Thornhill House development on DLR Planning website. Documents and submissions.
Full details of the planned development and the appeal are available on the DLR website. See link above.
- Bungalows being overlooked by a block of four storey apartments only 30 meters away. This will seriously compromise privacy and result in overlooking and shading for a significant period each day. A reduction of the height to two stories would significantly reduce the impact both on Cherrygarth and on the protected structure – Thornhill House.
- The proposed plan is unsustainable when taken in conjunction with the Oatlands development located less than 50 meters away which has planning permission to build over sixty residences. The cumulative impact of an additional 100 plus residences in such a small area is unsustainable. This will radically change the character of the area and negatively impact on the existing residents.
- Traffic exiting on to Trees Road will quadruple and will find it very difficult if not impossible to exit on to Trees Road and will cause even longer delays on that road than is currently the case. This junction is already dangerous due to inadequate line of sight for exiting traffic. The knock-on effect will impact on the already overcrowded South Avenue, North Avenue and The Rise.
- The entrances to the proposed new development and the Oatlands development – D16A/0465 – are almost opposite each other. This is dangerous from a traffic flow standpoint due to the narrow nature of the roads.
- Inadequate visitor parking provision for both developments will certainly result in excessive parking on existing narrow roadways.
- Bungalows being overlooked by a block of four storey apartments only 30 meters away. This will seriously compromise privacy and result in overlooking and shading for a significant period each day. A reduction of the height to two stories would significantly reduce the impact both on Cherrygarth and on the protected structure – Thornhill House.
- The density of 50 units per hectare is grossly excessive for this cull-de sac. When combined with the Oatlands development the cumulative impact will be unsustainable.
- Access for emergency services to Cherrygarth and to each of the proposed developments Oatlands and Thornhill will be severely restricted due to traffic volume and road layout.
- The setting of Thornhill House, a protected structure will be eroded, and this proposal will seriously impact on this 18thCentury house, which is a unique example of the architecture of the period because of the density and height of the development in the grounds within the curtilage of the house. In the event of permission being granted for either this or a modified proposal I urge you to preserve the existing walls which form a fundamental part of the curtilage of this structure.
- This application is proposing a foul water drain through lower Cherrygarth. The proposed drainage layout for the Oatlands development necessitates excavating a trench, up to 5 meters deep right through Cherrygarth. Thornhill is also proposing to run a foul water drain along the same route as Oatlands. This could involve the same road being excavated on two separate occasions within a relatively short timeframe.
Residents of Mount Merrion and surrounding areas are asked to make their views known to An Bord Pleanala by the closing date which is 10th December. For help with formulating a submission you can contact this website.