Planning precedent report

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

The development seeking permission will consist of the provision of a 4.4m wide vehicular entrance and a bicycle store to the front of the property.