A 150sq m deck is planned for the northern end of the 110-year-old building to provide outdoor seating for restaurant-goers.
In October, a group of Dunedin businesspeople signed a lease for part of the railway station with the Dunedin City Council, but the proposed deck would be on park land, and will be open to public submissions.
Resource consent for the deck would require separate approval, consultation documents showed.
Cobb & Co Dunedin general manager Ange Copson said planners had worked ``really carefully'' with Heritage New Zealand and the DCC to ensure the bluestone building would not be damaged.
The deck had been designed so it was freestanding from the railway station.
``We have designed it like this because it was not necessary to interrupt the features of the building.''
Steel bearers resembling rail tracks, timber flooring and glass panels would be used, and a gas fire would be installed at the northern end of the deck.
It would be built using bolted connections, meaning it could be dismantled easily.
She believed the deck would enhance the building, but the restaurant project would still continue if the deck was not approved, Mrs Copson said.
The new Cobb & Co, which comes about 10 years after the Cob & Co at the Law Courts Hotel closed, would have a ``heritage'' feel, she said.
``We are very much mindful of the space it is going in and the aesthetic we use will be in keeping with that.''
She would be ``surprised'' if consent was declined.
Heritage New Zealand was ``supportive of the proposed alterations'', consultation documents showed.
The proposed term of the lease for the deck's land was 10 years with two further rights of renewal for five years each.
It was hoped the restaurant would open in March next year.
Submissions on the lease of the deck land close at 4pm on December 17.
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It never ceases to amaze me how developers continue to nibble away at parklands to enable themselves to make more profit.
Ms Copson says she would be surprised if consent was declined. I would be downright disappointed if DCC allow more parkland be peppercorned off to private developers. But I wouldn't be surprised, their track record on such matters isn't good.