Planning precedent report

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of: Planning permission is sought for change of use from guesthouses to two individual family residences, Protected Structures, being a pair of semi-detached two bay, two storey over basement houses with later two storey returns of nominally 195 m2 each. Conservation works include repair & improvement works throughout, including re-roofing, replacement of rainwater goods with cast iron replicas & 2 conservation roof lights to the south elevation of the original returns. Removal works include lamps, ramps & existing surfaces to front, side & rear gardens, section of the party wall & low granite walls, steps & timber stairs to rear garden, non-original doors, walls, store, kitchens & bathrooms & part of original walls to enlarge openings to lower ground floors, the wall between front and rear rooms, the stairs, sash window, lowering the ground floor level & window ope to 16 and the non-original partitions & bathrooms to the first floor, non-original doors & windows to the returns, lowering the floor level, new openings in the north elevation and widening the openings in the East & West elevations on the lower level, relocation of existing north facing openings, reinstatement of original window opes to 15 and sections of floor to 16 on the upper level. Proposed works include at the lower level, the original configuration of rooms to provide bedrooms to 15, new open plan living area & window to 16, new stairs to 15 & 16, double doors to entrance area & steps down to returns with storage & WC & 3m glazed walls & doors to new extensions. Sash window from 16 reconfigured to fit reinstated openings to 15, ceiling opened up & doors to new extensions at upper level. Reinstating original configuration to first floor to provide bedroom, bathroom & dressing & PV photovoltaic panels to the pitched roof. Construction of 2 no. sedum flat roof stone clad extensions to the rear of 15 & 16 & connected to the existing returns, 3 storey extension to 15 of nominally 167m2 with basement, lower & upper ground level consisting of living & utility to basement, bedroom, ensuite, bathroom & circulation to lower & open plan kitchen/ dining & external terrace to upper level with 2 roof lights, 2 storey extension to 16 of nominally 107m2 at lower & upper ground level with open plan kitchen/ dining to lower & 2 bedrooms, bathrooms & ensuite to upper level with 3 roof lights. Associated works including enabling, temporary, drainage & landscape works to front, side & rear, including new permeable surfaces, planting, bin store & air to water heat pumps, retaining the existing vehicular & pedestrian access onto Charleston Road, refurbishment of the steps & railings including removal of concrete steps & replacing with granite steps to match existing & provision of 2 no. car parking spaces per house. New courtyards to side and provision of new terraces, steps, planting, barbeque, storage & timber privacy screens to top of boundary walls to the rear at 15 & 16 Charleston Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, by Eastpoint BP Limited.

The renovation and extension of the existing dwelling to include the demolition of the existing single-storey kitchen and 2-storey return to the rear; construction of new two-storey extension to the rear comprising a ground floor living room, new first floor bedroom and bathroom extension; new chimney to rear; new rooflights to rear; new windows to front and rear and associated landscaping and drainage works.

Planning permission is sought at No. 56 Charleston Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 (D06 DH48) and land located to the front (and within the curtilage) of No. 57 Charleston Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6 (D06 PX78) (and is a corner site with Charleston Avenue) for development consisting of: (a) demolition of No. 56 Charleston Road, a six-bedroom two-storey (with attic accommodation detached dwelling; (b) construction of a terrace of 4 no. four-storey, three-bedroom townhouses. Each townhouse to be provided with 1 no. internalised parking space and private amenity space in the form of rear garden (25.5sq.m-31.8sq.m), upper ground floor terrace (12 sqm) to the rear and 2nd floor terrace (10.7sqm) at front elevation. Permission is also sought for the following works: (i) removal of existing pedestrian and vehicular entrances on Charleston Road and provision of a new vehicular entrance to serve the development; and, (ii) removal of vehicular entrance on Charleston Avenue and provision of a new pedestrian entrance. The development also includes landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS drainage and all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

Permission for the demolition of existing two-storey and single-storey extensions to rear and the construction of new two-storey and single-storey extensions to rear including window bay and rooflights, the replacement of existing front boundary wall with railings and all associated site works including drainage and hard and soft landscaping.

The development will consist of an amendment to the permission granted under planning reference WEB2417/24 which granted the demolition of the existing ground floor rear extension and the construction of a new ground floor and partial first floor extension. The amendment applied for here consists of extending the length of the approved ground floor extension by 1.2m, retaining 28.4 sqm of outdoor garden space, and all ancillary site works.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following development works to existing 2 storey over basement house: 1. Modifications and fabric upgrade of previous extension above front entrance door. 2. Removal of existing, non-original (8.5sq.m.) basement sunroom (south east corner). 3. New 19.8 sq.m. rear extension at basement level (and minor internal layout modifications). 4. Increase size of previous non-original rear extension (from 4.5 sq.m. to 9.3 sq.m.) at middle (entrance) floor level at south west corner building.