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Locals say D4 apartment scheme to have 'catastrophic' impactTom Bailey's plans for a six-storey apartment block on a prime Dublin 4 site have been criticised by local residents who say the scheme will have a "catastrophic" impact on neighbouring houses and may "cost lives".

Permission granted by Dublin City Council for 35 apartments on a 0.5-hectare site off Anglesea Road and overlooking Merrion cricket grounds has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála. The scheme was approved by city council planners despite objections from almost 60 locals, including Tánaiste Michael McDowell and Cllrs Dermot Lacey and Wendy Hederman.

The proposed building will be an "imposing eyesore" and will have a "catastrophic" impact on the rear of all the houses on Anglesea Road, according to the Anglesea Road Residents' Association in its letter of appeal to the planning board.

The association is also critical of plans for a stop-go traffic system through the narrow access to the development. This system could "cost lives" during an emergency, the group argues.

202 homes for Goatstown

Sorohan Builders has been given permission by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to build an additional 202 homes in Goatstown on a site adjoining its Trimbleston scheme. Permission has been granted for the demolition of five houses on Goatstown Road (numbers 103, 105, 107, 109 and 111 ) to make way for 13 houses and 184 apartments.

42 homes for Monkstown

Dorville Homes is due to lodge a planning application for a mixed-use scheme in Monkstown. The developer has plans for 42 apartments and townhouses and two retail units on a 1.58-acre site to the rear of, and between, 37-40 Abbey Road.

Tesco appeals Sandymount refusal

Tesco's Sandymount supermarket has been described as an "eyesore" with a "barn-like appearance" which provides a "poor gateway to the southside village" by the UK supermarket chain which is looking for permission to demolish the store and replace it with a new store and 23 apartments. The supermarket giant's plan for a five-storey building was refused by Dublin City Council but Tesco has appealed this decision to An Bord Pleanála. Tesco argues that a new store with a residential element in a "more aesthetically pleasing envelope" would make for a more sustainable development.