Opposition to apartments on amenity-zoned site in HowthA proposal to grant planning permission for apartments on Howth's largest amenity-zoned site would be a massive blow to the community, says Green Party Cllr David Healy.
Pierse Contracting is looking to build 64 apartments and a café in five blocks on the Edros site beside the Martello Tower in Howth, which was a community sports amenity until eight years ago.
Healy says the development would have a major visual impact on historical and amenity routes and locations in Howth, including views from Abbey Street, St Mary's Abbey, Tower Hill, Balscadden Road, Ted Hayden's field and East Pier, and would be out of keeping with the historic character of this important heritage area. Fingal County Council is proposing to use a material contravention procedure to allow a breach of the development plan which would require a three-quarters majority of the councillors to support it.
"There have been suggestions that the developer give money towards the development of amenities elsewhere in Howth. However, in the absence of concrete plans for such facilities, such as planning permission and capital funding arrangements, money itself carries no guarantee of results," says Healy.
Local group appeals plan for 152 homes in Terenure
Brighton Square Residents Association has appealed planning permission for a scheme of 152 houses and apartments at St Pancras Works at Mount Tallant Avenue in Terenure, Dublin 6W.
Doncot Developments got permission for the development from Dublin City Council on a 3.45-acre site. The company - whose directors are Michael Blaney, Millicent Blaney and Patrick Blaney - is looking to build a seven-block scheme to include three commercial units and a crèche. It would rise to six storeys and incorporate 14 four-bed terraced houses, and a mix of one, two and three-bed apartments.
Brighton Square Residents Association has asked An Bord Pleanála to overturn the "poorly considered" decision by Dublin City Council and says the area planner's report is a major concern as "it highlights a lack of understanding of the complex, physical, social and economic issues which relate to the subject site". The association also says the height, density, open space provision and "distribution and apportioning" of residential units represents a material contravention of the Dublin City Development Plan.
Council says yes to Herman White's plans in Rathmines
Estate agent Herman White has been granted planning permission by Dublin City Council to demolish a terrace of houses with auction halls to the rear at 159-161 Lwr Rathmines Road, Dublin 6, to build 38 apartments in three interlinked blocks of four to six storeys. These will be connected by a ground floor building incorporating auction rooms and a pub and office fronting Rathmines Road.
