Planning precedent report

The proposed development will comprise the demolition of an existing single storey extension to the side and to the rear of the original 2-storey dwelling, at ground floor level, and the construction of a new single storey extension to the rear in lieu of the same. The proposed works will also comprise modifications to the front elevation, including a new main entrance door, and a new porch roof to an existing secondary entrance door to the front elevation, together with a new dormer window above same at first floor level, and new velux rooflights at roof level, together with all associated ancillary site works, including comnnections into existing services.

Permission for the demolition and rebuilding of 2.39m tall x 80m long perimeter garden wall which runs along The By-Way road, perpendicular to Westminster Road. (The property is located in an Architectural Conservation Area).

Permission for construction of single storey extensions

Permission sought for the retention of an existing conservatory (8.5 sqm) to the south-side of the existing house and conversion of a car port into an Ambulatory Bedroom (18.7 sqm), with ensuite bathroom, to the north-side of the existing house.

The development will consist of: (i) demolition of existing 2 storey dwelling referred to as Rockbrae, entrance gates, piers, and all associated ancillary structures on site: (ii) construction of a residential development comprising 1 no. four-storey block ( 3-storeys with set-back penthouse level), comprising 26 no. apartments (3 no. one-bedroom units, 21 no. two-bedroom units and 2 no. three-bedroom units) each served by private amenity space in the form of a balcony and having shared access to communal amenity space and 30 no. vehicular parking spaces at surface level: (iii) provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance off Westminster road, with a new internal road and footpaths provided adjacent to the proposed building; (iv) all ancillary works including landscaping, boundary treatments, bin store, bicycle store (48 no. spaces); visitor bicycle parking (12 no., spaces), SuDs drainage, and all site services, site infrastructure and associated site development works necessary to facilitate the development.

Permission for development and permission for retention of development on a site of 0.17 ha at Pinecroft Lodge, The By Way, Westminster Road, Dublin 18, D18 WFP8. The application consists of: 1) Permission for retention of the use of Pinecroft Lodge as a separate dwelling within its own curtilage; 2) Retention of fencing along the northern boundary of the site; and 3) Permission for a single storey extension to the rear of Pinecroft Lodge (51.5 sqm), removal of external doors and windows to the front and rear and internal modifications.