Planning precedent report

Planning permission to amend a previously permitted development ABP-305207-19 (DCC Reg. Ref. 2738/19) by changing the flat roof of the permitted house to a traditional pitched roof all with ancillary elevational changes and siteworks.

Planning permission for a residential development on a site to the rear and side of The Laurels, no. 54 Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8. The application site has an area of 0.14 hectares and is bound by Inchicore Road and no. 54 Inchicore Road to the south, a railway line to the north, existing residential development to the east and lands associated with no. 56 Inchicore Road to the west. The proposed development includes the demolition of two existing outbuildings and the construction of a four storey residential building to the rear of the site and one three storey, three-bedroom house fronting onto Inchicore Road. The four storey residential building will accommodate 16 no. apartments, comprising 8 no. two bedroom units, 6 no. one bedroom units and 2 no. studio units. Balconies are provided for the residential apartments on the south elevation. The development includes bicycle parking, car parking (10 no. spaces), landscaping, boundary treatments, services, vehicular and pedestrian access from Inchicore Road, private and communal open spaces and all associated works.

Planning Permission to amend a previously permitted development ABP-305207-19 (DCC Reg. Ref. 2738/19) by adding an additional floor containing a family room, wc and store with recessed south facing terrace at third floor level of the permitted house. The proposal will increase the overall height of the proposed house from 3 storey to 4 storey all with ancillary elevational changes and siteworks at a site to the rear and side of The Laurels, No. 54 Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.

Planning Permission to amend a previously permitted development ABP-305207-19 (DCC Reg. Ref. 2738/19) by adding an additional floor containing 2 no. 2 bed apartments with recessed south facing terraces at fourth floor level of the permitted apartment block. The proposal will increase the overall number of apartments from 16 to 18 and the height of the proposed building from 4 storey to 5 storey all with ancillary elevational changes and siteworks at a site to the rear and side of The Laurels, No. 54 Inchicore Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8.

The proposed development will consist of the following: Proposed new 3 storey teaching and meditation building (356 sqm) containing (a) ground floor teaching space; (b) first floor 2 bed apartment; (c) second floor shrine room in the rear garden of the existing 2 storey over basement house. Also to include a revised location of existing site entrance on roadside boundary, removal of existing timber gates and wall at side of existing house and provision of new gates and driveway to rear garden area, conversion of existing single storey structure to rear of existing house for provision of sanitary facilities, provision of 10 covered bicycle parking spaces, new hard landscape, landscape planting, boundary treatments, services and all associated site works.

RETENTION: Permission for retention being sought for change of use from residential to meditation and practice space on ground floor.