Council planners have refused an application for extensive redevelopment of the storied Battery above Dublin’s Forty Foot, two years after the waterfront property was sold to an Irish buyer.
The application by Louis and Kate Ronan proposed various alterations to the existing three-bed residence on the site of a former military installation, including the demolition of the remains of a brick latrine.
However, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has refused the Ronans’ application on a number of grounds, including “misleading or inadequate” information in the public notice, and improperly prepared site drawings without colourings to distinguish the proposed works. Planners also found that the site boundaries did not match the layout plans and location map.
An earlier version of this story quoted a purported site notice for The Battery, which has been confirmed to be a hoax.
DLRCoCo planners have also refused permission for an outdoor pool at a property on Sorrento Terrace in nearby Dalkey that’s been described as “the unluckiest house in Ireland”, as The Journal reports.
