3706/21

Planning permission for the development will consist of the refurbishment and extension of the buildings comprising: 1) reconfiguration of the layout of the basement to provide for 16 no. car parking spaces (including 1 no disabled car parking space); 174 no. cycle parking spaces; 2 no. motorcycle parking spaces; staff showers, changing rooms and lockers; bicycle repair area; plant and tank areas and bin storage areas; 2) reconfiguration of the existing office floorplates and construction of extensions on the eastern and western sides of the buildings at first, second, third, fourth and fifth floors to provide an additional 6,239 sq. m. GFA of office accommodation (to 16,111 sq. m. GFA) including office space for collaborative working at ground floor in Hardwicke House and an ESB substation and switchrooms at ground level; 3) construction of two additional setback floors resulting in an eight storey Hardwicke House, setting back to a seven storey Montague House; 4) removal of all existing external cladding and replacement with a new stone frame structure framing double height glazed openings; 5) provision of roof terraces at sixth and seventh floor level on Montague House and at the sixth floor level on Hardwicke House; 6) provision of a 541 sq. m. plant area enclosure and 85 sq. m. solar photovoltaic ('PV') modules at roof level; 7) upgrading of pedestrian route along the eastern boundary, reconfiguration of the disabled ramp and widening of the access steps to the front of Hardwicke House.