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16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2

REFUSE PERMISSION

Planning application 3573/20

Dublin - Dublin City Council

Proposed Development

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS no. 3525), Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks modification to the previously approved permissions ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150/17) and Reg. Ref. ABP-306760-20 (DCC Reg. Ref. 4606/19). This application seeks to increase the size of the previously granted basement under No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews building and extend the basement to include and connect to a new basement under No. 19 Montague Street for the purposes of extended ancillary services and uses associated with the granted Cafe Bar and Restaurant. All with associated site works and removal works.

Application Timeline

  1. Application received

    16 Oct 2020

  2. Decision due

    10 Dec 2020

  3. Decision: REFUSE PERMISSION

    10 Dec 2020

  4. Appeal submitted

    25 Jan 2021

  5. Grant issued

    19 Aug 2021

  6. Appeal decided: GRANT PERMISSION

    19 Aug 2021

Application Details

Location
16, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2
Applicant
N/A
Application Type
Permission
Planning Authority
Dublin City Council
Site Area
605.94 ha

Timeline

Registration Date
16 October 2020
Status
Appeal Decided
Decision
REFUSE PERMISSION
Decision Date
10 December 2020
Grant Date
19 August 2021

An Coimisiún Pleanála Appeal

Appeal Reference
ABP-309199-21
Decision
GRANT PERMISSION
Submitted
25 January 2021
Decided
19 August 2021

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4488/19APPLICATION DECLARED INVA19 Nov 2019

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS No. 3525), Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks to exclude a condition relating to opening hours under the previously approved permission under ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150 / 50). The description of the development under the granted application is as follows: Planning is sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, extension to existing current use as licensed restaurant at basement level and additional use as a cafe bar, with use extended to external courtyard and external mezzanine level above courtyard level; Basement external works to include the removal of existing planters at the front entrance along Harcourt Street, cleaning and upgrading of front entrance area, installation of new steps over existing steps for ambulant disabled access together with new handrails; removal works at basement level internally to accommodate 1 No. bar, storage, toilets, cloakroom, seating areas and toilets; demolition of 21st century single storey rear extension to accommodate the construction of toilets, storage area, configuration of new entrance, stairs and platform lift from basement to ground floor external courtyard level; Ground Floor/Annex to No. 16; internal removal works at ground floor level to rear of main building to accommodate 3 no. replacement WC's, together with landscaping, seating areas and construction of new external stairs to first floor terrace and mezzanine floor; Mezzanine: new structure to replace existing roof of basement rear extension to accommodate external seating area with access to toilets at ground floor level in main building; Planning is also sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews, change of use from warehouse/storage use to licensed restaurant/cafe bar: modifications and upgrading works to existing facades; Basement: the construction of a basement to accommodate a kitchen, keg store, keg hatch, cold store and staff area; Ground Floor: works to accommodate new stairs to new proposed first floor, new disabled toilet, lobby to courtyard area and cafe bar seating; First Floor: construction of new first floor level to accommodate new bar, stairs to ground floor and access to new external terrace facing courtyard area; In addition, planning is sought for the following at No. 19 Montague Street; change of use from Pizzeria to licenced restaurant/cafe bar; works to also include new shop front configuration along Montague Street and Montague Lane with bifolding doors, shutters and servery to Montague Street; Ground Floor: removal works interally to accommodate bar, seating areas and servery; First Floor: removal works internally to accommodate toilets, storage and seating areas with new flat roof section over female toilets; The proposal also includes new connections between No. 16 Mews and No. 19 Montague Lane at ground and first floor level. All with associated signage, lighting, landscaping and associated site works.

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4606/19REFUSE PERMISSION3 Dec 2019

PROTECTED STRUCTURE: Planning permission for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 (a Protected Structure, Dublin City Council RPS no. 3525), Mews to rear of No. 16 Harcourt Street facing onto Montague Lane and No. 19 Montague Street, Dublin 2. The application seeks to exclude a condition relating to opening hours under the previously approved permission under ABP Reg. Ref. PL29S.249126 (DCC Reg. Ref. 3150/17). The description of the development under the granted application is as follows: Planning is sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street, extension to existing current use as licensed restaurant at basement level and additional use as a cafe bar, with use extended to external courtyard and external mezzanine level above courtyard level; Basement: external works to include the removal of existing planters at the front entrance along Harcourt Street, cleaning and upgrading of front entrance area, installation of new steps over existing steps for ambulant disabled access, together with new handrails; removal works at basement level internally to accommodate 1 no. bar, storage, toilets, cloakroom, seating areas and toilets; demolition of 21st century single storey rear extension to accommodate the construction of toilets, storage area, configuration of new entrance, stairs and platform lift from basement to ground floor external courtyard level; Ground Floor/Annex to No. 16: internal removal works at ground floor level to rear of main building to accommodate 3 No. replacement WC's, together with landscaping, seating areas and construction of new external stairs to first floor terrace and mezzanine floor; Mezzanine: new structure to replace existing roof of basement rear extension to accommodate external seating area with access to toilets at ground floor level in main building; Planning is also sought for the following at No. 16 Harcourt Street Mews, change of use from warehouse/storage use to licensed restaurant/cafe bar; modifications and upgrading works to existing facades; Basement: the construction of a basement to accommodate a kitchen, keg store, keg hatch, coldstore and staff area; Ground Floor: works to accommodate new stairs to new proposed first floor, new disabled toilet, lobby to courtyard area and cafe bar seating; First Floor: construction of new first floor level to accommodate new bar, stairs to ground floor and access to new external terrace facing courtyard area; In addition, Planning is sought for the following at No. 19 Montague Street; change of use from Pizzeria to licensed restaurant/cafe bar; works to also include new shop front configuration along Montague Street and Montague Lane with bifolding doors, shutters, and servery to Montague Street; Ground Floor: removal works internally to accommodate bar, seating areas and servery; First Floor: removal works internally to accommodate toilets, storage and seating areas with new flat roof section over female toilets; The proposal also includes new connections between No. 16 Mews and No. 19 Montague Lane at ground and first floor level. All with associated signage, lighting, landscaping and associated site works.

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