The developer who bought Chesterfield, the former Blackrock home of the late Tom Roche, who co-founded Roadstone, has got approval to build a residential development in its grounds.
Myles Crofton's Avenue Homes was granted planning permission by DúLaoghaire Rathdown County Council to build 204 apartments in four blocks at the Cross Avenue home.
The apartments mostly range from four to seven storeys with 370 parking spaces, mostly at basement level.
The developer will also refurbish Chesterfield which is a protected structure and change its use to a headquarters office building with a one-bed caretaker's apartment. He will also demolish the non-original extension to Chesterfield House and some outhouses ,
Last year Crofton was turned down by An Bord Pleanála for 76 houses and 45 apartments.
Chesterfield was home to the Roche family for over 40 years and was previously owned by the Dublin business family, the Bradburys.
The sale of the Roche family home in 2004 sparked a bitter legal row between brother and sister, Eleanor and Tom Roche, whose father, also Tom, founded the National Toll Roads Company.
Eleanor Roche felt she had a claim against the people who bought the multi-million nine acre property and the subsequent High Court proceedings delayed the completion of the sale.
The property has a considerable frontage on to Cross Avenue and also adjoins several other housing developments, including Booterstown Park and Cherbury gardens on one side, and Glenvar Park and South Wood park on the opposite side.
