Site planning risk brief

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The site is bordered by St. Vincent Street West and Emmet Crescent. The proposed development consists of: A) Phased demolition of the middle section of the existing school building; removal of prefabricated temporary teaching accommodation units and selected trees. B) Refurbishment and alterations of the retained sections of the building including internal works to existing classrooms on ground floor to provide a new two classroom special educational needs unit and provision of the application of new insulated rendering system to building facades and upgrade of existing windows and doors. C) Construction of two-storey extension to the middle section of the existing school building, consisting of a general purpose hall, special education tuition rooms, multi-purpose room, home school liaison room, 4 no. general classrooms, a library, offices, staff room, stores, toilets, circulation areas, and ancillary accommodation. D) Provision of 22 no. on-site car parking spaces. E) Widening of existing vehicular access and provision for a new pedestrian site access with refurbishment of existing gates and provision of new gates all facing Emmet Crescent Street. F) Provision of 60 no. on-site bicycle parking spaces; refurbishment of gate facing St. Vincent Street West; provision of covered bin store. G) Provision of new hard surfaced and planted play and amenity areas, erection of 6 no. new flagpoles, refurbishment and upgrade of existing boundary walls, fences and gates (as described above and including a pedestrian gate towards the convent at the western site boundary), and provision of ancillary site works at this location. The site is in the curtilage of protected structures, Sisters of Mercy Chapel & Convent to the west.

(i) construction of a five-storey flat/green-roofed apartment block, with communal roof terrace, comprising 13 no. two-bedroom apartments (each to be served by private balcony/terrace and 1 no. vehicular parking space) and a communal gym area at ground floor level; (ii) provision of bicycle parking areas and bin stores to serve existing and proposed apartment blocks; (iii) revision of existing car park and landscaping of existing open space area along southern site boundary; and (iv) all ancillary works, inclusive of solar panel provision (atop proposed apartment block), general landscaping and SuDS drainage, necessary to facilitate the development. The proposal will increase the number of residential apartments within Emmet Court from 96 to 109 and reduce the number of car parking spaces within Emmet Court from 87 to 82 (including 2 no. accessible spaces).

The development will consist of: (i) construction of a four-storey flat-roofed apartment block comprising 12 no. two-bedroom apartments each to be served by private south facing terrace and 1 no. vehicular parking space; (ii) provision of new bicycle shed and bin store to serve new apartment block and provision of surface level bicycle parking spaces to serve the wider scheme; (iii) all ancillary works, inclusive of car park revision, open space provision, landscaping and SuDS drainage necessary to facilitate the development. The proposal will increase the number of residential apartments within Emmet Court from 96 to 108 and reduce the number of car parking spaces from 87 to 53.

RETENTION: The development seeks permission for the retention of a single storey 9m2 lean to extension at Emmet Court to provide shelter to the building’s water tank.

Demolition of a single-storey extension at rear and erection of two-storey extension at rear with balcony, stairs down to garden and side privacy screens.

Planning permission for 1) Demolition of existing single-story flat roof extension to rear. 2) New two storey flat roof extension to the rear over existing footprint. 3) All associated site and auxiliary works.