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New plan for Claremont House: The Parkway Partnership has come back with a new proposal for a development at Claremont House on Cornelscourt Hill Road in Carrickmines, Dublin 18.

It is looking to build 25 dwellings in the grounds of Claremont in a mix of three and four-bedroom semi-detached and detached houses. Part of the proposal is to demolish a single storey kitchen extension to Claremont and build a new extension. Parkway also wants to convert a gate-lodge into a three-bedroom house while the walled garden would be repaired and retained as public open space. Another dwelling on the grounds called St Bernard would be demolished, along with its gate-lodge.

In October, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council refused the Parkway Partnership planning permission for a development of 36 apartments and 13 detached houses on the site.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council decided that the proximity, scale and design of the proposed development would adversely affect the setting of Claremont and would represent an unacceptable intrusion on the setting of the protected structure.

Over 500 homes for Ballinteer

An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to Dorville Homes and O'Malley Construction for a development of over 500 apartments on a 6.48-hectare site at Gort Mhuire near Wesley College in Ballinteer, Dublin 16.

A number of local residents associations opposed the scheme, including Lynwood and Ardglas and Dun Emer.

They appealed on the grounds of scale and density - at 84 units per hectare - and increased traffic as a result of the development. They said a high rise development with a 10-storey block would not be not in keeping with the established character of the area and would obstruct views of the Dublin mountains. They also said that two of the blocks would be close to the Wycham Way, a main access route for the M50, providing a poor living environment.

In granting permission for the development, An Bord Pleanála cited its proximity to the Dundrum Town Centre and public transport facilities.

The developers were originally looking to build 540 apartments but the board has ruled that around 36 single aspect units must be amalgamated with other units.