Developer Dunne gets go-ahead for scaled down D4 plan

PROPERTY mogul, Sean Dunne, has been granted planning permission for a major residential, hotel and retail development at the D4Hotels site in Ballsbridge in Dublin.

Mr Dunne’s Mountbrook group were granted a 10-year permission by An Bord Pleanála for the development of 490 residential units in 11 residential blocks ranging in height from six to 12 storeys and a 10-storey 151-bedroom hotel fronting onto Pembroke Road.

The plans also include some 43,000sq ft (4,000sq m) of retail space which will include a restaurant, cafe, bars, creche, healthcare facilities and a 920-space underground car park, 899 bicycle spaces and 72 motorbike spaces.