Other planning and development news in brief

Council says yes to airport plans

FINGAL COUNTY Council has granted permission for two developments at Dublin Airport. One is a ground and first floor extension to the south-west end of the Pier D link building incorporating a new lift and escalator and a new circulation route on to the ground floor giving access from the new lift into the Garda Immigration Hall.

The Dublin Airport Authority has also got permission for a development at the Garda National Immigration building to include a single storey flat roof extension on the ground floor of the link building comprising of an additional queuing area to the immigration hall.

Over 1,050 homes for Balbriggan

CRESCENT PARK Properties has been granted permission by Fingal County Council for over 1,050 apartments and houses in Balbriggan, Co Dublin.

The plan for the 90-acre site south of Flemington Lane is for a scheme of two to four storeys with 296 apartments, over 300 duplexes and 394 houses.

David and Karl Pierce, the directors of the firm, have also got permission for a landscaped open space to include a public park. A 1.8-hectare site is being reserved for a primary school.

Meanwhile, Manor Park Homebuilders has been granted permission by Fingal County Council for 284 apartments and houses at Ongar village in the Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) as well as for shops, pub, takeaway, restaurant, off- licence, playground and village green with sports facilities.