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PROTECTED STRUCTURE: The development will consist of a change of use of the building above basement level from office units at ground, first and second floor and an apartment at third floor level, back to a single dwelling. The proposed works to the basement, granted under planning ref: 4771/22, are unaffected by these proposed works. The proposed works will include fire upgrades to the building instructed by Dublin City Council's Fire Officer under the Fire Services Act consisting of the following: Upgrade of a number of existing original doors and frames to increase their fire resistance and replacement of a number of modern doors and frames with fire resistant doors. Upgrade of the basement ceiling from above to provide 60-minute fire compartmentation. Installation of a domestic sprinkler system heads, pipework and tank at ground floor level and installation of a structural support platform with simple steel posts through to the basement level. Construction of a fire rated wall to separate the basement are from the ground floor level and fire stopping works under an existing wall at second floor level and to top of party walls in attic space to maintain fire separation. Upgrade works to provide a shared shower room for the dwelling.