Residents try to block plans for €50m luxury apartments in Dublin 4
A group of Dublin 4 residents are trying block plans by Denis O’Brien-backed property firm from constructing a new €50m luxury apartment block development in Donnybrook.
Dublin City Council gave the go-ahead last month to Gibraltar registered Purleigh Holdings Ltd for 71 flats in five blocks.
The development consists of five four-storey block apartments with wrap-around balconies made up of 56 two bed, 14 three-bed and one four-bedroom apartments.
In 2010, it was reported the 3.3-acre Greenfield site was swapped with UCD for land beside the university’s Belgrove student residences and a reported €12.5million in cash.
After leaving the site untouched for years, billionaire businessman O’Brien’s firm is now well-placed to capitalise on Dublin 4’s booming luxury apartment market. The City Council gave the go-ahead for the scheme in spite of 18 separate objections lodged against the plan, including three objections from local residents’ groups.
The City Council granted planning permission after its planner in the case concluded the development would not unduly materially detract from the amenities of either adjoining properties or the character of the area in leafy Donnybrook.
However, the 30 residents of the adjoining Nutley Square have appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanala through their management firm, Nutley Square Management Company.
In their appeal, the Company claims the proposal “seriously contravenes” the Dublin City Council Development Plan “in relation to character, height and density and is totally incompatible with existing developments in the area”. A decision is due on the appeal in December.
