Planning precedent report

Retention permission for installation of 2 no. illuminated signs to the existing building. These signs consist of the installation of 1no. sign to the front (west) elevation and 1no. sign to the (north) elevation and all associated site works.

Retention of the use of part of the ground floor of Unit B2 as offices and a canteen and 4 internal openings connection Units B1 and B2 (2 at ground floor and 2 at first floor).

Proposed 205sq.m of ancillary office & 242sq.m of ancillary staff facilities extension at the second floor level to the existing ancillary office located to the north-western elevations side of existing warehouse; Building elevations remain as existing due to second floor glazing being provided in previously granted planning permissions; Addition of 4 covered cycle parking to the existing covered cycle parking to facilitate the additional office / staff facilities area.

Alterations to an existing granted planning application, Reg. Ref. SD20A/0204, for a warehousing development consisting of provision of a new separate ancillary workshop building to the site's western corner measuring 278sq.m, overall height 9.7m; provision of new extended glazed entrance of ancillary office at ground floor (28sq.m, 5.9m high) to the front north-western elevation and new emergency exit route at first floor (43sq.m) exiting to side north-eastern elevation by new external stairs. Additional floor area provided 71sq.m; the alterations above result in total floor area increase by 349sq.m (from 2,222sq.m to 2,571sq.m); provision of 3 internally lit building mounted business logo signs, 12.25sq.m each (12.7m above ground level) to the front (north-western), side (north-eastern) and rear (south-eastern) elevations; provision of 3 10m high flagpoles to the north of the site, with a distance of approx. 31m from the warehouse and new extended office entrance; provision of 288sq.m solar panels to the roof of the warehouse; provision of a new recessed access/egress, rearrangement of truck wash area and refuel area and partial revision of the north-western site's boundary fence type C; elevation and site plan revisions associated with entrance porch, signage and fire exit stairs; and associated drainage adjustments due to the inclusion of the above alterations; all other details will remain as per the granted application Reg. Ref. SD20A/0204.

Provision of a warehouse unit with ancillary office and staff facilities and associated development. The building will have a maximum height of 15.8m with a gross floor area of 2,222sq.m including a warehouse area (1,530sq.m), staff facilities (302sq.m) and ancillary office area (390sq.m) and will also include the provision of 1 new vehicular access/egress point along the north-west boundary of the subject site onto Clonlara Road; pedestrian access; 22 ancillary car parking spaces; bicycle parking; HGV marshalling yard with 2 loading bays; level access goods doors; dock levellers; access gate; signage; hard and soft landscaping; lighting; boundary treatments and associated site development works above and below ground.

Relocation and resizing of previously granted ancillary workshop within the facility towards the south-east, now measuring 186sq.m overall height 7.2m (Previously granted at 300sq.m and 9.7m high); Relocation of pedestrian entrance gate by 9m on the northern site boundary due to design change to accommodate site levels and access gradients; Relocated HGV wash area adjacent to repositioned workshop building and associated drainage adjustments due to relocating the workshop and HGV wash bay; 1m high gabion retaining walls to the site's southern boundary (rear) to facilitate level differences between the subject site and the neighbouring site; Provision of an on-site Well Pumphouse (4.8sq.m and 2.7m high); Provision of associated above ground Water Tank (10m x 3m x 3m, 90m3); The overall site area remains as per the previous application at 0.98ha and there is no alteration to site landscaping.