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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

440 Homes given planning permission in Baldoyle

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for 440 homes on former racecourse lands at Baldoyle, Co Dublin to Helsingor Ltd.

The Board overruled its own inspector’s recommendation to refuse planning permission and disagreed with the inspector’s appraisal that there was a disproportionate split between the number of houses and apartments which would have a negative impact on achieving the overall objections of the Local Area Action Plan.

As well as over 440 units – made up of apartments, duplexes and houses in seven blocks, and a small number of semi-detached and detached houses – the developer, Sean Mulryan got planning permission for a civic park and a crèche.

In March 2007, the company received permission from An Bord Pleanála for a development of around 400 new homes, as the third phase of the development.

On that occasion the development proposed was sizably reduced following discussions with Fingal County Council and planning conditions imposed by An Bord Pleanála.

Elements of the scheme that were rejected in March include 10,000sq m (107,639sq ft) of offices, a leisure centre and department store while the number of apartments was reduced from 482.

The development will include a medical centre, supermarket, shops, restaurants and a pub.

Around 4,000 homes are planned for the former Baldoyle racecourse and an adjoining 100-acre site in Portmarnock.

Mulryan sold a 50 per cent stake in the Baldoyle and Portmarnock lands to Séamus Ross of Menolly Homes for € 95 million in 2004.

Mulryan, whose main development company is Ballymore Properties, acquired the racecourse in 1999 for about £30 million from developer John Byrne.



Comment
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In 2006, the Census held by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), found that at least 220,000 houses and apartments across Ireland were vacant. In 2008, 40,000 apartments lie vacant in Dublin City alone.


Sources:

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/property-plus/baldoyle-site-gets-go-ahead-for-453-homes-1391871.html

http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2008/05/bord-says-yes-to-sean-mulryans-plans.html

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0529/1211830527347.html

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