Planning precedent report

Change of use on the ground floor from Café to Restaurant for hot and cold food for sale on and off the premises

Planning Permission for development at 155 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, an existing mid-terrace 4 storey over basement building fronting onto Parnell Street and Parnell Place. The development will consist of the replacement of the existing glazed roof over the smoking terrace at the ground floor facing onto Parnell Place with an acoustically insulated glazed roof, new acoustically insulated glazed screen and acoustic door to the smoking terrace and sundry associated minor works.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the development at this site Cassidys Hotel, Nos. 6, 7, 8 Cavendish Row and No. 9A Rutland Place, Dublin 1, D01 V3P6. (No. 6 Cavendish Row is a Protected Structure, no works are proposed to No. 6 Cavendish Row). The development will consist of: a rear extension of 651.5 sqm across First to Fourth Floor Levels to accommodate 24 No. additional hotel bedrooms, above the existing car park access at ground level. The extended 143 no. bedroom hotel will have a total gross floor area of 6,076 sqm. The development will also consist of: alterations to the side and rear boundary including changes to the existing side gate onto Rutland Place; provision of signage (comprising 1 no. high level sign on the rear elevation and 2 no. low level illuminated signs on the side and rear elevations), external lighting, hard and soft landscaping including window boxes, and all site development works above and below ground.

RETENTION PERMISSION is sought on behalf of Thibault Peigne for (i) the retention of two arrowheads that are painted onto the front façade between the two windows at the first-floor level, (ii) a roller shutter and (iii) a retractable awning attached to the shop front façade of No. 147 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, DO1 V4A8. A separate licensing application is being submitted for one A1-size Ad Board (pavement sign) to be placed on the public footpath abutting the property No. 147 Parnell Street.

Academy Plaza Hotel Partnership is applying for permission for development at Nos. 86-87 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, D01 KN77 and D01 AK16 (relating to the Academy Plaza Hotel, at Nos. 10-14, Findlater Place and Nos. 83-85 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, D0l X2X0). The development will consist of the demolition of existing structures at Nos. 86 and 87 Parnell Street (547 sqm Gross Floor Area (GFA)) and the construction of a seven storey extension to Parnell Street, comprising: -36 No. hotel bedrooms at 1st to 6th floor levels (with the associated omission of 6 No. existing hotel bedrooms), associated hotel storage / plant area at basement level and new internal access to existing Academy Plaza Hotel basement level; -2 No. retail units at ground floor level (c.79.1 sqm GFA and c. 74.43 sqm GFA respectively) including new opening to Strong's Court. The development will also include: sedum/green roof and plant at roof level; signage at ground floor level; and all associated site excavation and development works above and below ground. The proposed extension results in an increase in total GFA of c. 1,442.8 sqm (inclusive of c.1289.3 sqm GFA of proposed hotel and c.153.5 sqm GFA of proposed retail) resulting in a hotel building of 13,270.8 sqm (inclusive of permitted hotel floorspace (860 sqm GFA) at 9th floor level (DCC Reg. Ref. 4150/23 refers)). The proposed extension results in a net increase of 30 No. hotel bedrooms, resulting in a hotel building with 362 No. hotel bedrooms (inclusive of permitted 28 No. hotel bedrooms at 9th floor level (DCC Reg. Ref. 4150/23 refers); the inclusion of retail, retail store, hotel store use at ground and basement levels. The overall extended building (inclusive of permitted (DCC Reg. Ref. 4150/23 refers) extension at 9th floor level will range from five to nine storeys with roof plant, over basement level.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the installation of an ATM machine to the existing shop front to the south-east elevation. No. 145 is listed in Dublin City Council's record of protected structures - Ref 6433.