Planning precedent report

Planning permission for installation of a new single storey, timber frame carport to existing private parking area in front of existing detached 2-storey dwelling and all associated site works.

Permission for relocation of refuse area with new fence to surround and gates to front, and associated site works.

Permission for development at a site (c. 0.22 ha) at Mespil Court, Mespil Road & Burlington Road, Dublin 4, D04 E516. The site is generally bounded by buildings in office use at no. 40-42 Mespil Road to the east, Mespil Court office building to the south, no. 39 Mespil Road (Protected Structure) to the west, and by Mespil Road and Grand Canal to the North. The proposed development is a 4-storey mixed use building extension comprising: -A 2-storey, raised bridge, office use building extension, adjoining the 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing Mespil Court office building on its northwestern elevation; plant room at 1st floor and office core extending down to ground floor level (total GFA c. 721 sqm). -A 4-storey, over basement, mixed use building comprising: 1 no. cafe at ground floor and basement, with ancillary storage and staff welfare facilities at basement level (total GFA c.202 sqm) and associated external northern terrace at ground floor level; -3 no. 2-bedroom residential apartment units at 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors, each with associated balconies on the northern and southern facades; -Ancillary residential remote storage facilities at ground floor level and residential roof garden at 1st floor level. -All ancillary and associated site development, infrastructural, landscaping, site boundary and signage works, including: Basement plant room; Ground floor bicycle store (18no. spaces) and separate bin store; 4no. visitor bicycle spaces in front curtilage; New plant on roof of existing Mespil Court office building and at 1st floor residential roof garden level of proposed new building extension; Green sedum roof (c.280 sqm) over office bridge extension; Signage zones to northern and eastern ground floor elevations of cafe unit (c.12 sqm total), and totem sign (c.3 sqm) associated with office and residential uses within front curtilage adjacent to Mespil Road site boundary; Removal of existing boundary wall and railing fronting Mespil Road; and, insertion of new pedestrian access control gate to the eastern boundary pathway, south of the proposed cafe entrance.

The site is generally bounded by buildings in office use to the south, no. 39 Mespil Road (Protected Structure) to the west, and by Mespil Road and the Grand Canal to the north. The development will consist of a 3-storey mixed use building extension comprising: A 2-storey, raised bridge, office extension adjoining the 2nd and 3rd floors of the existing Mespil Court office building on its northwestern elevation; external plant room at 1st floor and office core extending down to ground floor level (total GFA c. 723.5 sqm). Proposed condenser units to the existing office roof. A 3-storey, mixed use building comprising: 1no. café at ground floor, with ancillary storage and staff facilities (total GFA c.107 sqm) and associated external terrace at ground level; 2no. floors of offices at 1st and 2nd floors, with associated support facilities (total GFA c. 254.5 sqm); Roof garden at 1st floor. All ancillary and associated site development, infrastructural, landscaping, signage and site boundary works, including: 30 no. spaces, two tier bike racks in a bicycle store (27.5 sqm); 18. no. semi vertical bike racks to replace existing bike racks; New bin store (13 sqm); 2 no. Sheffield stands in the front curtilage (visitors) and 1 no. Sheffield Stand by the bin store; Ground floor plant room (27 sqm); Signage zones to northern and eastern ground floor elevations of café unit (c.12 sqm total), and totem sign (c.3 sqm) associated with office within front curtilage adjacent to Mespil Road site boundary; Removal of existing boundary wall and railing fronting Mespil Road; and, insertion of new pedestrian access control gate to the eastern boundary pathway, south of the proposed café entrance; Associated green and blue roofs, and drainage for the proposed new works.

Planning permission for the change of use from office to cafe. The proposed development comprises of the change of use from office (part of existing entrance lobby) to cafe (69.2. sq.m.) with associated outdoor seating area to the west (76.8 sq.m.). It is proposed to provide a new entrance door to the cafe unit and associated signage on the southern elevation. There is no change to the internal gross floor area as a result of the proposed development.

Permission for the erection of 1 no. fixed internally illuminated totem sign (2.2m high, signage totalling c.2sqm) at the main pedestrian entrance on the Burlington Road frontage of the previously approved development permitted under Reg. Ref: 2786/13.