Planning precedent report

The development will consist of the replacement of the existing scrolling internally illuminated double sided 'Metropole' advertising display case with a double sided digital advertising display case and associated works.

RETENTION: The development which is in a Strategic Development Zone, will consist of the retention of the existing scrolling internally illuminated double sided 'Metropole' advertising display case mounted on an offset leg.

The application relates to a development within a Strategic Development Zone Planning Scheme area. The proposed development comprises of: Change of use to cafe/restaurant (70m2); Relocation of existing entrance door on the western elevation and provision of new entrance door to the southern elevation. Provision of new curtain walling system facade to the south and west elevations. Provision of fascia signage area to match new curtain walling system to the western elevation and the provision of window openings to the southern elevation and all other ancillary site development works necessary to facilitate the development.

Two storey attached one bed house.

For temporary development at the Coach Park, former North Wall Freight Depot, Sheriff Street Upper, Dublin 1. Part of the site is located within a Conservation Area. The proposed development site is outside the Grand Canal and North Lotts Strategic Development Zone. The proposed development consists of the continued temporary use for a period of five years (subsequent to extant permission Reg. Ref. 3651/15 PL29N.245861) for accommodation and parking facility for up to 50 private coaches in delineated bus bays on existing concrete hardstand within a site of 1.5 hectares. The development includes (as constructed in accordance with Reg. Ref. 3651/15 PL29N.245861) repairs and minor expansion to the surface of the existing concrete hardstand and provision of single storey portacabin building for security and welfare facility (72m2), together with ancillary lighting, fencing, CCTV, vehicle management controls and signage, bus bay line markings and installation of drainage control infrastructure. Included is a de minimis movement of the portacabin 8m north with minor elevation changes. The facility will only permit access to empty private coaches. The coach park will continue to operate as per the existing requirements of Condition No. 3 (7am to midnight) of the extant planning permission for the site. It is intended to continue to use the former North Wall Freight Depot as a Coach Parking Facility on a temporary basis until the lands are necessary for the construction of DART Underground, for which a Railway Order has been approved. This application is also subject to a concurrent and inter-related planning application for continued temporary use of an entrance and access road (further to extant permission Reg. Ref. DSDZ3650/15) from Park Lane to the coach parking facility, which is on lands within the Grand Canal and North Lotts Strategic Development Zone.

The development consists of a new 20sqm single storey rear extension with a flat roof over, minor internal alterations with all associated site and ground works necessary to facilitate the development.