Planning board shoots down Eircom plans to build 111 apartments in Dublin

The mix of studio, one-bed and two-bed apartments of up to six-storeys in height proposed for Sommerville House in Churchtown was also judged to have breached the local area development plan. File picture: Eamonn Farrell/ Rollingnews.ie

Eir has been refused planning permission to build 111 apartments at a site in South Dublin, in the face of local opposition over its “excessive height and scale” among other factors.

The refusal from An Bord Pleanála comes well over two years after telecommunications firm Eircom Ltd first lodged an application under the Government’s now-abolished “fast track” Strategic Housing Development process in March 2022.