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re: Planning advice for Restaurant

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  • 25-01-2007 1:23pm
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    construct06
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭


    i will soon be preparing a planning application for the following scenario and i am just wondering what is involved.

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    A 2 storey premises which is in a small town is fronting onto a footpath and public roadway in the center of the town.

    The front elevation consists of:

    Left hand side: a shop window and door
    middle: door leading to hallway for apartments
    right hand side: a shop window and door

    The sides of the building are right up to the boundaries also.

    There is very little openspace associated with the property only a small back yard.

    This 2 storey building has been used in the following way previously:

    upstairs: living accomodation (2 no. apartments)
    downstairs: video shop on one side and offices on the other

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    Now here is the trick bit, if u have managed to understand the above

    --The owner has now opened up a restaurant in the downstairs portion of the building without planning permission.


    i believe the path to regularising this situation will involve:

    a fire cert

    an application for retention of the material change of use


    is this correct?


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    muffler
    Registered Users Posts: 46,127 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Is permission needed for change of use?


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    construct06
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭construct06


    i would have thought so.

    A retaurant is a good deal different than an office.

    would like to get a clear definition of:

    chage of use, material change of use and material alteration...


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    muffler
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    What I can tell you is that, unless the regs have changed in the last couple of amendments, a drapery shop could be changed to a restaurant without permission providing there was no takeaway involved.

    I dont know what the story is in relation to an office. I would suggest that you either trawl through the regs or contact the local planning office for confirmation of this.


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    antoinolachtnai
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    Do they cook food? How are they ventilating the kitchen? They will need to make a significant investment to make sure the expelled air doesn't disturb the apartments. If there is any ducting on the outside, I would think that planning would be needed for that (although I'm not sure).


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    construct06
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭construct06


    ya, they are cooking food but it is adequately ventilated and ducting is to back of building so doesnt stand out too much.

    i think there may be a difference if they are take away or not.


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