Planning precedent report

Change of use of existing bookmakers to a café; opening hours Mon - Fri 8:00am - 12:00am, Sat - Sun 12:00pm - 12:00am including raising the height of the front entrance door.

Change of use from a Bookmakers (from last used) to a community -based Resource Centre/Wellness Centre to be operated by Dublin Vineyard CLG. Internal alterations and modifications, including removal of internal walls and part levelling of floors to assist with achieving universal access. New hardwood sign fitted to the existing signage frame. Replacement of the two external doors to the street with new painted hardwood doors.

New extraction steel ducting 500mm x 500 mm to the side (east) elevation, along with all associated landscaping and site works.

Internal alterations to existing ground floor office premises and external alterations to the Old Bawn Road elevation; removal of existing shopfront and fascia; installation of new projecting ground floor shopfront, fascia, signage and lighting; installation of new window frames into existing first floor opes; forming new entrance doorway to RHS of office shopfront; replacement of existing pebble dash with coloured render finish; internal alterations to existing ground floor office layout including new sanitary facilities and services.

Internal alterations to the existing office at first floor level and a change of use of the 2 existing ground floor retail units at the rear of the property into a single licensed restaurant premises; comprising of external alterations to the rear elevation including new restaurant and office signage and shop frontage, replacement of all opes, 3 restaurant entrances - 1 at Old Bawn Road and 2 at Courthouse Square; 1 office entry (existing) at Courthouse Square; use of external paved area onto Courthouse Square as restaurant seating, bicycle parking facilities; internal alterations include the removal of existing stairways; removal of existing retail unit dividing wall; removal of existing internal partitions to first floor provision of restaurant customer and staff sanitary facilities and services at first floor level; provision of office sanitary facilities and services at first floor level; following a recently approved planning application for alterations to the Old Bawn Road elevation including a new shopfront and provision of a single office premises at ground floor level, Reg. Ref. SD19A/0013.

An original historic mural on gable wall facing the Old Bawn Road. The mural has been funded by SDCC Arts Department in their 2022 Scheme.