Planning precedent report

PERMISSION AND RETENTION PERMISSION: The development consist of: Retention permission is sought for: (i) the construction of an outdoor dining area with overhead canopy; (ii) structure comprising of (a) food store areas; (b) staff facilities including staff room and staff W/C; (c) customer W/C; (d) access corridor all to the rear of the existing chopped unit (iii) all ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development. Planning permission also sought for the existing cafe/sandwich bar and proposed outdoor dining area to the rear to be used as a licensed cafe/sandwich bar premises.

For change of use of part of first floor & second floor from licenced premises to a three bed apartment; with enclosed open space as roof garden, with comms room at roof level.

PERMISSION: The development will consist of: (i) demolition of existing three-storey commercial building; (ii) construction of a mixed-use development comprising 2 no. blocks, each with partial sedum roof and 4 no. rooflights, (Block A is three-storey over basement with set-back third floor level & Block B three storey over basement level with set-back fourth/fifth floor levels) which together accommodate 25 no. residential apartments (7 no. studio, 10 no. one bedroom & 8 no. two-bedroom - each served by private balcony/courtyard) and 1 no. commercial unit (77 sq.m); (iii) provision of refuse store, loading bay, storage lockers (26 no.), vehicular parking spaces (2 no.), bicycle parking spaces (49 no.) and bicyle servicing area at street/basement level; (iv) provision of communal amenity space (219 sq.m) and general planting at ground floor level; and, (v) all ancillary works inclusive of boundary treatments, visitor bicyle parking spaces (8 No. planting and SuDS, necessary to facilitate the development.

RETENTION PERMISSION: The development consists of the retention of change of use from office space at first and second floor levels to 2 no. self contained 2-bedroom apartments each with floor area of 63 sq m.

Permission is sought for change of use from retail shop to cafe (30.7m2) at 1A Merville Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3 and its incorporation into existing adjacent cafe at 1B Merville Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3 (2) change of use of shared back yard to outdoor café with bin store (19.3m2) to rear of 1A & 1B Merville Avenue, Marion, Dublin 3; (3) provision of external seating to front of 1A & 1B Merville Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3; (4) provision of 2 no. new velux rooflight in existing roofs at 1A & 1B Merville Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3; (5) new kitchen extract duct to rear at 1B Merville Avenue, Marino, Dublin 3.

The development will consist of (a) demolition of existing rear return at ground floor level and alterations / reconfiguration of remaining ground and first floor levels associated services and insulation including; (i) replacement of existing roof and raising of same 150mm new ridge height level of 9.75mAOD, (ii) raising of existing ground floor level by 150mm (iii) alteration to location / height of first floor window opening and replacement of existing windows and entrance door with new on front (south-facing) elevation, (iv) alteration to location / height of ground and first floor window openings, removal of first floor landing window opening, widening of existing ground floor door opening (now external) and replacement of existing windows and door with new on rear (north-facing) elevation, (v) replacement of existing windows on western elevation, (vi) replacement of existing first floor window and alteration to location / height of existing ground floor (glass-block) window opening on eastern elevation and provision of new window to same and, provision of new roof light over proposed stairwell, (vii) new replacement vehicular gate off rear laneway; and, (b) change of use from existing public house to short-stay tourist accommodation. The development includes all associated ancillary works, including boundary treatment, necessary to complete the development.