Planning precedent report

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: Permission for retention of a change of use from office/educational use (granted permission under Pl Ref No 2556/14) back to use as a single residential dwelling house at 15 Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1. a Protected Structure.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for alterations, repair and change of use of an existing four storey over basement terrace house from single dwelling to 5 no. apartments consisting of 2 no. 1 bed basement/entry level duplex units and 3 no. 2 bed units, one at each of the three upper floors. Removal of existing and insertion of new stairs from basement to ground level as well as from second to third floor and replacement of roof over. Formation of a new access point through the railings and steps to basement area at the front, new external steps and revised area at basement at the rear of house. New access steps to the common rear garden. Formation of bike shed/bin store and revised layout of existing pedestrian gates to the rear laneway.

The development will consist of the demolition of No. 10 and No. 11 Belvedere Court and construction of 14 No. 2 bedroom apartments, in one four storey block with a step down to three storey to the rear, (gross area c. 1,106sqm, site area c. 414sqm), arranged around 2 no. external courtyards / lightwells, with balconies to front and rear at ground, first, second and third floor levels, third floor roof level landscaped communal open space to the rear (c. 75sqm), solar roof panels and green roof over four storey block, pedestrian and cycle entrance off Belvedere Court, 18 no covered cycle spaces, associated residential bin storage and all associated site works.

The application seeks modifications to the previously approved permission DCC Reg. Ref. 2556/20. Modifications are to include: the addition of 4 No. apartment units achieved by way of an additional floor, to the previously granted scheme bringing the total no. of floors of the building from 4-storeys to 5-storeys and increasing the total number of apartment units from 13 No. apartments to 17 No. apartments consisting of 8 No. one-beds and 9 No. two-beds. All with associated bike store, bin store, landscaping, and site works.

PROTECTED STRUCURE: The development will consist of: (a) Repointing of brickwork to the front facade at the ground floor level entrance doorway where previously repaired, (b) constructing a previously removed rear WC annex with new / replacement structure and connection to exiting surface water and foul sewer services.

Permission for the construction of two new sheltered 'loggia', one to the assembly hall facing west (34.4sqm covered footprint) the second to the southern elevation of the classroom wing (38.5sqm. covered footprint), both provide shelter to the existing external play space together with site works and minor modifications where the new structures meet the existing buildings.