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PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of: Planning permission is sought for change of use from guesthouses to two individual family residences, Protected Structures, being a pair of semi-detached two bay, two storey over basement houses with later two storey returns of nominally 195 m2 each. Conservation works include repair & improvement works throughout, including re-roofing, replacement of rainwater goods with cast iron replicas & 2 conservation roof lights to the south elevation of the original returns. Removal works include lamps, ramps & existing surfaces to front, side & rear gardens, section of the party wall & low granite walls, steps & timber stairs to rear garden, non-original doors, walls, store, kitchens & bathrooms & part of original walls to enlarge openings to lower ground floors, the wall between front and rear rooms, the stairs, sash window, lowering the ground floor level & window ope to 16 and the non-original partitions & bathrooms to the first floor, non-original doors & windows to the returns, lowering the floor level, new openings in the north elevation and widening the openings in the East & West elevations on the lower level, relocation of existing north facing openings, reinstatement of original window opes to 15 and sections of floor to 16 on the upper level. Proposed works include at the lower level, the original configuration of rooms to provide bedrooms to 15, new open plan living area & window to 16, new stairs to 15 & 16, double doors to entrance area & steps down to returns with storage & WC & 3m glazed walls & doors to new extensions. Sash window from 16 reconfigured to fit reinstated openings to 15, ceiling opened up & doors to new extensions at upper level. Reinstating original configuration to first floor to provide bedroom, bathroom & dressing & PV photovoltaic panels to the pitched roof. Construction of 2 no. sedum flat roof stone clad extensions to the rear of 15 & 16 & connected to the existing returns, 3 storey extension to 15 of nominally 167m2 with basement, lower & upper ground level consisting of living & utility to basement, bedroom, ensuite, bathroom & circulation to lower & open plan kitchen/ dining & external terrace to upper level with 2 roof lights, 2 storey extension to 16 of nominally 107m2 at lower & upper ground level with open plan kitchen/ dining to lower & 2 bedrooms, bathrooms & ensuite to upper level with 3 roof lights. Associated works including enabling, temporary, drainage & landscape works to front, side & rear, including new permeable surfaces, planting, bin store & air to water heat pumps, retaining the existing vehicular & pedestrian access onto Charleston Road, refurbishment of the steps & railings including removal of concrete steps & replacing with granite steps to match existing & provision of 2 no. car parking spaces per house. New courtyards to side and provision of new terraces, steps, planting, barbeque, storage & timber privacy screens to top of boundary walls to the rear at 15 & 16 Charleston Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, by Eastpoint BP Limited.