Site planning risk brief

RETENTION: Retention permission sought to retain changed use from yoga studio at lower ground floor level to kitchen, serving the café at ground floor level.

Planning permission: (a) change of use from retail use to provision of an all female gymnasium/ fitness centre, (b) all associated site works at ground floor level.

RETENTION: Retention for a single storey rear extension with flat roof over comprising of 1) An enlarged dining space 2) A utility area 3) A ground floor WC and shower room.

PERMISSION: The development will consist of a Timber Pergola Structure with a Polycarbonated roof with outdoor seating located in the rear yard and all associated site works.

Planning permission is sought by Orbitiz Ltd. for a mixed-use residential & commercial development on land measuring approximately 0.053ha hectares at 105, 107, 109 Emmet Road, Dublin 8. This site is bounded by Pocket Park to the east, Myra Close to the north, and Kilmainham Banks apartment development to the north and west. The development will consist of: i) demolition of a) 2 no. existing 2-3 storey derelict buildings at no.’s 105 & 107 Emmet Road, and b) 1 no. 2-3 storey existing residential building at 109 Emmet Road; ii) construction of a 3-5 storey mixed-use semi-detached development comprising of 16 no. residential units over 5-storeys, (9 no. 1-bedroom, and 7 no. 2-bedroom units), and 1 no. commercial unit at ground floor level, all with balconies to east or south; iii) construction of detached single storey bin store to north of site at lower ground floor level; iv) boundary treatments; v) provision of bicycle parking; vi) landscaping, SuDS drainage and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

The development will consist of proposed alterations to previously approved planning application Ref no. WEB1525/24. Changes include internal modifications and provision of an additional rooflight to original Victorian house, extending the terrace construction of the new residential unit at the rear return to accommodate an additional room at ground floor level, adjustments to window opes, minor alterations to the materiality of proposed rear return extension and sundry other minor works to the rear.