An Bord Pleanála has delivered a knock out blow to plans by Conor McGregor to construct a multi-million euro, eight-storey, 113 unit apartment block in the MMA fighter's home area of Drimnagh, Dublin 12.
Over 20 objections were lodged against the scheme by locals and in a comprehensive rejection of the scheme, the appeals board has refused planning permission on three separate grounds. In issuing its refusal, the appeals board has also discounted Mr McGregor’s bid to secure planning permission by offering to reduce the scale of the scheme by more than one third.
The appeals board stated that due to the height scale, massing and density at the prominent corner site, the scheme would constitute overdevelopment of the site and of property in the vicinity through significant overbearing and overlooking, especially of the existing houses on Galtymore Rd. The Clancys, Maureen and Thomas, live to the rear of the proposed Marble Arch Development and in their objection, Maureen Clancy stated: "My husband and I are in our 80th year and have health problems. I don’t want the wall at the end of my garden touched or upset."
On behalf of Galtymore Rd residents, Kell and Mary Cheevers, chartered engineer Michael Rogers has told the council that the applicants “are shoe-horning the maximum number of small units into the site, too close to neighbouring dwellings with no apparent regard for privacy or amenity of same”.
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