Core Planning Reasoning
The Inspector recommended granting permission subject to modified conditions, requiring the side roof extension to be a dormer rather than a gable and reducing the rear dormer width to 2 metres to ensure the development remains visually subordinate.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed change from a hipped roof to a gable end lacks precedent in the estate and should be modified to a side dormer structure to maintain consistency with the existing streetscape.
- The rear dormer as proposed is overscaled at 3.5m wide and must be reduced to a maximum of 2m to ensure it is visually subordinate to the roof plane as per Appendix 17.11.
- Subject to these amendments, the development would not seriously injure the visual or residential amenities of the area and would comply with the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Dublin City Development Plan 2016Zoning Objective Z1Section 16.10.12Appendix 17Section 17.11
Decision Document Summary
This report assesses a first-party appeal against Condition 3 of a planning grant for an attic conversion at 167 Charlemont, Dublin 9. The applicant proposed a side gable extension and a wide rear dormer. The Inspector noted that while many houses in the estate have attic extensions, there is no precedent for gable-end conversions, only side dormers. The Inspector further argued that the proposed 3.5m wide rear dormer would be visually dominant from the adjacent St. Vincent's GAA grounds. Conseq...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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