The refurbishment and change of use of existing buildings from commercial/light industrial to use as an immersive arts centre with complementary educational facilities focusing on audiovisual technology at 10 and 11 Ushers Island, Dublin 8. The main entrance to the immersive arts centre will be from Ushers Island, while the entrance to the educational facility will be from Island Street, to the rear. The development will include; (i) Alteration of quay-front facades to nos 10 and 11, including a new glazed single storey public entrance at number 10 with glazed canopy and the façade refurbishment of no 11, to include; the rendering of the existing elevational non-original tile cladding (no 11); new windows and doors in existing openings (no 11); new granite steps, ramp and low boundary plinth (nos 10,11); new external metal railings at entrance area (no 10) to side boundary at the adjoining site (no 9) and new external signage to no 11. (ii) Alteration of the rear façade to no 10 at Island Street, including a new metal gate and new render to existing walls and a new planted courtyard containing bicycle and bin storage facilities. (iii) Reinstatement of the first-floor to the rear of number 10, with replacement walls and flat roof, where the original roof was previously removed, and only remnants of the first-floor walls currently remain.

The development will consist of demolition of the existing single storey building (389sq.m. which has been previously approved under Reg. Ref. 3503/16) which extends from Usher's Island to Island Street and the construction of residential use development to the rear portion of the site accessed from Island Street. The ground floor comprising of private access to residential amenities space including bin stores, plant room, bike storage and communal space. Above 6 no. 1 bedroom studio apartments to 2 no. 2 bed apartments split over 5 floors accessed via a common stair core and lift. Private balconies are proposed to the front and rear elevations. Finishes include a mix of brick, render and metal cladding. Associated groundworks, landscaping, drainage, engineering and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development to be included at rear of site.

The development will consist of demolition of the existing single storey building (389sq.m which has been previously approved under Reg. Ref. 3503/16) which extends from Ushers Island to Island Street and the construction of a mixed used development to Ushers Island comprising of 48.8sq.m commercial space for an office to ground floor along with private access to residential amenities space including bin stores, plant room, bike storage and communal space. Above 3 no. 2 bed apartments split over 3 floors accessed via a common stair core and lift. Private balconies area proposed to the front and rear elevations. Associated groundworks, landscaping, drainage, engineering and ancillary works necessary to facilitate the development to be included to site.