Planning precedent report

Works involved with removal of the existing shopfront façade, feature piers and plinth, glazing and entrance door and replacing with new modern facia, piers and shopfront glazing to ground

Permission to change the existing use of the subject units from retail use, to café/deli use. It is also proposed to provide new toilets, storage and staff facilities at Unit 3/4 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1 (D01 ND71)

Permission for change of use of the subject units from retail use to cafe/ delicatessen use. It is also proposed to provide new toilets, storage and staff facilities.

The development will consist of the partial demolition and alteration of the ground floor retail facades on Lower Liffey Street and Bachelors Walk, including the enclosure of an existing open corner, the installation of new open-able glazed screens and windows on both facades, the installation of new traditional painted shopfront signage and illuminated projecting signage on both facades, the installation of awnings to Lower Liffey Street and all ancillary works.

The reinstating of the ground floor windows to the north elevation in their original openings, the fitting of new shop front and signage to east elevation, the relocation of the existing air handling units to the roof, internal alterations to include the fitting of a new lift, and the construction of new stairs, the use of the ground floor as retail and the 1st floor as offices and all associated site works

RETENTION: Planning permission for the retention of exterior retractable pvc canopy, demountable pvc windbreakers, exterior wooden bench seating, light box signage & exterior wall mounted speakers.