Planning precedent report

Change of use from a retail/commercial unit (153sq.m) to a proposed leisure/gym use; removal of rear doorway including all ancillary works required to complete the development.

Erect 1074sq.m or 204.20KWP of photovoltaic panels on the roof of existing commercial building, in cafe / restaurant and 4 retail / commercial, with all associated site works.

The amalgamation of the two retail/commercial units 3b and 4 to a single retail/commercial unit. The development includes all works including the removal of the dividing wall between the two units. The access doors to unit 3b would be closed and access to the amalgamated unit will be via unit 4 only. The development includes all associated works to complete the development.

Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC intends to apply for Planning Permission for development on a c.0.34 ha site formally known as Bruce House, Main Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24. The development will consist of the construction of a 6-storey residential building (c.2,792 sqm) comprising enclosed bicycle parking spaces, plant, bin stores, and an ESB substation at the ground floor level and 38 no. apartment units at the ground to fifth floor levels, including 4 no. 1-bedroom units, 34 no. 2-bedroom units, with private balconies/terraces. The development will also include the provision of car and bicycle parking spaces in the existing basement level of the adjoining mixed-use Priorsgate scheme to the south and west. Vehicle and pedestrian access to the site is provided from Old Blessington Road below. The development will include the removal of the existing boundary treatment between the Priorsgate development and the subject site to facilitate a pedestrian connection between the existing and proposed residential scheme. The development will also include piped infrastructure and ducting; roof plant including lift overrun; changes in level; attenuation areas; site landscaping; communal open space including a children's play space (c. 99 sqm) and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground.

The demolition of the existing part single-storey, part two storey commercial building (c.510sq.m) and the construction of a 5 storey mixed use building (c.3,230sq.m) comprising 1 retail unit (c.100sq.m), 32 enclosed bicycle parking spaces, plant, bin stores and an ESB substation at the ground floor level and 31 apartment units at the ground to fourth floor levels, including 11 1-bedroom units, 19 2-bedroom units and 1 3-bedroom unit, with private balconies/terraces. A total of 29 car parking spaces are proposed to facilitate the proposed development in the existing basement level of the adjoining mixed-use Priorsgate scheme to the south and west, in lieu of the previously permitted, vacant car showroom display use at this level (as granted under An Bord Pleanála Ref. PL.06S.206768). The development will also include the provision of louvres to the existing glazed openings at basement level of the Priorsgate scheme fronting onto the Tallaght By Pass (N81) to the south; the removal of the existing boundary treatment between the Priorsgate and Bruce House sites to facilitate a pedestrian connection between the existing and proposed mixed use schemes; piped infrastructure and ducting; roof plant including lift overrun; changes in level; attenuation areas; site landscaping; communal open space including a children's play space (c.686sq.m) and all associated site development and excavation works above and below ground all on a site of c.0.29 ha site.

Single storey porch and kitchen extension to the front, convert existing garage to a study, erect a single storey extension to the rear and widen the existing vehicular entrance from 2.5 metres to 4.0 metres.