Planning precedent report

Planning permission for widening driveway and a garage conversion to include a new window to front elevation and alteration to raise garage roof height at ground floor level of existing dwelling.

The retention of the existing scrolling internally illuminated double sided ‘Metropole’ advertising display case mounted on an offset leg.

The site is bounded to the west by Swords Road (R132) to the south by Collins Avenue (R103), to the north by Dublin City Council lands and to the east by existing residential development at The Thatch Road, Dublin 9. The proposed development consists of the construction of 59 no. older persons apartments, 46 no. 1 bed & 13 no. 2 bed, in a three storey block, to include community room, reception, office, meeting room, laundry, mobility storage, bulky storage, plant room, bin store, ESB substation & meter room located at ground floor level. This application also includes all associated site development and infrastructural works, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatments, surface car parking (17 no. spaces) and bicycle parking (40 no. residential, 15 no. visitor spaces). Vehicular access to the site will be via the existing carpark entrance off Collins Avenue East.

The development consists of the widening of existing pedestrian access to create a vehicular access all to the front of existing house, exiting onto Glencloy Road, Larkhill, Whitehall, Dublin 9 and for all associated site works.

RETENTION & PERMISSION: Planning permission & Retention Permission is sought by Graham McCarthy for the following: (i) Planning Permission is sought for the conversion of existing attic to non-habitable space with installation of new velux rooflights to the front elevation. (ii) Retention permission is sought to retain an existing driveway with vehicular entrance onto Collins Avenue West and permission to form a new dished kerb and all associated works necessary to facilitate the development

RETENTION: The development consists of (i) a 1.8m high x 0.8m wide wall at the west side boundary of the dwelling incorporating a ESB Networks external termination unit box, (ii) a new bay window and zinc clad wall at the front of the flat roof single storey garage conversion to the side of the house, (ii) a new raised parapet wall surround at the front and side, (iv) an external detached flat roof home-office at the rear of the house and (v) all associated internal and site works.