Aldi's plans cause controversyAldi's bid to open a discount supermarket at the former Rathmines Capital Hotel on the Lwr Rathmines Road looks set to cause local controversy.
Fianna Fail Cllr Garry Keegan says the proposed supermarket is not aesthetically compatible with the existing adjacent 169-unit apartment scheme and will affect its value. He says that the proposed use of Parker Hill laneway as a loading bay and access will affect the traffic and emergency access to the apartments. The lane also provides the only access to the 170-space underground car-park and an entrance to around 60 apartments. He says that Aldi had no plan to provide car-parking for customers of the proposed supermarket and there are already supermarkets with car-parking a few metres from the proposed development.
541 apartments for Ballinteer
Dorville Homes and O'Malley Construction are about to lodge a planning application to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for 541 apartments near Wesley College in Ballinteer, Dublin 18.
The proposed development on a 6.8-hectare centre at Gort Muire, near the Wyckham Way, comprises 367 two-bed apartments, 104 one-beds and 70 three-beds in three blocks ranging from three to 10 storeys high. A crèche is also proposed, as is the upgrading of the Wyckham Way where it fronts the development site.
Irishtown scheme gets go-ahead
An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to McInerney Construction, Susan Jenkins and David Jenkins for a scheme of 114 apartments at Dermot O'Hurley Avenue in Irishtown, Dublin 4. There had been two third party appeals to the proposal by Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount Environmental Group and Stella Gardens Residents' Association.
Concerns included that a multi-storey development in a village of one and two-storey houses would constitute overdevelopment, and that there would be a loss of privacy and over shadowing. Inadequate storage, insufficient car-parking, and increased traffic were other concerns. A first party appeal by the developer argued that the reduction of the scheme from 126 to 114 units by Dublin City Council would affect the scheme's commercial viability.
