Site planning risk brief

Change of use from mews / store facing Daly's Lane, to studio apartment on ground floor, one bedroom apartment on first floor, along with re-design of garden. This is a Protected Structure RPS 3215, on the NIAH Reg No. 21517210 and in Limerick Architectural Conservation Area 1A

Renovation and extension of the existing, a protected structure. The following works are proposed (i) maintain the basement and ground floor as office use and facilitate internal modification, renovation and restoration; (ii) change of use of the first and second floor from residential to office use and facilitate internal modification, renovation and restoration; (iii)maintain the third floor for residential use and modify and renovate to provide for a 2 bedroom apartment; (iv) provide an extension to the existing office building to include a glazed courtyard area and additional office floorspace at lower ground and upper ground floor; (v) construct a separate two storey mews, commercial building, with independent access from the car parking area for use as a recording studio; (vi) provision of signage on the front elevation of 68 O'Connell Street and on the proposed new commercial mews building to rear; (vii) provision of on-site car parking, with access off Daly's Lane; and (viii) all associated ancillary site development works

The change of use of basement, ground, first and second floors, and the two storey return building from offices into 3 no one-bed apartments and 1 no studio apartment in basement and first floor, 3 no two-bed apartments each on ground floor, second floor and two storey return building; replacement of two windows with patio doors on rear return building, removal of existing flat roofed lift structure and its machinery, removal of steel ladder from third floor, external flue pipes from rear return building with consequent elevational changes; replacement of all inappropriate pvc windows with timber up and down sash windows to correct configuration, removal of structure housing oil tank and associated site works. This is a Protected Structure RPS No 3215, on the NIAH Reg No 21517210 and in Limerick ACA 1A

The change of use of the lower ground floor from office use to residential, the creation of a new access from Mallow Street, the replacement of windows to the toilet areas on the first floor landing and all ancillary site works to the protected structure (RPS 213 NIAH 21517212)

Alterations and refurbishment to existing protected structures No. 2 & No. 3 Mallow Street, RPS Ref. No. 77 & No. 78 (CH155 & CH156) to include the demolition of the existing two storey annex building and existing gateway to the rear(abutting existing rear access laneway), alterations and repair/refurbishment works to all existing building elevations inclusive of replacement of existing windows, construct extensions to buildings to rear at basement, ground and first floor level and construction of new rear entrance porch. Also construct new extension at roof level to provide 2 No. 1-bedroom studio apartments. Development will also include for new independent apartment building and secure entrance gateway to existing rear access laneway, new refuse & bicycle storage, plant areas & new courtyard area. The development will include all associated ancillary accommodation, site/road works and drainage to provide a total of 12 No. 1-bedroom apartments at our site

The conversion of existing residential house into 8 no. studio apartments (2 no. basement level, 2 no. first floor level, 2 no. second floor level and 2 no. at third floor level). Conversion of existing ground floor area into 2 no. separate office (commercial) areas. The removal of existing 2 storey flat roofed extension (non-original) at rear and the construction of new five storey steel framed extension at rear including insulated wall panels and proprietary windows and including new entrance at ground level at rear (Hartstonge Mews). The removal of existing annex (adjacent to stairwell) at rear at first and second floor levels and replace with new steel framed structure at first & second floor levels and extended to include extension at third floor level at rear. New metal insulated wall panelling to external face of existing stairwell/annex at rear to include for stairwell/annex extension at third floor level. New 'A' roof (timber) with traditional slates to main building to replace existing [non-original] slate roof including new parapet gutters to front and rear. New conservation type rainwater pipes. New conservation type roof light (roof access) to roof slope fronting Catherine Place and new conservation type roof light (smoke vent) to rear slope. Form new entrance in existing window opening to proposed studio/apartment at basement level (Catherine Place). Conservation repair works to exterior of building including existing 2 no. chimney stacks, existing parapets at front and rear. Re-pointing of existing brickwork facade to Catherine Place. Conservation type repairs to existing up and down sash windows [non-original], including replacement of glass panes [non-original] with slimlite double glazed panes, conservation type repairs to 4 no. metal balconies at first floor windows to Catherine Place, to metal railings at street level and to entrance steps at front. Conversion of existing cellar at basement (Catherine Place) into services room including new door to existing cellar opening. The proposal also includes all ancillary services and drainage works necessary to facilitate the development at Lissadell House (A Protected Structure - RPS No 113)