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137 homes for Grangegorman

ALBION PROPERTIES has got planning permission for a mixed-use development as the gateway into the proposed DIT Grangegorman campus.

Located on the southern edge of the proposed campus, the scheme links Smithfield and the Grangegorman/Broadstone area with a new pedestrian street which will run through three linear apartment blocks.

Designed by Darmody architects, the development will comprise 137 apartments, 5,000sq m (53,820sq ft) of commercial space, cafes, restaurants and retail units, and will frame the new public landscaped square.

Mixed scheme in D15 appealed

AN BORD Pleanála has granted Castlethorn Construction planning permission for a mixed-use development at Ashtown, Dublin 15.

The scheme, which comprises 209 residential units, three shops, offices and a creche, was designed by MacCauley Daye O'Connell architects as an extension of the new village.

The development will include a 12-storey apartment building with south-facing winter gardens and moveable cedar screens and courtyard gardens.

Three parties appealed the scheme to An Bord Pleanála, including Navan Road Community Council and Kinvara Residents Association.

Among the concerns was that River Road and the area around Ashtown Station are already congested with traffic.