Planning precedent report

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: retention planning permission of a bathroom on the ground floor level along with all associated works.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission is sought for the change of use of part first floor from existing office use to apartment use, consisting of 1 no. studio and 1 no. 1 bedroom apartments, and all associated site works.

Planning permission for change of use from retail/associated retail use to restaurant/bar use at ground floor of an existing 3 storey over ground floor and basement mid terrace building at 79 to 80 Talbot Street, Dublin 1. The application includes for internal alterations associated with the change of use, a new stair and lift accessed off Talbot Street to serve the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing building, currently in retail and associated retail use with no change proposed to this use, revisions to the elevation to Talbot Street at ground floor to accommodate a new shopfront which will include canopies, glazed screens to seated terrace area, entrance to the proposed restaurant/bar, entrance to stairs and lift serving the uppers floors and exit from basement together with all associated site works.

RETENTION: Planning application for retention of the following structures at rear of The Celt Bar and Le Bon Crubeen Restaurant, 81-82 Talbot Street, facing onto Beresford Lane, Dublin 1. The structures to be retained consist of a) Wooden panelling and wooden gates, which form a storage compound for bins, waste compactors, kegs etc with a floor area of 16 sqm. b) a spiral staircase located within this storage compound which affords access to an office contained in the loft area of a former warehouse at the rear of the former Guiney's Department Store at 79-80 Talbot Street, Dublin 1. c) A covered smoking area constructed of timber and corrugated Perspex/plastic panelling with a Perspex/plastic roof. This covered smoking area has a floor area of approximately 24sqm and is located at the rear of nos. 81-82 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, (The Celt Bar / x and Le Bon Crubeen Restaurant). d) Furniture including tables and chairs, lighting, heaters and shelving contained within the covered smoking area located to the rear Nos. 81-82 Talbot Street, Dublin 1, (The Celt Bar and Le Bon Crubeen Restaurant).

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development on lands (c. 0.791 ha) at 64, 65 and 66, Gardiner Street Lower, and all associated sites to the rear addressing Moland Place, Dublin 1. Nos. 64, 65 and 66 Gardiner Street Lower are Protected Structures. The development will consist of the following: - Refurbishment/ alterations and change of use of existing buildings on the site and construction of new buildings to the rear to provide a hotel development (72 bedrooms) with ancillary public restaurant (c. 96 sq.m) and associated ancillary uses. The overall building will comprise a gross floor area of c. 2,747 sq.m of which c. 1,071 sq.m is accommodated within the existing buildings and c. 1,676 sq.m is new build. The refurbished existing frontage buildings incorporating Nos. 64, 65 and 66 Gardiner Street Lower contain 32 bedrooms and involve internal reconfiguration to restore many of the formal rooms to their original layout. The frontage buildings which are to change to hotel use are currently arranged as follows: Nos. 64, 65 and 66 Gardiner Street Lower (former medical, office and related uses, now vacant), lands to the rear of these properties is an existing car park. -The development will include the demolition of non-original internal partition walls and replacement with appropriate internal wall treatments, demolition of the rear modern concrete boundary wall fronting Moland Place, modifications to existing returns of 64 and 65 at basement and ground floor level to allow interconnection between the new rear block and the protected structures to the front. -The main entrance to the hotel and lounge area is proposed at No. 65 Gardiner Street Lower. -The development involves works and change of use of the protected structures (recent use as medical, office and associated uses including a car park to the rear) and rear returns to the rear of Nos. 64-66 Gardiner Street Lower to use a hotel, restaurant and ancillary uses. -The new build element is located to the rear and is located along the boundary with Moland Place where a second hotel entrance is proposed. 2 no. new external landscaped courtyard spaces (c. 139 sq.m total) are provided on either side of the link building to the rear of Nos. 64-66 Gardiner Street Lower. The new building contains 40 bedrooms, a kitchen at basement level, a restaurant space at ground level, a services room, customer toilets and ancillary accommodation, all over 6 levels (including a basement level) with balconies at fifth floor level. -No on-site car parking is proposed. -Works to the existing front buildings (Nos. 64-66 Gardiner Street Lower) will include conservation repairs to existing historic sliding sash windows and repointing of front and rear brick elevations to include wigged pointing on the Gardiner Street Lower elevation. -The roofs will undergo re-slating with new natural slate. -The existing buildings will accommodate the hotel reception, 32 no. hotel bedrooms, lounge areas and will retain an existing customer lift all over 5 levels (including basement level). -The development will also consist of signage consisting of a projecting sign and associated lighting at the entrance on Gardiner Street Lower elevation and a surface fixed sign over the secondary entrance at Moland Place; and all ancillary works associated with the development.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION/PERMISSION: Retention and permission for alterations to development approved under Reg. Ref. No. 4014/20 (and later amended under Reg. Ref. Nos. 4910/23 & 5024/23). Retention is sought for (i) a revised and reconfigured internal floor plan layout from basement to third floor level of all three properties comprising all ancillary works necessary to facilitate, inclusive of new partition walls, wall removals, new door openings, creation of fire lobbies, creation of suspended ceilings, provision of vertical service risers, provision of bulk heads over ensuite bathrooms and lobby areas and new mechanical and electrical services installations; (ii) at basement floor level provision of wall to contain existing staircase in No. 66; (iii) at third floor level - provision of a new opening in the party wall between No. 64 and No. 65. Permission is sought for (i) a revised and reconfigured internal floor plan layout from basement to third floor level of all three properties comprising all ancillary works necessary to facilitate, inclusive of new partition walls, wall removals, new door openings, partial removal of suspended ceilings, reduction in size of vertical service risers and new mechanical and electrical services installations; (ii) removal of velux rooflight to No. 65 and replacement with a larger access hatch; (iii) provision of a new chimney flue to the rear of No. 64; and, (iv) general refurbishment works to floors, ceilings, windows and internal joinery. The works for which retention and permission is sought will result in the provision of a 24 No. bedroom Hotel. Each of the buildings on site is a protected structure.