Site planning risk brief

The development consists of the following works, planning permission for a) subdivision of existing rear garden of 50 North Circular Road, Dublin 7, b) removal of existing rear garden shed c) provision of a 3 bedroom, 2 storey mews dwelling with off street parking for 1 car along with all associated site development and facilitating works.

(1.) The Construction of a Four-Bedroom, Three Storey Mews House (2.) Provision of private amenity spaces: 1 No. Ground-floor rear terrace, 1 No. First-floor Balcony rear-facing, 1 No. first-floor front Balcony Street facing, 1 no. Second-floor Balcony street-facing. (3.) The provision of pedestrian access via, O'Devaney Gardens (4.) SuDS and foul drainage, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development.

(1.) The Construction of a Two-Bedroom, Two-Storey Mews House (2.) Provision of private amenity spaces: Ground-floor terrace, 1 No. First-floor Balcony, Street facing. (3.) The provision of pedestrian access via, O'Devaney Gardens (4.) SuDS and foul drainage, landscaping, boundary treatments and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION & RETENTION: Planning Permission is sought for the following: removal of existing concrete apron to front garden and installation of new historic style railings and pedestrian gate on granite plinth as boundary to front garden area, new hedge and soft landscaping, new granite pathway and gravel finish, new timber bin store with planted roof. To the rear permission is sought to break down window cill to lower ground floor window to create new door opening, and to fit new roller shutter gate to secure proposed vehicular rear access parking at bottom of rear garden. Retention permission is requested for the following; removal of section of non-original concrete blockwork to rear boundary wall to create vehicular rear access off existing lane, replacement of previous timber access stairs to rear garden with new raised deck and access stairs, and replacement of non-original PVC window and timber door with new hardwood French door and window.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development will consist of the removal of the new masonry boundary wall constructed on the boundary between No.68 / 66 North Circular Road and replacing it with a set of fixed, painted metal railings; To provide a new set of new railings and gates to delineate the boundary between the front garden area and the public pavement. No works are proposed to the exterior or interior of the existing house. The works the subject of this application are located within the grounds of a Protected Structure (RPS Ref. No.1584).

The development will consist of: (i) the removal of existing boundary wall and vehicular gate fronting the mews lane; (ii) the construction of a three-storey mews building fronting O’Devaney /gardens containing 3 no. units, consisting of 2 no. 1 bed apartments and 1 no. studio apartment. 1 no. unit is provided per floor level; (iii) the provision of an outdoor terrace to rear at ground floor level, and provision of balconies to the front elevation at first & second floor levels; (iv) the provision rooflights to the main roof at second floor level; (v) the provision of bin stores and bicycle storage; and (vi) landscaping, boundary treatments, SuDS and new foul drainage connection, and all other ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.