Site planning risk brief

Retention planning permission for change of use from restaurant, to restaurant with take-away, at existing ground floor premises (68 sq.m.) at 4 Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3.

The development will consist of the change of use of the ground floor of the unit, from retail to restaurant.

RETENTION: Development at the rear access lane off Churchgate Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3, behind 2, 2A, 4 & 4A Vernon Avenue. The development consists of the retention of existing lockable galvanised steel gates to the lane entrance for security and access purposes, previously granted permission for 2 years under Planning Register reference 3491/17.

Planning permission is sought for works to existing single storey terrace dwellings. Works to include the change of use of premises from Credit Union to Doctors Surgery to accommodate the appropriate furnishings and other necessary equipment for operation as a Doctors Surgery.

The development will consist of change of use of an existing two-storey building, which contains 92.35 sq. metres, from retail (travel agency) to a restaurant, demolition of a small two-storey return section to the rear of this building (which contains 28.55 sq. metres) and the erection of a two-storey extension measuring 62.6 sq. metres to the rear of this existing structure and the use of this new floorspace as part of the new restaurant (which will then contain 154.95 sq. metres in total), including the provision of kitchen, storage, dining, food preparation and wash-up areas as well as a bin store. The proposal also entails physical works including the creation of a new door in the façade of the existing building and the provision of roof-mounted plant equipment.

Change of use of an existing two-storey building, which contains 95.6 sq. metres, from vacant retail purposes (travel agency) to a restaurant, the demolition of a small two-storey return section to the rear of this building (which contains 27.6 sq. metres) and the demolition of a bay window in its facade (which contains 4 sq. metres) at 11 Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin 3. The proposal also entails the erection of a new two-storey extension to the rear of the existing building and a new two-storey bay window addition to the front measuring 112 sq. metres in total. The application intends the use of this new floorspace as part of the proposed restaurant, which will then contain 235.24 sq. metres in total and which will accommodate kitchen, storage, dining, food preparation and ancillary bar areas, as well as wash-up activities and a refuse storage facility. The development also entails physical works including the creation of a new door in the facade of the existing building, the creation of four new window openings in its side elevation and the provision of roof-mounted plant equipment.