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Apartments for Benburb StreetProperty developer PJ McGrath has been given the green light to build a large apartment complex on Benburb Street off Dublin's north quays.

McGrath Group Developments has been given permission to demolish storage buildings on a brownfield site at 32-40 Benburb Street to make way for an eight-storey apartment complex and retail units close to the National Museum at Collins Barracks.

The developer's plans include the construction of an eight-storey slender tower on the site which is bounded by the buildings and playing fields of the Law Society of Ireland.

Upholding Dublin City Council's decision to grant permission, An Bord Pleanála ruled that the development would not adversely affect the character or setting of the adjacent protected structure on Blackhall Place. Objectors to the development included the Law Society of Ireland. It wrote to the planning board stating that the scale and density of the scheme was inappropriate.

McGrath Group Developments lists Mary McGrath and Patrick Joseph McGrath as directors.

Mixed-use scheme in Dalkey

Plans for an apartment complex on the Old Tramyard site in Castle Street, Dalkey have been given approval by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. Arkleton Limited has been given the green light to demolish warehouses on the site to make way for a three and four-storey building comprising 28 one and two-bed apartments. The scheme will also provide four commercial units at ground level and basement car-parking for 34 cars.

The complex will be built around an open courtyard and will also involve the construction of a children's play area and decorative full size tram. Arkleton Ltd lists James Monaghan and Rodney Sheils as directors.

330 apartments appealed

Plans by Terry Devey's Heritage Properties to build 330 apartments on the site of a former engineering premises on Shanowen Road, Santry, Dublin 9 - between St Kevin's Boys Club and Shanowen Business Park - have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála by Westfield Residents Association and Shanowen Residents Association. The developers plan to knock the engineering works buildings in a 1.9-hectare site and build a mix of apartments and duplexes in six blocks.