Orwell Park plan opposed: A plan by developer Brian M Durkan to build 21 houses and apartments at 59 Orwell Park Rathgar has met with local opposition.
Four parties - Dodder Walk Environment Group, Orwell Park Resident's Association, Bryan M Kennedy and Paul MacKay - have lodged appeals to An Bord Pleanála on foot of planning permission granted by Dublin City Council.
A previous plan by Durkan to build 27 apartments on the site was successfully appealed by Rathgar residents. An Bord Pleanála ruled that the scale, bulk and massing would be out of character and would seriously detract from development in the area.
Gorey holiday homes refused
Plans by developer Michael Shortt to demolish an extension to Cahore House in Gorey, Co Wexford and build two hotel wings as well as 50 holiday homes and 94 car-parking spaces in its grounds have been refused by An Bord Pleanála.
Cahore House, a Tudor Gothic-style house built in 1850 and known locally as the Castle was formerly a hotel with a bar and restaurant.
The proposal was to demolish the modern extension to the south east and build two large wings on either side of the house to give a total of 58 bedrooms. Shortt was also looking to build 50 holiday homes. Permission was refused on the grounds the development would have an adverse impact on the integrity of Cahore House, which is not on the list of protected structures in Wexford County Development Plan.
Dublin 7 demolition blocked
An Bord Pleanála has refused permission to Frank Ward to demolish a two-storey terrace of flats at Arran Street East, Dublin 7 and build 25 apartments and four live/work units in a five-storey building over basement-level car-park.
The appellants were Kieran Finnerty and Thomas Mulligan of Sin é public house on Ormond Quay and Michael Foley. Tony Gregory, who submitted an observation, said it was unnecessary to demolish some of the last remaining traditional dwellings which form an integral part of the character of the area. The development was refused on the grounds that it is in the ownership of Dublin City Council and comprises a terrace of two-storey residential buildings which are considered to represent "a unique architectural typology" of early 20th century social housing in Dublin.
