Planning precedent report

A petrol filling station including forecourt with 6 pump islands and overhead canopy, HGV filling island and an ancillary retail and food sales building with a total GFA of 672.39sq.m, including drive-through restaurant, cafe/deli, seating area of 197sq.m. convenience shop (100sq.m. net), restrooms and ancillary staff and storage space. Associated signage, including 2 internally illuminated totem signs, canopy and building-mounted signage: associated site works, including 76 car parking spaces, 3 HGV parking spaces, 2 coach parking spaces, 40 bicycle spaces, underground fuel tanks, SUDS drainage, site lighting and landscaping: and vehicular access is proposed from Ballymount Avenue and vehicular egress is proposed to the access road to the south east, which serves Fashion City on a site located to the south of Ballymount Avenue and Ballymount Road Upper and to the east of Calmount Road. The proposed development amends the extant permission for a petrol filling station including ancillary retail and cafe unit and drive-through restaurant on the subject site as permitted under Reg. Ref. SD16A/0212.

Increase in height from 5.6 metres (as required under Condition 5 of Reg ref:SD18A/0002) to 7 metres for two internally illuminated totem signs at the Applegreen Petrol filling station located to the south of Ballymount Avenue and Ballymount Road Upper and to the east of Calmount Road.

The development will consist of change of use from Retail use to retail use with ancillary off licence use

Two storey extension to rear of existing building to accommodate additional vehicle service bays on the ground floor and additional office space and ancillary accommodation on the first floor.

Construction of a two storey motorcar retail showroom (c. 904sq.m); 2 floors of ancillary offices and associated uses; access to be provided from existing entrance the internal circulation road to the west; provision of 19 visitor and staff surface car parking (1 disabled access space, 2 electric vehicle charging spaces and 4 bicycle parking spaces); 89 spaces for the display and valet of vehicles, including display area; signage comprising 3 totem signs (2 x 6m and 1 x 7.5m in height) and 5 elevational signs (c. 20.19sq.m of signage in total); single storey substation and bin store as well as all associated infrastructure, landscaping and associated site development works including plant and PV panels at roof level all on a site of c. 0.59ha.

The change of use from warehouse to data repository facility, alterations to external facades, provision of a new 1100mm parapet, reclad roof, internal alterations, refurbishment of the existing office space, solar panels at roof level, external plant at ground and roof levels and equipment to include 12 condenser modules, an emergency back-up generator and associated fuel storage tank, transformer, extension to the existing sub-station (c. 13sq.m), 2 sprinkler tanks and pumphouse, bin store, 22 parking spaces including 2 electrical vehicle charging points, bicycle parking shelter, landscaping, planting, new security fence, external lighting, CCTV, altered vehicular gates, permeable hard surfaces, alterations to internal foul sewerage and water supply networks, provision of SuDS compliant surface water drainage system and all associated site works.