Planning precedent report

Alterations to existing hip roof to side to create gable roof to accom

Development will consist of a new gable wall to the side of the existing house with a new window added at attic level and a proposed new dormer roof to the rear of the existing house roof & 1No. new Velux window to the rear of the existing house roof and all ancillary works.

Permission for development at a site of c. 0.52 Ha at Kavanagh's Garden, Beaverstown Road, Donabate, Co. Dublin. The site is bounded to the north by lands associated with a 2-storey detached dwelling at Beaverstown Road and the single storey detached dwelling known as 'Strawberry Bungalow', to the south by the 1 - 2 storey Donabate Portrane Educate Together National School, to the east by the rear gardens associated with 2-storey semi-detached dwellings at Nos. 77, 78, 79 and 80 Somerton and to the west by Beaverstown Road. The development will consist of: Construction of 18 no. 2 - 4 bedroom 2 storey semi-detached and terraced dwelling houses with rear gardens (houses range in size from c. 103 sqm to c. 153 sqm GFA each); public open space (c. 563 sqm in area); proposed vehicular and pedestrian access from Beaverstown Road; proposed internal access/shared road through the site; car parking (19 no. spaces); bicycle parking; bin storage; lighting; hard and soft landscaping; boundary treatment works; services provision; drainage works including Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and all associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground (including pumping station and associated kiosk). The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement.

The construction of a single storey extension to the rear, alterations to the first floor fenestration on the rear elevation, the widening of the existing vehicular entrance and associated site works.

The development will consist of a residential scheme providing 28 no. units in total. The scheme comprises: (i) the construction of 9 no. two-storey buildings, consisting of 17 no. one-bedroom apartments and 1 no. ground floor level community facility in the form of a multi-purpose room with storage space. A communal garden is provided to the rear of the proposed communal facility. Each of the 17 no. apartments proposed is provided with private amenity space to the rear (west) and 1 no. car parking space provided to the front (east). These 17 no. one-bedroom apartments and the associated communal facility are provided on-site for visually impaired persons and will be provided in association with The National Association of Housing For The Visually Impaired (NAHVI), an Approved Housing Body (AHB). The proposed development also includes: (ii) the construction of 11 no. two-storey, three bedroom, terraced dwellings, each served with private amenity space to the rear and 1 no. on-curtilage car parking space; (iii) the provision of 1,018 sq.m of open space; (iv) the provision of new road surfaces and footpaths, with access to the development site provided from the existing road network in 'The Paddocks' Residential Development to the east; and (v) all associated works including landscaping, boundary treatments and drainage, necessary to facilitate the development.

1/ Conversion of existing attic to bedroom accommodation, with dormer extension to rear, to include gable ending of existing hipped roof to side (north-west) elevation. 2/ Construction of upper storey extension to side, 3/ Construction of single storey extension to rear, and associated site works.