Retail Units 1 & 2 at recently completed development on the site comprising No.60-63 Dawson Street, & No.3 Duke Lane (Hibernian House) No.64-65 Dawson Street &, No.34-39 Nassau Street (Hibernian Corner) & No.40-43 Nassau Street (Nassau House), Dublin 2
Permission for a change of use , development and works and retention permission for an external door at retail units 2 and 3 . The development consists of (i) permission for a change of use of Unit 3A from retail use to leisure experiential leisure and recreational use including bar facilities and the sale of consumption of alcohol and food; (ii) permission for alterations to retail Unit 2 (gross floor area (GFA) of 1,263 sqm) and retail Unit 3 (GFA OF 1,440 sqm) to facilitate the change of use; (iii) retention permission for retention of an existing ground floor level entrance to Unit 3A onto Dawson Street; (iv) external signage. The proposed development will accommodate an indoor virtual golf facility at lower ground floor and an associated reception area at ground floor level. The proposed facility incorporates 10 no. virtual experience 'bays', a guest lounge, a member's area, an ancillary licensed bar, restrooms and back of house areas at lower ground floor level. The proposed alterations to retail Units 2 and 3 and associated signage include: (a) the retention of an existing ground floor level entrance to Unit 3A onto Dawson Street; (b) modification to circulation corridors and partitions at lower ground floor level between retail Units 2 and 3, resulting in a minor increase in the floor area of Unit 2 and a minor reduction in the floor area of Unit 3; (c) the sub-division of retail Unit 3 to provide two separate units, comprising retail Unit 3 entirely at ground floor level and unit 3a at ground and lower round floor levels; (d) the provision of fascia signage (measuring approximately 2685mm (length) x 696mm (height) x 50mm (depth) comprising back-lit individual black lettering - 'Pitch. Modern Golf Club', over the entrance to the proposed unit 3A onto Dawson Street. The proposed amendments result in retail Unit 2 having a revised total GFA of 1,358 sqm, retail Unit 3 having a revised total GFA of 560 sqm and leisure and recreational Unit 3a having a total GFA of 789 sqm.