Site planning risk brief

Change of use from Educational Commercial/Offices to Medical Services/Offices with internal alterations & associated works, at First floor Parliament Buildings, Exchange St Upr & Cork Hill, with main access 38-40 Parliament St. DO2W889.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE / RETENTION: Olympia Real Estate Limited intends to apply for retention planning permission for use of 10 no. apartments as short-term lettings / tourist accommodation at 1-3 Parliament Street, Dublin 2, D02 AN28 and 81 Dame Street, Dublin 2, D02 VW57. There is no prospective development nor internal or external works proposed to the Protected Structures listed under RPS Ref. no. 6321 and 2132.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for development on a 0.11 ha site approximately located at Nos. 16-18 Lord Edward Street (a protected structure) and No. 18 Exchange Street Upper (known as ''Fashion House'') and Copper Alley, Dublin 2. The proposed development comprises minor amendment to the Parliament Hotel (permitted under DCC Reg. Ref. 3448/16, as amended by DCC Reg. Refs. 4521/17, 3280/18, 2525/19) and includes additional plant screening to Parliament Roof to match material of permitted plant screen, 3no. street level painted metal out of hours security screens at Lord Edward Street entrances, 2no. canopies to Fashion House fifth floor terrace, relocation of 2no. existing flag poles to Parliament building at first floor level to corner of Lord Edward Street and Exchange Street Upper and 2no. timber louvered panels within external door on Copper Alley towards Cow's Lane painted to match door finish.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Development on a 0.11 ha site approximately. The proposed development comprises of a low-poly wire frame sculptural artwork installation in the form of 4 simplified figures of approximate dimensions 3.2 m (H) x 3m (W) x 2m (D) in total fixed 0.4 m above the roof of the existing link bridge which connects the 2 buildings over Copper Alley along with laser cut decorative anodized bronze metalwork screens fixed to and covering the entirety of both sides of the link bridge.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for development on lands at Nos. 27-32 Parliament Street (nos. 27, 28 & 31 being protected structures) Dublin 2, 1-2 Essex Gate (both protected structures) Dublin 8, 7-10 Exchange Street Upper (nos. 9 & 10 being protected structures) Dublin 8. The proposed development comprises the following: (a) change of use from office to hotel at 31 Parliament Street (a protected structure) and from vacant restaurant and residential use to hotel at 32 Parliament Street. The hotel use will integrate nos. 31 and 32 into the existing Paramount Hotel and will comprise a new hotel entrance on Parliament Street, a foyer and reception at ground floor level, administration areas at basement level and the collective amalgamation of both properties with Paramount Hotel at all existing floor levels to provide 28 no. new bedrooms from first to fourth floor levels and the addition of 5 no. bedrooms in a new setback floor behind exiting roof hips at fifth floor level; (b) the proposal involves the reconfiguration of the internal layout of 29-30 Parliament Street to incorporate a new opening in the existing wall with 31 Parliament Street resulting in a change from a double bedroom to a single bedroom and reconfiguration of the store room with the addition of hallway doors from first to fourth floor level; (c) demolition of the single storey rear extensions of nos. 31 and 32 Parliament Street and addition of a new courtyard with fully glazed roof extending across the rear of nos. 31 and 32; (d) reconstruction of the existing front facade of nos. 31 and 32 Parliament Street from first to fourth floor level (no changes proposed to existing protected bay window and ground floor shop front of no. 31); (e) internal alterations at basement and ground floor levels in all properties except for nos. 27-30 Parliament Street where no changes are proposed; (f) extension of existing setback of 7-8 Exchange Street Upper at fourth floor level to the street front to match the existing frontage to include the reconfiguration of the internal layout to provide 4 no. bedrooms and lobby; (g) addition of a setback fifth floor level with the provision of a terrace enclosed by a glass balustrade at 7-8 Exchange Street Upper to include the addition of 3 no. bedrooms, lobby, lift and new staircase. New flat roof over fifth floor with setback louvred plant area in centre of roof to be provided; (h) provision of 10 no. signage zones on frontages of Parliament Street, Essex Gate and Exchange Street Upper. The overall development will result in a hotel bedroom count of 108 no. bedrooms (66 existing and 42 proposed) and includes all associated alterations to the existing hotel services and all associated site development works above and below ground.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The proposed development comprises: a) façade alterations at ground level Nos. 30 & 29 Parliament Street with new proposed door to existing shop front, b) change of use from first to fourth floor of the existing north facing stairwell to 4 no. hotel bedrooms (one at each of the floor level),and c) change of use at fifth floor level linen store to hotel bedroom and small internal reconfigurations of linen and cleaner store around the eastern stairwell. The total amount of change of use floor space equates to 68 sqm. The hotel bedroom count will increase from previously approved 117 bedrooms (as permitted with Reg. Ref. 3778/17) to 122 bedrooms over 6 storeys.