Planning precedent report

Planning permission for change of use from office units to 8 bedroom guest house accommodation, internal alterations and additional floor added to existing building with rooftop garden for open space, 3 storey extension to front, side and rear of existing structure and replacement of single storey salon to front, existing basement being used for storage and all associated site works.

Permission for change of use for the front part of the existing 2 storey take-away restaurant building (vacant). The application seeks modifications to Block 1 of the previously granted permission DCC Reg. Ref. 3619/20 (ABP-309667-21). Block 1 comprised of a part 2 storey/ part 2 storey plus pitched roof building at 39 Clanbrasil Street Upper accommodating 1 No. take-away restaurant unit at ground & 1st floor level (including existing structure fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper) and 4 No. apartments (4 No. 2 Bedroom 2 storey own-door duplex apartment units) extending along Orr's Terrace. The modifications seek change of use of previously granted take-away restaurant use to residential use to provide 1 No. Duplex Studio over ground and first floor. The proposed works include removal of existing signage and provision of a new entrance door to the front. All with associated bin store, bicycle store, and associated site works.

I, Fiona Joyce, intend to apply for planning permission for development on this site at 16+17 Portobello Wharf, Windsor Terrace / Clanbrassil Street, Dublin D08 W2T2. The proposed development will consist of the conversion of two penthouse apartments, no.16 is 88.5m2 and no.17 is 128.2m2, to use as a single 3No. bedroomed apartment totalling 218.5m2, with associated internal modifications and development works, including the partial demolition of the party wall between the two apartments, the removal of 1no. sliding door from the North Elevation and its replacement with a high level opening window, the blocking up of 1no. entrance door to apartment no.16 and infilling the existing opening with timber cladding to match existing, replacement of 1no. rooflight with a smaller rooflight, the provision of 2no. additional rooflights to the corridor and en-suite and all associated local roof repairs.

The development will consist of: 1) The demolition of existing buildings, structures and hardstanding areas on site except for northern boundary wall adjoining garden terrace; 2) The construction of a mixed-use development of 11 no. residential units with associated gardens and balconies/terraces comprising 1no. 1-bedroom units, 3 no. 2-bedroom units, 1 no. 3-bedroom unit and 6 no. 4-bedroom units and 2 no. commercial units located in 2 no. blocks (Block 1 & Block 2); Block 1 comprises a 2-3 storey building at 39 Clanbrassil Street Upper accommodating 1 no. retail/retail services unit at ground floor (fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper), 1 no. 1-bedroom duplex apartment over the retail unit and 3 no. 2 bedroom, 2-storey terraced townhouses over parking garages extending along Orr’s Terrace; 4) Block 2 comprises a 2-3 storey building at 40, 41, 42 & 42A Clanbrassil Street Upper accommodating 1 no. shop/retail services unit at ground floor level (fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper). 1 no. 3-bedroom duplex apartment over the retail unit and 6 no. 4-bedroom 3-storey terraced townhouses extending along Orr’s Terrace; 5) All ancillary site development works, plant areas, refuse storage areas, bicycle storage areas, boundary treatment works and services.

The development will consist of: 1.) The demolition of existing buildings, structures and hardstanding areas on site except for the existing front part of the 2-storey take-away restaurant building (vacant) at 39 Clanbrassil Street Upper; 2.) The construction of a mixed-use development of 28 no. apartments with associated balconies/terraces comprising 17 no. 1 bedroom units & 11 no. 2 bedroom units and 2 no. commercial units located in 2 no. blocks (Block 1 & Block 2); 3.) Block 1 comprises a part2/part 2-storey plus pitched roof building at 39 Clanbrassil Street Upper accommodating 1 no. take-away restaurant unit at ground & 1st floor level (including existing structure fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper) and 4 no. apartments (4 no. 2 bedroom 2-storey own-door duplex apartment units) extending along Orr's Terrace; 4.) Block 2 comprises a 3-4 storey building at 40, 41, 42 & 42A Clanbrassil Street Upper accommodating 1 no. shop/retail services unit at ground floor level (fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper) and 24 no. apartments (17 no. 1-bedroom units and 7 no 2-bedroom units); 5.) Landscaped courtyard at ground floor level and roof terrace above third floor level in Block 2; 6.) Construction of new surface finishes and hard and soft landscaping to increased width Garden Terrace pedestrian laneway to the north; 7.) All ancillary site development works, plant areas, refuse storage areas, bicycle storage areas, boundary treatment works and services.

The development will consist of: 1.) The demolition of existing building, structures and hardstanding areas on site except for existing front part of the 2-storey Take-Away Restaurant building at 39 Clanbrassil Street fronting onto Clanbrassil Street; 2.) The construction of a mixed-use development of 36no. apartments with associated balconies/terraces comprising of 22no. 1 bedroom units & 14no. 2 bedroom units, 1no. Take-Away Restaurant Unit (existing) and 1no. Shop/Retail Services Unit in 2no. blocks (Block 1 & Block 2); 3.) Block 1 comprises a part 2/part2-storey plus pitched roof, building at 39 Clanbrassil Street Upper accommodating 1no. Take-Away Restaurant unit at Ground & 1st Floor Level (including existing structure fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper) and 4no. Apartment Units; 4.) Block 2 comprises a part 3/4/5/6-storey building at 40, 41, 42 & 42A Clanbrassil Street Upper accommodating 1no. Shop/Retail Services Unit at Ground Floor Level (fronting onto Clanbrassil Street Upper) and 32no. Apartment units, including an external landscaped courtyard at ground floor level and roof terrace at 5th Floor Level; & 5.) All ancillary site development works, plant areas, refuse storage areas, bicycle storage areas, boundary treatment works and services.