Planning precedent report

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the change of use at ground floor and basement floor levels of No. 52 Richmond St. South (a Protected Structure) from restaurant to office. Existing residential use at upper floors unaffected.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION: The development will consist of change of use of the basement and ground floor of no. 52 Richmond Street South from café with ancillary storage to a restaurant of 184.7sqm that will be open between 07.00 and 23.00hours and will be accessed over the permitted platform and entrance from the street to the front. New signage (1.55sqm) at ground floor of the front elevation addressing Richmond Street South. Internal alterations and modifications at basement and ground floor level of the property. All associated conservation and site development works.

Permission is sought to rearrange the layout of the parking area associated with the recently constructed 6 storey office and restaurant development at the Lennox Building, 47-51 South Richmond Street, Dublin 2, which was built under planning permission Reg. Ref. 3015/15 and amended by Reg. Ref.4638/17. Permission has been granted for the parking of 9 cars in the rear yard associated with the development (Reg. Ref.2958/19). Permission is sought to rearrange the parking, so that 10 cars can be parked in this space. The area would continue to accommodate bicycle parking, disabled parking space and access to the building as originally approved.

RETENTION: Retention Permission is sought to make amendments to the recently constructed 6 storey office and restaurant development which was built under planning permission Reg. Ref. 4638/17. That permission approved the parking of 8 cars in the rear yard associated with the development. Following construction it is clear that 10 cars can be parked in this space and the area has been set out accordingly. Permission is sought to retain the use of the yard for the parking of 10 cars. The area continues to accommodate bicycle parking, disabled parking space and access to the building as originally approved.

The development will consist of alterations to previously approved development Reg. Ref. 4638/17 at the corner of Richmond Street South, Dublin 2 and Lennox Street, Dublin 8. The proposed alterations are as follows: omission of approved basement level gym (678sq.m) and provision of a cultural/recreational space, as defined under Appendix 21 of the Dublin City Council Development Plan 2016-2022, to consist of a multipurpose events space including cinema, exhibition space, conference centre (and associated meeting rooms) and ancillary facilities (toilets, storage, etc.). The development will also include minor alterations to the approved ground floor and basement floor plans and all other ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: RETENTION: The removal of modern partitions forming two bathrooms and the alteration of modern partitions forming one larger bathroom on the third floor; the reconfiguring of modern partitions to bathrooms on the second floor, first floor, ground floor, ground floor return and at basement level; the removal of a modern partition in the first floor return and at basement level and all associated works to the four storey over basement building.