Planning permission has been granted for a 41 unit apartment scheme for the Frascati Centre in Blackrock, Dublin, despite local opposition.
IMRF II Frascati Ltd Partnership lodged plans for the 41 apartments as part of Phase 2 of the overall development plan for the Frascati Centre, Frascati Road, last August.
The same firm has lodged separate plans for another 98 apartments at the Frascati site which is also being opposed by locals and a decision is due on that proposal later in the year.
The 41 unit scheme is made up of 15 studios, 18 one bed units and eight two bed units in a U-shaped residential block, arranged around a central communal courtyard space.
In granting permission for the scheme, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has determined that the proposal "would not significantly detract from the amenities of the area".
The council said that the scheme "is consistent with the provisions of the current Development Plan".
It granted planning permission after the applicant lodged revised plans and specifications.
In their objection against the scheme, however, the Frascati Park Residents Association said that the bulk, scale and proximity to residences will damage residential amenity and house valuations.
The objection argued that the scheme "will mean a life changing loss of privacy for residences in Frascati Park".
The association said that for the most severely affected residents the development "is a simple transfer of wealth and amenity from their primary residential dwelling to the developer".
In a separate submission, the Lisalea Owners Management Company Ltd said that the applicant is aware of the impact of a hap hazard construction programme on a neighbour over a period of almost five years "and the consequential disruption, inconvenience and degrading of a pristine residential development".
The submission states that, 'regrettably, the current proposal will dis-improve the situation further for the residents".
Third parties have the option of appealing the grant of permission to An Bord Pleanala.
