Apartments on grounds of historic Waterford country house rejected as 'inappropriate'

Viewmount House in Waterford. Plans to build apartments on the site of the historic country house in Waterford City have been rejected. Picture: Eoghan Dalton

Plans to build apartments on the site of a historic country house in Waterford City have been rejected.

The proposal to develop a two-storey residential block comprising eight two-bedroom flats alongside Viewmount House, located in the Viewmount Park housing estate on Waterford's Dunmore Road, would detract from the house - a protected structure - and would affect the amount of green and recreational space available in the estate, according to council planning chiefs.