Scaled-back Donnybrook student accommodation scheme approved

The annual SCSI Irish Times Tennis Tournament at Donnybrook Lawn Tennis Club. The club had objected to the density of the student accommodation. Photograph Nick BradshawThe Donnybrook Lawn Tennis Club was one of the parties to object to the Red Rock Donnybrook scheme, claiming a 10 storey, 225 bed development would “exceed the densities of Manhattan”.

“Donnybrook Tennis club is a private club and has a reasonable expectation not to be excessively overlooked. It is not a public park,” it had said.Trump verdict is like ‘pouring gasoline on a fire that’s already burning’Ireland South: ‘It’s too big’ - Issues facing MEP candidates are as broad as the constituency

However, in granting permission, the council ordered the omission of two floors reducing the height to an eight storey scheme. The scale and height of the scheme was cut back, the council said, “to protect the visual amenity of the street scene and character of the wider area”.

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