Keeping an eye on planning.
'Frankenstein' fears from Lidl shop
Deansgrange Residential Area Action Group (DRAAG) has appealed planning permission granted to German company Lidl for a discount supermarket at the junction of Kill Lane and Clonkeen Road. Lidl was granted permission with 29 conditions by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to demolish the existing bank premises and build a food store, a two-storey bank premises over basement car park with ramped access from Kill Lane.
In its appeal, DRAAG says if the discount foodstore goes ahead, it would preclude the development of a badly needed book store, music shop, video shop and café on the site.
It referred to the design as a "retail warehouse type-shed" and "a monster of a scheme" with "Frankenstein-like bolts on the bank premises" which is inappropriate in a vibrant village centre and on a high visibility site. It also says that increased traffic generated by the development would create a hazard at a busy junction.
Shrewsbury Road scheme appealed
Stephen MacKenzie and Sean Dunne have appealed planning permission granted to O'Malley Construction for seven apartments on the former Chester Beatty library site on Shrewsbury Road, Dublin 4. O'Malley Construction bought the one-acre site at 20 Shrewsbury Road for €9.14 million in November 1999. It was previously granted permission by An Bord Pleanála for seven apartments in a three and four-storey block on the site but re-applied for permission to build a two and three-storey building and was granted permission by Dublin City Council. Solicitor and property developer Stephen MacKenzie, an underbidder for the site in 1999, owns a large house next door to the former library, and property developer Sean Dunne has built a house to the front of the property.
Farnham estate plan clarification
In a piece on September 25th entitled "Farnham estate plan appealed", it was stated that Paul and Alaoighse Hayden appealed planning permission for a parkland resort with a 152-bed hotel at the Farnham Estate in Cavan. In fact, both Paul and Alaoighse Hayden withdrew their appeal which was not against the redevelopment of the estate per se but was related to a technical issue which was resolved following discussion with the developer and the planning authority.
