Aldi plans major mixed-use scheme in Balbriggan:German discount supermarket chain Aldi is about to apply for planning permission to Fingal County Council to build an apartment, office and foodstore development on a 6.27-acre site at Clonard Hill, Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

The chain, which has been an active apartment builder in Ireland in recent years, is proposing the mixed-use development in five blocks. This would include 107 residential units in a mix of 14 one- beds, 69 two-beds and 24 three-beds in blocks which are three to four storeys high.

There would also be 4,542sq m (48,890sq ft) of office space and 2,455sq m (26,425sq ft) of retail made up of a foodstore and four retail units, as well as a crèche.

Aldi is also proposing 466 car-parking spaces: 421 of which are underground; 45 are at podium level; and 77 will serve the food store, 53 the retail units, 155 the offices and 176 the apartments. Access would be off the Clonard Hill Road, which is proposed to be realigned and upgraded with new roundabouts as part of the approved Part VIII Stephenstown to Naul Road.

Council says yes to 76 homes on site of Cabinteely houses

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has granted Alan and Lynda McFarlane planning permission to demolish two houses, Navarone and Tablick, at Brennanstown Road in Cabinteely and build 76 apartments and townhouses in two blocks. The McFarlanes' proposal was one of a number in the area which involved knocking large houses and building higher density developments in their grounds.

The council granted planning permission subject to 39 conditions, including that in line with the national children's play policy, Ready Steady Play, provision should be made to include "suitable play opportunities for the future population of all ages".

The plan is to build 55 two-bed apartments, one one-bed, 16 three-beds and four three-bed townhouses on the 2.27-acre site. The blocks are both part four and part five-storey, and there would be basement car-parking for 111 cars and 150 bicycle spaces.