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A €40 million hotel at Portobello in Dublin has been given the go ahead.
The plan for the 178 bedroom six storey hotel was opposed by locals.
Just under 60 objections were lodged against the proposal mainly by locals.
It was claimed the height, scale and design of the building would be out of character for the area.
But according to The Irish Times, An Bord Pleanála has given the green light to the project.
The planning consultant told the council that the plan would contribute significantly to the further development and regeneration of Portobello Harbour.
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An alleged bogus objector succeeded in delaying improvements at a telecoms tower in Ballsbridge in Dublin for almost six months.
Last year, Cignal Infrastructure Ltd lodged plans for a base station to boost the coverage for Vodafone, Three, and Eir in the D4 area.
The base station is located on the rooftop of an office and apartment block, called Number One Ballsbridge.
In August, Dublin City Council gave the plan the go-ahead in spite of opposition to the proposal by an objector, Andy Reid, with an address at Upper Rathmines Road.
Mr Reid claimed the installation would be “an eyesore”.
The plan was then stalled after he lodged an appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
Mr Reid paid the €220 fee and told the appeals board the development “will make the building too high, it is high enough as it is”.
However, the appeals board has thrown out the appeal after using rarely used powers under the Planning and Development Act 2000 when it was unable to establish the bona fides of Andy Reid.
Cignal raised concerns over the objection after calling to the Rathmines address and finding that the objector hadn’t lived there.
“Our concerns were really raised when we established that there was no record of the individual named in the appeal letter living at the address given,” a Cignal spokesman said.
“We are relieved that An Bord Pleanála investigated our concerns and have dismissed the appeal. Nevertheless, it has still delayed commencing the project by almost six months,” he said.
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Plans for a drug rehabilitation centre in a Meath village by an off-shoot development of the Church of Scientology has received a setback today after An Bord Pleanála ruled saying that it is not exempt from planning permission.
Construction works are nearing completion on the controversial development in Ballivor, which had received an exempted development declaration from Meath Co Council on plans by Narconon in October 2016.
The news was welcomed by local Fine Gael Cllr Noel French who expressed his disbelief in the ruling.
"I'm amazed, I can hardly believe it," he said.
"Common sense has prevailed at last. It's a good day for Ballivor. It's a good day for Ireland.
This means that Narconon now has to go through the full planning process, which is open to objections.
The building had been approved planning permission for a 54-bed nursing home and Meath Co Council had judged that Narconon did not need further permission to change it to a drug rehab centre.
Update: 8.25pm: In a statement, Narconon Ireland said: "Planning permission was received from Meath County Council in December 2014 to change the use of the National School building in Ballivor to a nursing home.
"In August 2016 Narconon Trust requested Meath County Council to make a declaration in accordance with part V of the Planning and Development Act as to whether or not a change of use from a nursing home to a residential drug rehabilitation facility was exempted development.
"The Council decided to declare on the September 29. 2016 that the change of use as outlined was "exempted development" and therefore would not require planning permission. On that basis Nacronon Trust began the construction of a drug rehabilitation centre. The building is nearly complete.
"Now today, over two years since Meath County Council issued that declaration in 2016, An Bord Pleanala has given a decision overturning that declaration.
"Narconon Trust is presently considering its position and seeking advice on this matter."
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