Site planning risk brief

CHANGE OF USE OF WALCOT TO USE SOLELY AS A FAMILY HOME FROM ITS PREVIOUS USE AS A GUEST HOUSE AND FAMILY HOME. THE CONSERVATION AND REGENERATION AND EXTENSION OF WALCOT AND THE CONSERVATION AND REGENERATION OF ITS MEWS. THE EXTENSION TO WALCOT WILL CONSIST OF A SINGLE STOREY DINING LIVING ROOM ATTACHED TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN DWELLING LIVING ROOM AND THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE PLANT ROOM AND THE ADDITION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE MASTER BEDROOM AND PROVISION OF A NEW DOUBLE GARAGE. THE REPAVING WITH GRANITE PAVIOURS AND ADJUSTMENT OF GROUND LEVELS AND PROVISION OF RAMP WITHIN THE COURTYARD TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL ACCESS BETWEEN THE HOUSE, THE GARAGE AND THE MEWS TO THE REAR. THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE SOUTH/EAST BOUNDARY WALL TO THE COURTYARD TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED GARAGES AND ALIGN WITH THE RECONFIGURED PLANT ROOM. THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING ACCESS DRIVEWAY TO THE EAST BOUNDARY OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELOCATION OF CAR PARKING FROM DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE HOUSE, TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE AND THE CREATION OF A FORMAL TERRACE AND GARDEN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR, KITCHEN AND PROPOSED LIVING DINING ROOM. ALL ANCILLARY SERVICES, LANDSCAPING AND SITE WORKS. SEE FULL DETAILED DESCRIPTION IN ATTACHED APPENDIX A. AT WALCOT PROTECTED STRUCTURE, REF 49-275

THE DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING STORAGE SHED AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED SINGLE STOREY DWELLING WITH OUTBUILDING, BOUNDARY WORKS, PRIVATE OPEN SPACE, PARKING, SITE ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE PROPOSED WORKS ARE WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE IN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027 (RPS REFERENCE 49-286)

INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS, OTHER INTERNAL WORKS, 2 NO. EXISTING ROOFLIGHTS AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF SAME. PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A TWO STOREY AND SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND REFURBISHMENT OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS. THE BUILDING IS A PROTECTED STRUCTURE REF NO. 49-279 IN THE BIRR TOWN & ENVIRONS DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2010 (EXTENDED UNTIL 2020)

The construction of an extension and alterations to the existing Playground Tree House and all associated site development works to complete the development within the grounds of Birr Castle. The proposed development is within the curtilage of protected structures OCC RPS No. 49-302 through to 49-311 (NIAH Reg. No. 14819257, 14819258, 14819269, 14819270, 14819272, 14819275, 14819276, 14819277, 14819278, and 14819279)

PROVISION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE WITHIN THE HISTORIC DEMESNE WALL OF BIRR CASTLE, A PROTECTED STRUCTURE, (RPS NO. 49-311) ON WILLIAM STREET, AND WIDENING OF THE PUBLIC FOOTPATH AND PROVISION OF A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, UNSIGNALLED, AT THE TOP OF WILLIAM STREET

TO WIDEN EXISTING VEHICULAR ENTRANCE BY MOVING EXISTING NORTHERN PIER, WIDEN EXISTING GATES AND REDUCE EXISTING ROADSIDE RAILINGS TO SUIT, FORM PARKING AREA TO PORTION OF FRONT GARDEN, EXTEND EXISTING ENTRANCE STEPS AND RAILINGS TO DWELLING, REDUCE EXISTING SIDE STEPS TO BASEMENT LEVEL, NEW RAILINGS TO EXISTING LOW-LEVEL WALL TO SOUTH OF FRONT STEPS, MOVE EXISTING TIMBER GATE TO SOUTH GABLE BACK TO ALLOW FOR TURNING AREA, ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE BUILDING IS LISTED ON THE RECORD OF PROTECTED STRUCTURES (RPS: 49-218) WITHIN THE OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021-2027