Site planning risk brief

Change of use of 2 no. single storey annexes to the previous Eircom warehouse building from office use to student tutorial use. Location of a portacabin classroom in the yard area within the boundaries of the site and all associated site works

Construction of a first floor extension over existing ground floor extension and all associated site works

The change of use of the former female medical ward at St. Joseph’s Hospital to provide a new office headquarters. The existing three storey protected structure building will be internally renovated, altered and refurbished to provide consultation & meeting rooms, offices, stores & a plant room. The existing external steel escape stair will be removed. The replacement of external windows for timber sash windows, replacement and repair of existing roofs, gutters and downpipes with the insertion of new rooflights. The existing roof light over the ground floor corridor will be refurbished. A new double door opening will be provided within the wall of the proposed plantroom with a zinc roof box replacing the rooflight. The application also includes for the construction of new three storey extension which will be connected to the existing protected structure on the north-east side. On the ground floor the extension will contain an entrance lobby, reception & public toilets; on the first floor it will contain a staff canteen, office space, toilets & balcony. A new staircase and lift will be included serving the three floors. The extension will be clad in fibre cement cladding panels, white render, frameless & curtain wall glazing the latter incorporating glass fins. The site works will include the provision of 25 no. Car parking spaces, bicycle stand, internal roads, pathways, landscaping, external sculptures and associated drainage. The development will be carried out to & within the curtilage of the Protected Structure (RPS 257)

Conversion of attic space to habitable area

Use as a restaurant with takeaway facility of ground floor of existing unit and erection of new signage to front elevation

Two storey flat roof extension to the rear of the dwelling and planning permission to demolish the single storey rear annex and replace it with similar type of annex and convert the attic to a room and fit velux roof lights to the front and rear of the pitched slated roof and all other associated site works