23 apartments for D4 guesthouse
A former guesthouse on Merrion Road, Dublin 4 will be transformed into an apartment scheme if plans submitted to Dublin City Council get approval. John Pugh of Sandymount is seeking to remodel number 78 and 80 Merrion Road, on the corner of Merrion Road and Sandymount Avenue in Ballsbridge. The site also includes mews dwellings at the rear of number 1 and 2 Spafield Terrace.Pugh intends to redevelop number 78 and 80 into eight apartments. This will involve the demolition of a mews house and storage shed to the rear of number 80 and the demolition of a two-storey dwelling to the rear of number 78.
A further 15 apartments will be provided in a three/four-storey building extending from the rear of number 80 Merrion Road, along Sandymount Avenue, and extending onto Spafield Terrace.
Smyth's pub scheme appealed
Locals have opposed plans for an apartment development at a well-known Dún Laoghaire pub. Permission granted for an apartment development behind Smyth's pub in Dún Laoghaire has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála. Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council granted permission for the refurbishment of the front portion of the bar and the demolition of a rear structure to make way for 12 one, two and three-bedroom apartments.
However, this decision has been appealed to the planning board by Frances and Mary Lennon and William Donnelly. The Lennons said the scheme, if it gets the green light, will result in a loss of living space and a deterioration in the quality of life of the residents in the immediate vicinity. The development will also exacerbate existing traffic problems, they added.
Green light for 97 apartments
Plans for an affordable housing scheme on Harold's Grange Road in Sandyford have got the green light from Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
Woodbridge Developments has been given permission to build 97 apartments in a single five-storey block on a 1.9-acre site in Dublin 18 on behalf of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.
Meanwhile, An Bord Pleanála has reversed a decision by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to refuse permission for 28 residential units at Ancrum, also on Harold's Grange Road.
