WEB1459/26
We 3 Grand Parade Hosts Limited intend to apply for Planning Permission for development at the site: 3 Grand Parade/ 37 Warners Lane, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. The development consists of a proposed 164 sq m 3-storey building with set back over lower ground floor, to be used as a guest house, entered from Warners Lane - comprising of: Breakfast room, guest amenities, reception, staff toilet and accessible bedroom at lower ground floor; guest business facilities (meeting room & phone booth) and 2 no. guest ensuite bedrooms at ground floor level; 3 no. guest ensuite bedrooms at first floor (a total of 6 no. guest ensuite bedrooms are proposed); associated amenity spaces, staff and resident storage, bike parking, bin store and plant room; associated signage at entrances as detailed in submitted drawings; and all associated site, boundary and landscape works.
Core Refusal Reason
The proposal constitutes overdevelopment that is visually incongruous with the local character and poses significant traffic safety hazards due to a lack of parking and set-down facilities.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The three-storey guesthouse is considered overdevelopment on a restricted site, creating an insensitive imbalance and visual incongruity that fails to integrate with the existing streetscape character.
- The development would set an undesirable precedent and seriously injure the amenities of properties in the vicinity, proving contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
- The absence of car parking or set-down space on a constrained mews laneway would result in unacceptable traffic overspill, endangering public safety through traffic hazards and obstruction of road users.
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Decision Document Summary
The proposal sought permission for a three-storey guesthouse development located at 3 Grand Parade/37 Warners Lane, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. The application was refused by the local authority primarily because the scale and intensity of the use were deemed overdevelopment for the restricted site, leading to a negative visual impact on the area's character. Furthermore, the lack of on-site parking or set-down provisions on a narrow mews lane was found to conflict with the Dublin City Development Plan,...PDF Document Missing
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