Bord turns down Jim Mansfield's plan for Weston AerodromeBusinessman Jim Mansfield has received a blow to his plans to develop Weston Aerodrome in west Dublin with a decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse permission for the refurbishment of portacabins on the site.
Mansfield was looking for permission to move the cabins - used as a reception, briefing rooms and simulators - from the south-west end of Weston Aerodrome to the north-west of the site.
Going against the recommendation of its own inspector, the planning board refused permission because it would result in an "intensification of the use of the aerodrome".
Temporary portacabin units alongside a modern aerodrome facility would "constitute disorderly development and would seriously injure the visual amenities of the area", the board added.
Mansfield, owner of the City West Hotel, has been served with a number of enforcement notices and planning rejections at Weston Aerodrome since he bought it in 2001.
Council gives thumbs up to eight-storey addition at Aisling Hotel
Dublin City Council has granted permission for a major revamp of Dublin city's Aisling Hotel. The owner of the quayside hotel, located close to Heuston Station in Dublin 8, has been granted permission to demolish a four-storey part of the hotel facing onto Parkgate Street and replace it with an eight-storey block. The 150-bed Best Western operated hotel is set to increase in size by over 100 bedrooms.
14-storey tower for D18 site
Plans for a large residential scheme in Dublin 18 with a 14-storey tower element have been lodged with Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Oceanscape is looking for permission to develop 178 apartments in two blocks and a 10-storey office block on a 0.88-hectare site fronting onto Blackthorn Drive in Stillorgan Industrial Park. The scheme will also incorporate a crèche, café and 453 car-parking spaces.
Oceanscape Ltd lists Charles Anthony Rinn, Matthew Behan, Leo Martin, John Hegarty and Colm O'Nuallain as directors.
71 apartments for Donaghmede
Some 71 more apartments are in the pipeline for Hole In The Wall Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 13. Eddie Cummins and Brian Foran are looking for permission to develop 13 St Michael's Cottages, known as Eddie's Coal Yard, into an apartment scheme comprising three blocks from four to six storeys.
