MERCY SISTERS DEVELOPMENT PLANS OVERTURNED

Date Published: 11-Jun-2009

Plans for major developments at the St.Annes site on Taylors hill have been thrown out. An Bord Pleanála have rejected a City Council decision to grant planning permission to the Sisters of Mercy for the St. Anne's site at Taylor's Hill.Despite receiving over 70 submissions, the City Council granted permission last August for the order to build 120 homes, a five story apartment block and parking on the site close to the protected Lenaboy castle.This decision was then appealed to An Bord Pleanála, who also received a total of 26 submissions.Today the board overthrew permission for the developments for two main reasons.