Guesthouse plan again fails

MICHAEL and Frank Quinn, owners of the Lansdowne Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, have failed for the second time to secure planning…

MICHAEL and Frank Quinn, owners of the Lansdowne Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, have failed for the second time to secure planning permission to change the use of a large Georgian house at 55 Pembroke Road. Last August, An Bord Pleanala overruled Dublin Corporation's decision to allow the house to be converted into a 17-bedroom guesthouse. Last week, the board blocked the corporation's decision to change the house into a 14-bedroom guesthouse and five large apartments.