Plans for two-storey house on tennis court is declared invalid

PLANS for the development of a two-storey house on a tennis court on Martin’s Row in Chapelizod have been declared invalid by Dublin City Council.

Jim and Audrey Kelly’s proposal included the construction of a new two-storey house with a new first floor terrace with screening.

The repair and re-alignment of the existing swept entrance walls and ancillary site works also formed part of the plans.

In a tree survey submitted with the planning application, it was noted that three “poor quality” trees would need to be removed to facilitate the development, but no other trees are proposed for removal.

The planning application was submitted on January 19, and on January 31 Dublin City Council declared the application invalid.

The local authority reached this conclusion as the applicant did not “specify how the applicants propose to comply with the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) (social/affordable housing), nor is it accompanied by [a] certificate of exemption from such provisions.”

The council also said that two questions had been removed from the form used for the planning application and that “all questions on the application form must be fully completed”.