Site planning risk brief

A single storey extension to the rear, side and part of the front of our house. The rear extension will consist of a kitchen / dining area, the corner of the proposed extension will be a utility room while the side of the extension will accommodate a downstairs wet room / wc, a home office and a bedroom. The front portion of the proposed extension will project to the front of the existing house to allow the access door to be positioned to the side away from the prevailing winds. The existing ground floor area is 52.94 sq.m. and the proposed wrap around extension will add 70.96 sq.m. Giving a total ground floor area of 123.90 sq.m. The first floor area will be unaltered at 49.59 sq.m. All ancillary site works associated with the above proposal.

Subdivision of the existing site into two; demolition of existing garage to southern side of house; construction of two storey, three bedroom house with attic level storage space incorporating rooflights located on southern side of existing house; modification of existing entrance and driveway to facilitate proposed house; construction of new entrance and driveway on northern side of site to facilitate existing house; all associated site works.

Proposed expansion of use of existing ground floor level shared studio room (68.9sq.m.) within the Community Centre to allow for an additional pre-school / Montessori classroom for up to 24 children between the hours of of 9.00am to 1.00pm, associated with adjoining childcare facilities within the Millenium Building at Firhouse Community & Leisure Centre.

Retention of change of use of youth club facility at ground floor level to a shared pre-school and after-school facility together with multi-purpose rooms for community use, complete with toilet and storage facilities (area- 205.29sq.m), replacing of two external steel doors to glazed doors within the side/east elevation, replace an existing window to a new escape door and construction of 1 new external window, both within the rear/north elevation facing Ballycullen Drive.

Construction of a single storey front extension with lean to/apex roof, attic conversion with rear dormer along with the removal of the existing dormer to side and raising of the existing gable wall with associated alterations to the profile of the existing roof.

Conversion of attic space to non-habitable space; raising of gable to mini-hip; dormer to rear; velux to front & all associated site works to existing dwelling.