Planning precedent report

The development will consist of: (1) Refurbishment works to existing Health Clinic and Medical Consultants' Suites to be comprised of changes to internal layout at ground floor level to provide 2 no. clinic and 4 no. Medical Consultant Suites (265 sqm), at first floor level to provide Medical Consultants' Suites (190sqm), and all associated elevational changes; (2) New accessible public side entrance with ramp and canopy; (3) Provision of waste storage facilities at ground floor level; (4) Removal of existing oil tank and replacement with external heat pump and associated plant at ground floor level; (5) Addition of new PV panel solar mounting system to existing roof; (6) And all associated ancillary site works and services.

The development will consist of: A) Erection of a flat roof, timber frame single storey standalone Studio to accommodate meditation activities B) Associated external sheltered walkway.

The development will consist of (1) Demolition of existing two-storey rear extension, (2) new two-storey extension to rear (3) external bin and storage in front garden, (4) internal modifications and (5) all associated site works.

Demolition of existing single storey extension to rear. Construction of new single storey extension to rear of existing dwelling. All Associated Demolition, internal alterations, site landscaping and ancillary works.

RETENTION: PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Grangegorman Development Agency and the Department of Education and Skills intend to apply for temporary retention permission for development at a site comprising the Dublin 7 Educate Together National School, Fitzwilliam Place, Grangegorman Lower, Dublin 7, located within the Grangegorman Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). The development consists of the temporary retention and use of the existing Dublin 7 Educate Together National School which was granted temporary permission under 4291/08 and extended under GSDZ3263/14 and GSDZ3653/17. This application seeks to retain the temporary school for a further 3 years while the construction of the permanent school is ongoing. The temporary school comprises: 1) A two storey 16 classroom primary school of approx. 2284 sq.m (including all ancillary school accommodation/layout/storage); 2) 2 no. ball courts, a junior play area, a dedicated special needs play area, 32 no. surface car parking spaces, vehicular set down area, circulation/paths, bicycle stands, a 2.4m high paladin perimeter fence, associated landscaping/drainage works, bin storage and external temporary storage facilities (generally for the storage of sports equipment); and 3) Vehicular entrance and pedestrian access (including security alterations to associated gates) through the perimeter wall (a Protected Structure - RPS Ref. 3289) at Morning Star Avenue to provide adequate emergency access clearance (including the temporary removal, repair and reinstatement of the wall and pier at Morning Star Avenue).

PROTECTED STRUCTURE & RETENTION: We, the Grangegorman Development Agency and The Dept. of Education, intend to apply for Retention Permission for the following development to a site formerly occupied by the Dublin 7 Educate Together National School, Fitzwilliam Place North, Lower Grangegorman, Dublin 7, D07 PY50, and now to be occupied by An Cosan Grangegorrman Special School (i.e. lands to the south of The Lower House, Grangegorman, a Protected Structure) located within the overall Grangegorman Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), i) The temporary retention and use of the existing detached two-storey School building, for a period of a further 7 years, which was granted temporary permission originally under 4291/08, with the duration subsequently further extended under GSDZ3263/14, GSDZ3653/17 & GSDZ3092/21, ii) retention of internal alterations to the ground floor of the existing building to accommodate six SEN classrooms each with Quiet Spaces and Accessible WC'S, a new Assisted User Shower Room, a new Multi-Sensory Room, a new General Purpose Room, a new Life skills Room, a new Admin Office, new Principal's & Deputy Principal's Offices, a new Staff Room, a new First Aid Room, a new Meeting Room and ancillary Storerooms & WC's etc. (the first floor of the existing building is to remain unaltered leaving the building with a total of fourteen classrooms), iii) retention of a new glazed double-door with side screens in a new larger ope formed to the eastern elevation at ground floor level to the new GP Room, iv) retention of the re-landscaping of existing play spaces to provide new soft play areas with new play equipment, a new Sensory Garden & a relocated hard-landscaped basketball court etc., v) retention of new metal and timber fences and gates within the site to secure the new play spaces and to define new site boundaries with the Grangegorman TUD campus proper so as to cede parts of the site along the northern & western boundaries back to the Grangegorrman Development Agency, vi) retention of a new sliding metal vehicular gate set-back from the existing Fitzwilliam Place North entrance along the redefined western site boundary, (vii) retention of a new car-park area to the south-west of the existing building, to provide 14 no. car-spaces, replacing 16 existing car-spaces ceded back to the GDA along the northern site boundary, bringing the total number of spaces provided to the School to 27, to also include new car park site lighting, EV charging point etc., viii) the retention of two new bike shelter structures each providing parking for 8 no. bikes for a total bicycle parking provision of 16 no.bikes, ix) retention of a new Bin Store area comprising an enclosure of mesh metal fences and gates, x) the retention of four new external ramps, one new set of external steps and new external concrete paths around the reconfigured building to facilitate the new layout, xi) the retention of a new external steel canopy structure with polycarbonate mono-pitched roof outside the main entrance to the building. Sections of the site boundary wall forming the curtilage of the site, including the existing entrance archway from Fitzwilliam Place North and the existing gate piers & wall to Morning Star Avenue, are Protected Structures, (RPS Ref. No. 3289), but no works to these Protected Structures are proposed as part of this application.