D18 gate-lodge plan opposed: A proposal by the owners of Grove House on Hainault Road in Foxrock, D18 to build a single- storey gate-lodge and car-parking space and access driveway has been opposed by Foxrock Area Development Ltd who have lodged an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
Maurice and Theresa Leahy of Silkmore Developments got permission last year for eight apartments and nine houses.
They bought Grove House on three acres for €6.3 million. A previous planning application for 46 apartments, a terrace of eight townhouses and a gate-lodge on stilts on the three-acre site was rejected because of its scale and bulk and because it failed to respect the character of the neighbourhood.
New house with toilet for elephants
Dublin Zoo in the Phoenix Park, D8 is looking to build a new single-storey elephant house on the site of the existing one, with an indoor elephant area, feed preparation area, feed storage and sheltered viewing area with mezzanine level, a keeper room and toilet and plant room. The elephant house redevelopment is part of a €10m programme to improve the zoo.
149 apartments for Balgriffin
Glenstown Developments has applied to Fingal County Council to build 149 apartments with private and communal open space, surface car-parking with 19 spaces and 262 underground car-parking spaces at a site bounded by the Malahide Road, Balgriffin Cottages and the newly-constructed Parkside Boulevard Roadway at Balgriffin, Co Dublin.
Blooms Hotel plan appealed
Four parties have appealed planning permission to redevelop Blooms Hotel at 3-6 Anglesea Street, 12-15 and part of 16 Cope Street, Temple Bar, D2. The owner of Blooms Hotel, Martin Keane, was granted planning permission by Dublin City Council to demolish it and rebuild it as a hotel/entertainment complex. The demolition will also include the VAT House pub and Club M at 3-6 Anglesea Street and 16 Cope Street. The new nine-storey hotel will have 152 bedrooms, a restaurant, rooftop bar, landscaped terrace, conference facilities, a gym, nightclub, executive lounge, library, and health and beauty spa. John Cullen and Joseph Reyes, Campbell O'Connor Solicitors, Graphic Studio Gallery and An Taisce are the appellants.
