Council rejects 'eco' estate
An "eco" estate of 16 zero carbon generating
residential units proposed at O'Neill's Cottage, New Road,
Donabate, north Co Dublin has been refused planning permission by
Fingal County Council.
The proposal, by Cadogan Enright and Eamon O'Neill, involved knocking and "recycling" a pair of single-storey dwellings and building eight five-bed detached houses, four five-bed semis and four four-bed semis. The houses would have had solar panels, water recycling units, heat recovery units and wood pellet-chip boilers.
Fingal County Council said the suburban style development on the 1.9-acre site would integrate poorly with the rural character of the area and low density adjoining development on New Road.
Clonskeagh scheme appealed
Clonskeagh Residents Association is opposing a planning application by Brian M Durkan's associate company Devondale Ltd to build 150 apartments and houses behind Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal church on Bird Avenue.
The proposal is for two apartment buildings, the tallest rising to six storeys with a penthouse level. There would also be 13 three and four-bed terraced townhouses and three two-bed detached units on the site formerly owned by the Marist brothers.
The residents association is opposed to the scale of the development and the height of the apartment blocks. They say the site is landlocked and object to the proposal for a road out from the apartments through the Churchfields estate. The housing element will have a separate entrance off Bird Ave.
Bord says yes in Blackrock
An Bord Pleanála overruled its inspector's recommendation to grant planning permission to John Hughes and Liam Robinson to demolish a 1930s house - 8 Temple Crescent, Blackrock, Co Dublin - for two modern semis.
In her report, Sarah Moran said the board should refuse permission as the scheme would have an adverse effect on adjoining property to the west "by way of overlooking, overshadowing and visual obtrusion".
Ellen Hegarty, who lives in the adjoining property, says residents of Temple Crescent and Temple Park Road are "outraged" at the decision. The board says it did not accept its inspector's recommendations because, as a result of planning conditions introduced by the board and additional information supplied by the developer, the houses would not impact on neighbouring properties by way of overlooking or overshadowing.
