Other planning proposals in brief
224 homes for Clonsilla SDZ
FIRTH DEVELOPMENTS is to submit a planning application to Fingal County Council for 224 houses and apartments on a 12.9-acre site at Hansfield SDZ, which was part of St Joseph's Hospital in Clonsilla, Dublin 15.
The developer, whose directors are John Fitzsimons and John McLoughlin, is looking to build 115 houses (mostly three and four-beds) and 70 duplexes in six four- storey blocks. There would also be apartments in two blocks and 366 car-parking spaces.
Meanwhile Castlethorn Construction has been granted planning permission for 447 apartments and duplexes at Pelletstown, Dublin 14.
Bord rejects 64 homes for Howth
AN BORD Pleanála has turned down a proposal by Pierse Contracting Ltd to build 64 residential units and a café on the 2.59-acre site of a disused sports building which is near a Martello Tower on Balscadden Road, Howth, Co Dublin.
Around seven parties appealed planning permission for the development to An Bord Pleanála, including Hillwatch and Asgard Residents Association.
Among the reasons given by the board was that the site, which overlooks Howth Harbour, is in area of high amenity and was designated in the Howth Special Amenity Area Order 1999 and is also within an architectural conservation zone in close proximity to a Martello Tower, a protected structure.
