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Dublin City Council · 3875/19

Dolphin House, Irishtown Road, Dublin 4, D04 HD26. (A Proteced Structure - RPF Ref. No. 4003)

  1. 28 Aug 2019Received
  2. 4 Mar 2020Grant permission
  3. 8 Jun 2020Final grant
Status
Granted
Decision
Grant permission · 4 Mar 2020
Council
Dublin City Council
Type
Permission
Site
534 m²
Free report

What’s proposed

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the following works: 1. Refurbishment and reconfiguration of the existing ground floor offices to the ground floor of the two storey front building, the change of use of the main hall at ground floor level from a work-man's social club (last used as such 25 years ago) to a showroom/open plan offices/training room. The ground floor unit will now be independent from the first floor. 2. Refurbishment and reconfiguration of the existing first floor level offices. The first floor unit will now be independent from the ground floor and be accessed from the existing side entrance. 3. The construction of a double height lightwell between the front 2 storey building and the single storey rear showroom/open plan offices/training room. 4. The construction of a reversible internal mezzanine floor to the rear ancillary to the showroom/open plan offices/training room. The floor area will increase from 270 sq.m to 296 sq.m. 5. Internal alterations comprising: - Alterations to stairs and blocking up at the bottom of the stairs to divide the ground floor from first floor. - Removal of sections of wall between the two front rooms and rear rooms to create openings. - Construction of new walls to create office and WC's. - Blocking up between the new WC and new disabled WC. Removal of the ground floor to provide new insulated polished concrete floor. - The removal, repairing and replacing the existing timber panelling throughout. - Breathable thermal plaster applied directly to the inside of walls throughout. 6. External alterations comprising: - Existing original sections of boundary wall and plinth retained and made good and non-original sections replaced with new. - Existing original sections of boundary railings retained and made good and non-original sections replaced with new. - New automated driveway gate with dishing to path at entrance. - Removal of all tarmac and hardscaping to perimeter of the building and replaced with new soft and hardscaping - Cleaning, raking out and re-pointing of all brickwork to all elevations and boundaries. - Removal and the replacement of all external doors and windows with aluminium. - Removal and the replacement of rainwater goods with extruded aluminium. - Alterations to 4 windows and one external door to the south elevation. Alterations to one window to the north elevation. - Making good and replacing as required of non-original slates to the roofs. - Fibre glassing the existing flat roofs. 7. All associated site works. At Dolphin House, Irishtown Road, Dublin 4, D04 HD26 (A Protected Structure - RPS Ref. No. 4003)

3875/19 is a planning application to Dublin City Council for pROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the following works: 1. Refurbishment and, received on 28 Aug 2019; permission was granted on 4 Mar 2020.

Planning details

Reference
3875/19
Local authority
Dublin City Council
Status
Granted · register status “Decision Notice Issued”
Received
28 Aug 2019
Observations close
2 Oct 2019 (closed 2556 days ago)
Decision due
6 Mar 2020 · decided 4 Mar 2020
Decision
Grant permission on 4 Mar 2020
Proposed development
PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Permission for the following works: 1. Refurbishment and reconfiguration of the existing ground floor offices to the ground floor of the two storey front building, the change of use of the main hall at ground floor level from a work-man's social club (last used as such 25 years ago) to a showroom/open plan offices/training room. The ground floor unit will now be independent from the first floor. 2. Refurbishment and reconfiguration of the existing first floor level offices. The first floor unit will now be independent from the ground floor and be accessed from the existing side entrance. 3. The construction of a double height lightwell between the front 2 storey building and the single storey rear showroom/open plan offices/training room. 4. The construction of a reversible internal mezzanine floor to the rear ancillary to the showroom/open plan offices/training room. The floor area will increase from 270 sq.m to 296 sq.m. 5. Internal alterations comprising: - Alterations to stairs and blocking up at the bottom of the stairs to divide the ground floor from first floor. - Removal of sections of wall between the two front rooms and rear rooms to create openings. - Construction of new walls to create office and WC's. - Blocking up between the new WC and new disabled WC. Removal of the ground floor to provide new insulated polished concrete floor. - The removal, repairing and replacing the existing timber panelling throughout. - Breathable thermal plaster applied directly to the inside of walls throughout. 6. External alterations comprising: - Existing original sections of boundary wall and plinth retained and made good and non-original sections replaced with new. - Existing original sections of boundary railings retained and made good and non-original sections replaced with new. - New automated driveway gate with dishing to path at entrance. - Removal of all tarmac and hardscaping to perimeter of the building and replaced with new soft and hardscaping - Cleaning, raking out and re-pointing of all brickwork to all elevations and boundaries. - Removal and the replacement of all external doors and windows with aluminium. - Removal and the replacement of rainwater goods with extruded aluminium. - Alterations to 4 windows and one external door to the south elevation. Alterations to one window to the north elevation. - Making good and replacing as required of non-original slates to the roofs. - Fibre glassing the existing flat roofs. 7. All associated site works. At Dolphin House, Irishtown Road, Dublin 4, D04 HD26 (A Protected Structure - RPS Ref. No. 4003)
As published by the register.
Site area
534 m² from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
Applicant
Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name

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Appeal

Not appealed.

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    Zoning at the site

    Zone Z1 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028

    R2 — Existing residential

    Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.

    An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.

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    Provenance

    Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 82629). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.

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