former La Touche Hotel , Greystones , Co. Wicklow

amendments to a mixed use development permitted under Reg Ref 15/114 (ABP Ref Pl27.245501) comprising the refurbishment and reuse of the remaining external fabric of the former 4 storey hotel building and for redevelopment of same to accommodate 10 no apartments (4 no 2 bed apartments and 6 no 3 bed apartments (total GFA c 1554.5 sqm)) in lieu of the permitted development which provided for 5 no 4 bed four storey town houses within the retained shell of the former hotel building. The proposed development includes for the reuse of remaining external and some internal walls, the completion of construction of a new replacement eastern façade including ground floor window bays, the construction of new floors and party walls to divide apartments, new windows on all elevations, a new roof and replacement chimneys and the provision of new terraces / balconies on western and eastern facades at ground to 3rd floor level of the former hotel building to serve the proposed apartments. The proposed development also includes for the reorganisation and reallocation of permitted parking spaces centrally within the La Touche development site and those accessed from Trafalgar Road, landscaping, minor modifications to the boundary walls fronting Trafalgar Road, and all site ancillary works and site layout amendment works and services to facilitate the development. RETENTION permission is sought for partial demolition and rebuild works carried out on the former hotel building comprising the removal of the hotel roof and the balconies on the western façade, and the removal and replacement of the hotel's eastern façade including the ground floor bookend window bays

Reference: 20200