Nos 1, 1a and 2 Usher Street, Dublin 8 & Nos. 29-30 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8 (D08 YY11 & D08 VYX7)
For development to amend a previously permitted hotel scheme (Dublin City Council Reg. Ref. 2409/20 and ABP Ref. ABP-308627-20) on a site of 0.055ha located at Nos. 1, 1a and 2 Usher Street, Dublin 8 and Nos. 29/30 Ushers Quay, Dublin 8 (Eircodes D08 YY11 and D08 VYX7). The proposed development which provides for alterations to the permitted building, comprises: a decrease in the size of the permitted Basement, Ground, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Floor Levels (from c. 3,673 sq m floor area permitted across these levels to c. 3,602 sq m floor area floor area total proposed across these levels), and an increase in the size of the Seventh Floor Level (from c. 350 sq m floor area permitted to c. 362 sq m floor area proposed); an increase in the thickness of the external wall around the permitted building's perimeter from Ground to Seventh Floor Levels; the reconfiguration of the internal layout of all levels of the permitted building (from Basement to Seventh Floor Levels), to include amendments to the hotel bedrooms and related ancillary hotel facilities including work space, reception area, lobby and restaurant with public bar, storage areas, administration and staff facilities, plant, waste storage area and bicycle store, ancillary space (which includes areas such as circulation cores (lifts and stairs) and routes, and plant areas (including ESB substation and meter room) throughout the building); alterations to the permitted plant and mechanical and electrical services areas at Roof Level, including an increase in the height of the permitted lift overrun (by c. 1.35m from c. 0.6m permitted to c. 1.95m proposed), and the provision of roof ladder access, green / blue roofs and photovoltaic panel zones; alterations to the permitted building's elevations from Ground to Seventh Floor Levels as required, including changes to fenestration design on the western elevation to Usher's Court; and associated alterations to permitted landscaping and permitted scheme's site services (mechanical and electrical, water supply, sewage disposal and surface water disposal). The total gross floor area of the hotel building decreases by c. 59 sq m (from c. 4,023 sq m permitted to c. 3,964 sq m proposed ). There are no changes arising to the number of hotel bedrooms permitted (100 No.)