Major schemes planned for Portmarnock and Balbriggan: In Portmarnock Shannon Homes is looking for planning permission from Fingal County Council to build 208 houses at Drumnigh Road on a 25-acre site.
The development would include 183 three-bed semi-detached houses and 12 two-bed terraced houses. Shannon Homes is proposing that three of the houses are used as child-minding facilities.
Also in Fingal County Council's jurisdiction, Millbank Developments has applied for planning permission to build a mixed-use urban development on a site of 2.2 acres beside Mill Walk in Balbriggan, Co Dublin.
The proposed development is 26,778sq m (288,236sq ft) with a building ranging from three to 10 storeys with 41 retail units arranged around an internal mall on a lower and upper ground floor level with a conical roof over an atrium.
There would also be offices and a medical centre spread over three floors and 49 residential units. The realignment and upgrading of the River Bracken and the provision of a new riverside walkway are also part of the proposal.
Bord says yes to apartment scheme in Carrickmines
An Bord Pleanála has granted Rockridge Developments permission to demolish a house at Knockree, Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines, Dublin 18, and build around 64 apartments in four blocks despite an appeal by An Taisce who said the development would fail to retain natural features of the site.
An Taisce criticised the development saying it would involve excessive excavation and would not retain rock outcrops and mature trees. Another concern was that the southern and eastern part of the site adjoins lands zoned as high amenity under the development plan.
Three people living near the site cited overlooking, loss of residential amenity and the impact of excavation and rock breaking on their properties as grounds for appeal.
However, the An Bord Pleanála inspector said the scheme would provide for higher density residential development on zoned and serviced land close to a proposed Luas line and said it would be in keeping with the emerging character of area.
However, a planning condition reduced the number of apartments sought by the developer by around 10 and said windows on the western elevation of one of the blocks should be removed or replaced by obscured glazing.
