Permission for Trinity's 358 student bed development overturned on consent

Patricia Kenny’s case was the proposed development required an Environmental Impact Assessment

Mrs Kenny challenged the permission granted by An Bord Pleanala to Trinity College (pictured) for demolition of existing structures within the curtilage of Greenane House, a protected structure, and the construction of four apartments and 358 student accommodation bed spaces and associated site works at Cunningham House, Trinity Hall. File photo

An Bord Pleanála has consented to High Court orders overturning its planning permission for 358 student accommodation bed spaces and four staff apartments on a site alongside the existing Trinity Hall student accommodation complex in Dartry.

Patricia Kenny, from nearby Temple Road, Dartry, took the proceedings against the board over its permission granted last August.