Board loses right to appeal quashing of permission for 245 high-rise apartments in Dublin
Because the proposed development was classified as strategic housing development, it bypassed the normal planning route in that permission was sought directly from the An Bord Pleanála. File photo
The High Court has refused to grant leave to An Bord Pleanála to appeal the quashing of permission for a high-rise development of 245 apartments on part of the former Premier Dairies site in Dublin.
A local resident, Rita O'Neill, secured an order from Mr Justice Denis McDonald last July overturning the board’s permission on grounds the permitted height of the apartments, ranging from blocks of six- to 10 storeys, materially contravened the Dublin City Development Plan. The proposed height was “significantly in excess” of what was permitted under any previous development proposed for the same site, the judge noted.
