Planning precedent report

Construction of 82 no. residential apartment units and associated commercial floorspace in 3 no. residential apartment blocks 5 to 6 storeys as follows: Block A contains 44 no. apartment units in a 6-storey apartment block (with double height mezzanine corner feature at 5th floor level addressing the corner of Greenhills Road and Broomhill Road). This will consist of 25 no. 1 bed apartments, 17 no. 2 bed apartments and 2 no. 3 bed apartments. All apartment units will be provided with associated private terraces / balconies. Block B contains 23 no. apartment units in a 5-storey apartment block. This will consist of 8 no. 1 bed apartments, 9 no. 2 bed apartments and 6 no. 3 bed apartments. All apartment units will be provided with associated private terraces / balconies. Block C contains 15 no. apartments in a 5-storey apartment block. This will consist of 4 no. 1 bed apartments, 7 no. 2 bed apartments and 4 no. 3 bed apartments. All apartment units will be provided with associated private terraces / balconies. A resident's lounge (c. 73.6 sq.m) for use by occupants of all proposed apartment units is provided at ground floor level of Block C. A commercial unit (c. 148.5 sq.m) front Greenhills Road is also provided at ground floor level in Block C. New vehicular access to the site will be provided from the Broomhill Road. Provision of an area of landscaped public open space (c 776 sq.m) and communal open space (592 sq.m) including c.192 sq.m as a roof terrace area for residents. Lobbies, stair / lifts, photovoltaic panels and green roofs throughout Blocks A, B and C. Provision of 41 no. car parking spaces and 182 no. bicycle parking spaces for residents of the proposed development. All associated site development works, services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, provision of esb substations, bin stores, public lighting, landscaping, open space, and boundary treatment works on this site of 0.69 ha.

The development will consist of: (1) Permission for works comprising of: (i) Partial change of use from warehouse to office use at ground floor level [c.270sq.m GFA] and refurbishment of the existing first-floor office [c.263sq.m GFA] in the north of the unit. The office space [c.533sq.m Total GFA] will comprise individual offices, meeting rooms, stairwells and circulation areas, storage areas, plant, canteen facilities, and WC facilities - including a new accessible WC on the ground floor. The proposed works will also include the reinstatement of existing windows and an entrance, the opening of blind windows, and the installation of a new window on the west elevation. (ii) Change of use from motor showroom, including ancillary workshop and office / storage areas, to warehousing [c.1,056sq.m + c.1,065sq.m. GFA] in the south of the unit. The proposed works will include the demolition of internal partition walls, floors, stairs, and doorways in the south-east of the unit. The works will also include the removal of a mezzanine level in the south-west of the unit [c.130sq.m.] and the installation of two new free-standing mezzanine levels [1,056sq.m. GFA at first floor level + 1,056sq.m. GFA at second floor level] with associated stairwells and a service lift in the south-west of the unit. (iii) Reconfiguration of the car park layout to the south and west of the unit to accommodate 35 no. car parking spaces, including 2 no. accessible spaces and 7 no. electric vehicle (EV) charging spaces, and a service yard to the north-east of the unit. (iv) Provision of 15 no. bicycle stands under a dedicated shelter located to the north of the unit, providing secure long-term parking for up to 30 no. bicycles, and provision of 2 no. bicycle stands to the west of the unit, providing short-term parking for up to 4 no. bicycles. (v) Repurposing of the external plant room to a bin store. (vi) Reinstatement and rebranding of 2 no. previously permitted pylon signs (Reg. Ref. SD15A/0190), located to the west and south-west of the unit, respectively. (vii) Provision of designated signage zones located above the glazed sections at the south-west corner of the building, as well as above the office and warehouse entrances on the west and south elevations. (viii) Provision of hard and soft landscaping, including the planting of native trees along the southern and western boundaries. (2) Retention permission for the existing pylon sign located at the main entrance to the site in the south-east corner. The pylon sign is to be rebranded. (3) All associated site development and services work on a site of c.0.8609ha.

(1) Installation of: a free-standing mezzanine structure in the northern warehouse [413 sq.m GFA]; and two-level free-standing mezzanine structures in the central warehouse [1,760 sq.m GFA] and eastern warehouse [2,130 sq.m GFA], including all associated stairwells and service lifts.(2) Amendments to the internal layout of the south western warehouse including: the relocation and modification of the permitted stairwells; the removal of the western entrance lobby; the enlargement of the permitted central service lift; the enlargement of the southern reception lobby.(3) Amendments to the warehouse access doors on the north and east elevations. (4) Provision of: 10 no. additional car parking spaces to the north-east of the building, including 1 no. accessible space; and the repurposing of 2 no. permitted spaces to the west of the building for EV charging spaces.(5) Provision of: 10 no. additional sheltered bicycle parking spaces to the north of the building.(6) Adaptation of the turning head in the north-west corner of the site to facilitate fire tender access, together with all associated landscaping and facilitating works.(7) Modifications to hard and soft landscaping to accommodate the proposed works, with no net loss of permitted trees.(8) All associated site development and services works, above and below ground, on a site of c.0.86ha.

Internal alterations and change of use of existing internal first floor mezzanine storage area to provide 148sq.m of ancillary office space on the first floor; associated site works.

Demolition of an existing building, 2 new portacabins, a power wash enclosure, fences, gantry and fuel dispensers, revisions to internal site layout to include new vehicular and pedestrian movement arrangements. revised bund walls, relocated stepped access route of tank farm and bottom loading skid, construction of new forecourt fuel area with 2 pump dispensers, new payment building, new single storey office building, new services area with 2 car parking spaces, 12 staff car parking spaces and 8HGV/Tanker parking spaces, all other associated underground and overground infrastructure, drainage, lighting, landscaping, and site development works.

Retention of ground floor front extension to living room and porch.