Site planning risk brief

Planning permission for 1) Removal of hipped end of roof and the construction of a jerkinhead hipped roof. 2) Loft conversion including the construction of a flat roof dormer structure with windows to rear roof profile.

Planning permission is sought by Johnathan Buckley for extension and alterations to the existing two storey dwelling at 48, Foxfield Avenue, Raheny, Dublin 05, D05 R744, comprising of alterations to the front elevation, extension to the rear at ground floor level and towards the side extending over the garage at first floor level. Permission is also sought to convert the existing garage to form a bedroom.

The retention of converted garage to den / study with storage and shower areas, the retention of the ground floor single storey rear extension with flat roof, comprising of a kitchen and utility room.

The development consists of (a) Demolition and safe removal of existing chimney stack and roof hip structure at side (North West Elevation) (b) The raising of existing gable wall to include 1 no. window with obscure glass at side (North West Elevation) with modification & extension of pitched roof structure over. (c) - Construction of 1no. dormer at rear (North East Elevation), incorporating the conversion of existing attic space for domestic storage/ancillary accommodation, including new access staircase & shower room, with 2no. escape windows and 2no. roof-lights at rear (North East Elevation) and 2no. roof-lights at front (South West- Elevation). (d)- Demolition & safe removal of section of existing dividing boundary garden wall at side & rear, including removal of existing block garden shed at rear & removal of existing timber canopy roof above side access (North West Elevation). (e) - Construction of section of new dividing boundary garden wall at side & rear, including construction of new garden shed at rear & new canopy roof above side access, with 2no. roof-lights (North West Elevation).

Permission for the following works:- creation of new study at attic level, with dormer roofs to the side and rear, with paired rooflights to the front in the main roof and related internal alterations.

Permission is sought for conversion of their attic to storage including changing the existing hipped end roof to a Dutch hipped gable end roof, two velux rooflights to the front and a window to the new gable wall all at roof level.