Planning precedent report

Extend office use into warehouse area at ground and first floor to provide for office at first floor and canteen and toilets at ground floor.

Change of use of part ground floor of existing office / warehouse premises to a Deli-Cafe (Delicatessen - Cafe) to include a new recessed shopfront, signage and associated alterations and modifications.

Retention permission for site clearing and placing of unmetalled surfacing of the site over 9,700sq.m to facilitate HGV parking over 3,128sq.m and retention of temporary site entrance/exit as an interim access/egress subject to permanent replacement gates as described below: Permission for: (1) Additional HGV parking on 1,360sq.m of unmetalled surfacing; (2) temporary office/staff facilities building (56.3sq.m, 3.60m high) for period of 5 years with associated car parking ancillary to the HGV parking activity; (3) 2 entrance/exit gates including boundary fencing to the sites north east boundary fronting the estate access road (Clonlara Avenue); (4) perimeter landscaping throughout; (5) aggregate storage bays 400sq.m, 3.00m high to rear of site for temporary storage of 'in transit' aggregates periodically; (6) HGV wash bay plus site drainage including surface water runoff infiltration trenches to unmetalled yard and attenuation facility; (7) all associated site development works and utilities.

Erection of two backlight signage units at high level complete with raised lettering (Home Store + More) and associated concealed bracketry measuring 37.4sq.m each (total 74.8sq.m) to the southeast and northeast elevations facing Clonlara Road, mounted to previously approved development SD18A/0266.

Retain existing mezzanine storage floor as installed at first floor level; Permission to convert part of the first floor mezzanine storage floor to office space and install new windows to both the east (side) and the south (rear) elevations at first floor level.

Amendments to the permitted logistics/warehousing scheme under SDCC Ref: SD15A/0309 (An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL06S.246392), as subsequently amended by SDCC Ref. SD17A/0362. The proposed amendments relate primarily to permitted Unit B and Unit C and consist of: (1) Omission of Unit C and provision of enlarged Unit B (increasing from 10,967sq.m GFA to 18,617sq.m GFA) with a height of c. 17.65m including mezzanine level. The previously permitted Units A, B and C resulted in a total of 32,771sq.m. The proposed units A and B result in a total of 29,454sq.m. which results in an overall reduction of 3.317sq.m. GFA. (2) The proposed Unit B incorporates 690sq.m GFA of ancillary office space (a reduction of 386sq.m compared to the combined permitted ancillary office space within permitted Unit B and C). (3) Omission of one vehicular entrance and associated bridge between permitted Unit B and C and replacement with two vehicular entrances and associated bridges to either side of proposed Unit B. (4) Relocation substation. (5) Reduction in car parking spaces from 329 to 235; 54 bicycle parking spaces are proposed to service Unit B. (6) Resultant amendments to site layout, yards, elevations, signage, internal road layout, landscaping, ground works, drainage, gates, fencing, services and utilities and all associated and ancillary site development works.