An Bord Pleanála turns down application for tennis airhall
By Maurice Garvey
AN BORD Pleanála (ABP) has refused permission for an airhall at Templeogue Tennis Club – the second time in 12 months that proposals for an indoor court at the club have been knocked back by the Board.
The tennis club received permission from South Dublin County Council for the airhall in November. This decision was subsequently appealed to the Board by local residents, who had objected to the initial plans when they were lodged with the local authority.
A similar application was refused permission by ABP in 2015. The club re-submitted a planning application, which included a reduction of the maximum height of the airhall from 11.5 to 11 metres.
Local residents objected to the plans, citing an “overbearing impact”, fears over noise/traffic pollution, size/design of the airhall, and its proximity to residential houses.
A submission by Riverview Cottages Residents Association said “design issues cannot be solved by simply moving the structure a few metres and resubmitting an application which was already denied by An Bord Pleanála.”
Templeogue Tennis were seeking permission for an airhall with a maximum height of 11 metres, internal lighting, on an area covering three football pitches.
The airhall was listed as a demountable and seasonal structure, which could be taken down and “stored on site.”
ABP refused permission for the airhall by a 2:1 majority.
The Board were not satisfied the proposed development “would not seriously injure the visual and residential amenities of the area, and depreciate the value of residential properties in the vicinity.”
The proposed development “would be contrary to proper planning and sustainable development of the area,” said the Board.
