Mixed-use scheme planned for Dalkey's tramyard Developer Arkleton has come back with another residential scheme for the Old Tramyard on Castle Street in Dalkey, Co Dublin only weeks after being refused planning permission by An Bord Pleanála for a larger scheme.
Arkleton was turned down by the bord for 28 apartments and four commercial units.
This time around it is looking to build 23 apartments and three three-storey commercial and retail blocks arranged around an open courtyard.
An Bord Pleanála rejected the last proposal because of the limited size of the site and its location in relation to adjacent residential property and its "quantum, scale and layout . . . which includes residential accommodation in basement format, with poor quality provision of private amenity space".
Arkleton, whose directors are James Monagghan and Rodney Sheils, has been turned down a number of times by either An Bord Pleanála or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council since 1999.
Mixed-use scheme for city centre
Liam Carroll's Danninger is looking to demolish five houses on Sheriff Street and Castleforbes Road in Dublin's north inner city and build a mixed-use development comprising a ground floor retail unit fronting Castleforbes Road and Sheriff Street Upper and a ground floor entrance foyer to a 10-storey apartment block with 34 units and 14 car-parking spaces. The area has undergone much redevelopment in recent years and has seen the demolition of industrial warehousing buildings at Castleforbes Road/Mayor Street Upper and the redevelopment of Sherriff Street flats by Chesterbridge Developments, now the Custom House Square apartment complex. Chesterbridge is controlled by developer and estate agent Paul Newman, solicitor Paul Hanby and developer Mick Whelan.
Lough Corrib ferry appealed
Ten parties have appealed planning permission for a proposal by the Shannon Ferry Group for a cable link car ferry crossing Lough Corrib from Kilbeg to Knockferry.
These included Kilbeg and District Angling Club, An Taisce, Collinamuck Angling Association and Colinamuck Community Action Group.
An Taisce says that Lough Corrib and its shoreline has suffered neglect causing angling numbers to decline and the proposal to build a ferry could cause further damage.
