1 Hill Street, Rotunda, Dublin 1
PROTECTED STRUCTURE (RPS. 3880) : permission for development at this site that is bounded by Hill Street to its west and Temple Lane North to its north that includes the Hill Street Family Resource Centre that abuts the Tower of the former church (which is a protected structure - RPS Ref. no. 3880) on the overall site at 1 Hill Street, Rotunda, Dublin. The development will consist of : demolition of the existing two storey family resource centre (357 sqm) and removal of existing basketball court to its south and playground at the north-west corner of the site; construction of a new three storey family resource centre (839sqm), that will contain a 1st and 2nd floor that will oversail the ground floor along the Hill Street elevation and will include pre-school classrooms, crèche, play therapy, counselling, staff areas and training spaces as well as ancillary and circulation spaces across all three floors and will include an external staircase incorporating a balcony at both 1st and 2nd floor level of the southern elevation and PV panels on the southern slope of the roof . The new family resource centre will be served by (i) an outdoor play area to its south that will be separated from the remaining Dublin City Council playground by a new 3m high metal fence, and (ii) a community garden at the north west corner of the site, pedestrian access to the family resourse centre will be via the exiting pedestrian entrance off Hill Street. A new gate in the internal metal railing will provide pedestrian access to the proposed community garden. No works area proposed in the area enclosed by the entrance gate on Hill Street, the tower (a protected structure) and the existing metal railings, a sliding meshed screen will secure the recessed part of the Hill Street elevation of the centre at ground floor level to create a secure barrier when the centre is not in use, modification to the existing metal railing boundary along Temple Lane North to create a new pedestrian emergency access gate to the Family Resource Centre, and all associated site development and landscape works.