PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION & RETENTION: Permission in respect of a two- storey…

Proposed development

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: PERMISSION & RETENTION: Permission in respect of a two- storey storage building (69 m²) with undercroft, located in a yard (with vaulted cellars (29 m²) below) to the rear of the Old Storehouse, 3 Crown Alley (Protected Structure), Dublin 2, and to the rear of 8 Cope Street (Protected Structure), Dublin 2. Retention is sought for executed demolition of: a) mono-pitch, corrugated metal roof and flashings on timber rafters and ceiling joists below, b) first floor brick gable wall on northern boundary, c) yard façade wall at ground and first floor built of random-rubble, brick, and concrete block plus rainwater goods, d) external concrete stairs, landing, box-metal handrail and double- door timber enclosure below, e) 2 no. window openings with concrete cills, timber window frames and casements, one with metal security grill on inner face, f) first floor timber entrance door and frame in external stud wall of timber cladding on timber stud with 1 no. window of fixed pane and two casements and rainwater goods, g) ground floor entrance door, frame and wall. h) internal flush-doors, architraves, plasterboard-finished timber stud walls and ceilings. Plus, for retention of executed construction of: i) 3 no. double glazed rooflights and mono- pitch felt roof, timber rafters and wall plate, lead flashings, and rainwater goods j) northern boundary gable wall reinstated at first floor in concrete block, k) new yard façade of concrete block-backed walls faced in salvaged and supplemented random-rubble stone and brick with segmented brick arch heads to 2 no. window openings, I) new yard façade brick wall with segmented salvaged brick arch heads to 2 no. window openings and 2 no. stone cills, m) first floor steel columns and beam support to roof, n) ground level new yard façade timber beam- effect cladding at undercroft and over 2 no. openings with timber cills below. Also, Permission is sought for development to complete the works to include: o) stone parapet copings to façade to yard and to northern boundary gable wall, p) external render and lead flashings to first floor northern boundary gable blockwork, q) first floor 2 no. stone window cills and 4 no. double-glazed timber sliding-sash windows, r) at ground floor reduce 2 no. openings with infill insulated timber stud wall with stained t&g timber cladding boards to form 2 no. casement timber window openings, and 1 no. flush timber door, s) removal of temporary internal timber open-riser ladder staircase and handrail and closing-up of the stairwell opening, t) making of new internal stairwell opening in first floor and fitting of new timber staircase and handrails, u) first floor repair and renewal of structural timbers and floorboards over, v) new walls, doors, and ceilings, ventilated dry-lining, thermal insulation and fire protections, w) mechanical and electrical services. Plus all associated works.

What happens next

Permission was granted on 1 May 2025. Third parties may appeal within four weeks; after that the permission is final and works can start once a commencement notice is lodged.

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