More planning news in brief.

398 homes for Arklow site

GANNON HOMES is about to apply for planning permission to Arklow Town Council for a new neighbourhood at Tinahask, in Upper Wicklow bounded by the Dublin-Wexford railway line and Arklow Golf Club.

The site is part of a 98-acre master plan, comprising 398 dwellings, in a mix of three and four-bed houses, duplexes and triplexes in 11 blocks ranging form three to five storeys.

The plan also includes 40 shop units, a supermarket, off-licence, 24 office suites and a financial service unit, seven medical suites, two pubs, a café, restaurants with hot food take-away, two betting offices, two crechès, two playgrounds and a park.

Bord rejects Bayside plan

PLANS FOR the redevelopment of Bayside Shopping Centre in Sutton, north Dublin, have been refused by An Bord Pleanála.

Bayside Centre Management Ltd was seeking to demolish the existing shopping centre to make way for a mixed-use scheme of 99 apartments and 15 shops.

Going against the advice of its own inspector, the board refused permission stating that the scheme would be "excessive in relation to its location".

Reasons given by the board for a previous refusal in 2005 have not been addressed, the board added.