PROTECTED STRUCTURE / RETENTION: Retention of the use of the premises as Medical and Related Consultants and of alterations to the interior and exterior areas of the property comprising: 1) external metal stairs, glass balustrade and platform lift from street level to basement level to the front of the building 2) modifications to two storey return at rear consisting of blocking up some opes at basement and ground floor level; 3) a single storey timber clad extension to return at rear accommodating plant and equipment; 4) plant and ductwork installed to the rear of building; 5) replacement of windows and some external doors; 6) localised repairs of front and rear façades; 7) repairs to main roof; 8) amendments to the internal layout to suit fire safety and tenant requirements including partition walls at basement level to form treatment rooms and laboratories, a new toilet layout and the re-instatement of opening between two rooms at ground floor level, partition walls and alterations to opening between two rooms at first floor level to form a scan room, partition walls opening in an internal wall and blocking up of existing door at second floor level to form a bathroom, and repositioning of an existing partition wall in the front room at third floor level; 9) upgrades to existing mechanical and electrical installations; 10) replacement of existing internal. joinery and fittings and refurbishment of existing shutters, linings and front door; and 11) general repair and refurbishment works including decoration and upgrading of finishes and floor coverings over existing.

Fitzwilliam Real Estate Developments Ltd intends to apply for permission for development at this site of c.0.555 hectares at: No. 97 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1; 16/17 Prince's Street North, Dublin 1; the area previously known as Nos. 19/25 Prince's Street North, Dublin 1; the 'Arnotts' Car Park', with an address of Nos. 98-101 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 and the associated roof of the car park over Arnott's Store at Nos. 102-107 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1; Nos. 2-3, 4 and 4A Proby's Lane, Dublin 1; and Nos. 7/7A and 8 Liffey Street Upper, Dublin 1. The proposed development will consist of a hotel development consisting of the: demolition of the existing 3 No. storey Eircom structure to the rear of No. 97 Middle Abbey Street (c. 2,201 sq m), rooftop stairwell enclosures (c.128 sq m) and of the existing rear extensions No. 97 Middle Abbey Street (second and third floor levels) (c. 11sq m) decommissioning and demolition of the top three open-air levels of the Arnotts' car park (resulting in the removal of 145 no. car parking spaces, with 225 no. car parking spaces remaining); development of a 9 no. storey (with setbacks) over basement element fronting William's Lane, a 3 no. storey (with setbacks) element above Arnotts' car park and 2 no. storey (with setback) element above Arnotts store, to provide hotal (254 no. bedrooms and related ancillary hotel facilities and restaurant uses (including reception area, lobby, public bar, restaurant, cold room, storage areas, administration and staff facilities, plant, refuse area and bicycle parking area) with a total new build gross floor of c. 10,689 sq m (including c. 632 sq m basement, and ESB substation with switchrooms); and the change of use (from basement to fourth floor levels to hotel), refurbishment (internal and external alterations) and extension (to link with the new build hotel in the rear) of No. 97 Middle Abbey Street (total floor area of c. 404 sq m (including c. 124 sq m basement); the continued use of the Arnotts' car park stairs (ground, first, second and their floor levels) and Arnotts' store stairs (ground, first, second, third, fourth and fifth floor levels) (c. 205 sq m and c.142 sq m respectively); associated lighting, pedestrian access via no. 97 Middle Abbey Street and William's Lane; sustainable urban drainage systems (including green roofs and attenuation tanks; associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply); associated hard and soft landscaping and all other associated site excavation, infrastructural and site development works above and below ground including changes in level, boundary treatments and associated site servicing (foul and surface water drainage and water supply). The total gross floor area of the overall development is c. 11,440 sq m. The development will also consist of: the erection of no. side-lit signs, 1 no. on the south elevation (entrance to no. 97 Middle Abbey Street) and 1 no. on the east elevation (William's Lane) measuring c.0 49 sq m each.

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of the change of use from commercial to residential at first and second floor, with the incorporation of the existing apartment at third floor level into combined 4-bed single residential use, the provision of a conservatory at rear ground floor level, the provision of a spiral stair case linking first floor rear return to garden, provision of new rooflight over rear return, provision of 2 no. roof lights to third floor, internal alterations inc. provision of new bathrooms, restoration of existing windows and doors inc. provision of a fanlight over front door to match adjacent houses.