Core Planning Reasoning
The proposed extensions would significantly disrupt the original architectural design, symmetry, and openness of the established apartment block, resulting in a negative impact on visual amenity and the character of the development.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The 3.5m high blank walls would be located only 1.4m from a ground-floor window, creating an unwelcome vista and negatively impacting the residential amenity of the occupants.
- The proposed red-brick box extensions are unsympathetic and inharmonious additions that obscure the architectural merit and symmetry of the original glass-walled entrance lobby.
- There is no evidence that alternative locations for the infrastructural plant were assessed to avoid occupying such a prominent and visually sensitive position on the building's front facade.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Z1 Sustainable Residential NeighbourhoodAppendix 18 Section 1.1Section 15.5Appendix 16
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involves the construction of a new switch room, sprinkler tank room, and store adjoining the existing entrance lobby of Ardoyne House, a 12-storey apartment block in Ballsbridge. While the applicant sought permission to satisfy urgent fire safety requirements and claimed no significant impact on daylight, a third-party appeal was lodged by a resident of a ground-floor apartment. The Inspector found that while the development meets technical BRE daylight standards, the physical prese...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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