop-ups, maintenance circulation spaces, PV panels, davit arm anchors, fall restraint, associated electrical containment and mechanical equipment added; alterations to the permitted building’s lift over run at roof level with an increase in height by +0.17 m OD from 30.930 m OD to 31.1 m OD; and associated alterations to permitted hard and soft landscaping and permitted scheme’s site services (mechanical and electrical, water supply, sewage disposal and surface water disposal). There is no alteration to the floor area of the permitted building arising from the proposed amendments. There is no alteration to the previously permitted number of hotel bedrooms. The previously permitted cycle parking provision is to be amended reducing the number of long-term secure bicycle parking spaces for staff from 24 No. spaces to 12 No. spaces.

PI Hotels & Restaurants Ireland Ltd intends to apply for permission for development of 5 No. illuminated external signs and building façade lighting at Twilfit House, 137-140 Abbey Street Upper, 57-60 Jervis Street and 1-4 Wolfe Tone Street, Dublin 1, D01 R2P0. This external signage and lighting application relates to a previously permitted hotel development (Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 4110/17 / ABP Ref. PL29N.301416 (extended under DCC Reg. Ref. 4110/17/X1), which was subsequently amended by DCC Reg. Ref. 4679/19 / ABP Ref. PL29N.306858 and DCC Reg. Ref. 4009/23) that is currently under construction. The proposed development consists of the erection of: (a) 4 No. high level signs of c. 1.81 sq.m each, with backlit illumination to both roundel and letters, located on the north, east, and west elevations (b) 1 No. low level sign of c. 0.88 sq.m with backlit illumination to both roundel and letters on the southeastern elevation (c) All signage is single sided consisting of aluminium panel powder coated purple, with applied vinyl graphics. (d) the provision of building façade lighting, 4 no. wash uplighters and 2 no. strip downlighters.

The proposed development, which provides for alterations to the permitted building comprises an increase in the size of the permitted Mezzanine, first and seventh floor levels (from 1,805 sq m floor are total permitted across these levels to 2.287 sq m floor area total proposed across these levels), and a decrease in the size of the permitted ground, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth floor levels (from 5.683sq m floor are total permitted across these levels to 5,518 sq m floor area total proposed across these levels) (no change in size to the permitted basement level (324 sq m) is proposed); the reconfiguration of the internal layout of all levels of the permitted building (from basement to seventh floor levels), to include amendments to the hotel bedrooms and related ancillary hotel facilities including work space, reception area, lobby and restaurant with public bar, storage areas, administration and staff facilities, plant, waste storage area and bicycle store, ancillary space (which includes areas such as circulation cores (lifts and stairs) and routes, plant areas throughout the building, electrical substations and switch rooms, toilets and shower areas etc.), and lightwell (including the extension to the lightwell to the enlarged Mezzanine level); alterations to the permitted building's elevations from ground to seventh floor levels, including alterations to the lightwell elevations; alterations to the permitted plant areas at roof level and associated relocation of the roof plant screen, where required; an increase in the thickness of the external wall around the permitted buildings perimeter from ground to seventh floor levels; alterations to the permitted finished floor levels and external roof build-up of the permitted building resulting in an increase in the height of the building from c. 25.8m permitted to c. 26.78m proposed and associated alterations to permitted hard and soft landscaping and permitted scheme's site services (mechanical and electrical, water supply, sewage disposal and surface water disposal). The total gross floor area of the hotel building increases by c. 317sq m (from c. 7,812 sq m permitted to c. 8,129 sq, proposed) with an increase in the number of hotel bedrooms proposed from 206 no. permitted to 219 no. proposed.