Fingal County Council's decision to grant planning permission for a major 1,519 unit housing scheme at Balbriggan has been appealed to An Bord Pleanβla. Parkway Properties had received permission for the development in the townlands of Flemingtown and Bremore, west and south of Hamlet Lane, in Balbriggan, Co Dublin.
The proposed development includes differing styles of housing ranging from one-bedroom houses to apartments, a single-storey creche of around 510sqm and a mixed use local service centre in three-storey buildings comprising a convenience shop, newsagent and five additional retail units as well as a pharmacy, dental practice, doctors' surgery, health centre, library and pub. Also proposed is a restaurant, a number of open spaces or parks and improved car access via Hamlet Lane, linking to the Drogheda Road (N1). Further access is proposed via a new road connecting to the existing Inner Relief Road and a portion of the development will ultimately be accessed via a new road network off the planned dual carriageway.
Provision is also made for part of a bus corridor to cater for future local link and demolition of a house on Hamlet Lane. In all, the lands extend to about 53 hectares. An Environmental Impact Statement accompanies the application.
The Dublin firm Kelland Homes has applied for planning permission for a 145 apartment scheme on a site at Cabinteely in south Co Dublin. The three-and-a-half acre site currently carries permission for just 11 homes. In what is surely one of the most remarkable pieces of revisionism the firm is seeking to develop six blocks of two-bed apartments instead of the 11 houses at Yellow Nook, Johnstown Road, Cabinteely. The plan, submitted to D·n Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, envisages one three-storey block and five five-storey blocks over basement car-parking.
Tenbury Developments at Lower Main Street, Dundrum, Dublin 14, has applied for permission for a large residential development at Ballinakelly, Newcastle, Co Dublin.
A residential development with a total of 208 units has been proposed. It would consist of 44 four-bed semi-detatched, 20 three-bed semi-detached houses and 20 townhouses in a mix of two and three-bed units. There would also be 40 duplex units and 38 apartments in two three-storey blocks. The proposed facilities include a creche and a dwelling/surgery on a site of around 12 acres.
Castlethorn Construction and Park Developments have jointly applied for permission for large-scale house-building at Luttrelstown Road in west Dublin. A development of 230 homes in two and three-bedroom terraced houses, duplexes with gardens or roof terraces and apartments is proposed. Permission is also sought for alterations to a habitable dwelling, Annfield House, a protected structure.
