Planning precedent report

Permission for the following works: 1. subdivision of one ground floor retail unit into two separate retail units and placing a new internal dividing wall and various internal alteration works, 2. for placing a new single external door in existing external glazed screen, 3. various internal alterations within the commercial unit

We Yong feng designated activity company, intend to apply for full planning permission for the following works 1: Subdivision of one ground floor retail unit into two separate retail units and placing a new internal dividing wall and various internal alteration works 2: For changing of 1 external window into a door and 2 side screens 3: Lowering cill level to 1 window, placement of a vertical solid mullion and creating 2 separate windows in this opening 4: Changing of 1 solid timber external door to a timber glazed door at 6-7 Upper abbey street, Dublin 1

Planning Permission for a change of use from retail unit to fast food takeaway unit (circa 17m/sq) with associated site works at ground floor of 10 Abbey Street Upper, Dublin 1.

Planning permission is sought for the change of use of the existing four storey building from retail & office use to cafe & guesthouse accommodation. The proposed guesthouse will comprise 10 no. bedrooms and ancillary accommodation including multi-purpose / day room, kitchenette and reception integrated as part of the cafe. The total gross internal floor area of the guest house will remain at c. 323m2. An external courtyard will be created of area 6.5m2 at ground floor to the rear, with new formed internal elevations & associated site works.

Retention Permission for the as-constructed rear elevation (including balconies and extent of rear staircase), as well as the as-constructed configuration at roof level. This application is made on foot of the previously granted application (Ref. No. 2914/13).

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.