Permission granted for a €65m development
An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a €65 million development of more than 300 homes along the Royal Canal in Dublin, despite the area being identified by the Dublin Housing Taskforce as having infrastructural deficits.
NAMA Receivers for Capel Developments sought planning permission from Dublin City Council for 318 homes – 176 apartments and 142 houses – in Pelletstown, an area between Ashtown and Cabra designated for residential growth. Last March the council granted permission, omitting two floors and nine apartments from one block.
The Royal Canal Park Community Association, representing local residents, most of whom live in recently built apartments, appealed against the development on the grounds that new homes should not be permitted because facilities promised for the new town, including schools and a railway station, have not been built.
