Go-ahead given at Old Orchard Inn site for pizza restaurant offering takeaways

RETENTION permission has been granted to the Old Orchard Inn pub in Rathfarnham for a single-storey structure to function as a pizza restaurant offering takeaway, collection and delivery.

The structure is single-storey and timber-constructed with a flat roof to operate as a standalone premises.

It is built over a parking island at the loss of nine car-parking spaces, reducing the available parking from 140 to 131.

The drainage arrangements are to tap into the existing private Old Orchard pub drainage, and rainwater will be allowed to fall onto the car park where the private road gully will pick it up.

A new stepped and ramped pedestrian access will be provided for customers and delivery drivers to access the collection/delivery waiting area.

A cover letter lodged by planning consultancy Architectural Construction Technology on behalf of the Old Orchard Inn outlines why they believe the site is suitable for the restaurant.

“The overall property is well-suited to such a use and can easily accommodate the retention of the restaurant,” wrote the consultancy firm.

“The site is well able to accommodate any additional traffic due to the arrival of the restaurant as the use of personal cars for visiting pubs has declined considerably in recent years.

“The existing car-parking is never full and is well able to accommodate the circulatory movement of the restaurant customers and delivery drivers.”

South Dublin County Council granted retention permission for the structure on August 7 for a period of five years.