>A group of Dublin 4 residents have won their battle to prevent a 10 storey 225 bedspace student accommodation for Donnybrook getting the green light.
Ticking off those stereotypes
>In its objection, the Tennis Club said it “is a private club and has a reasonable expectation not to be excessively overlooked. It is not a public park.”
Overlooked? You’re just playing tennis, Fuck off.
DribblingGiraffe on
They missed claiming it was a small quaint village
senditup on
Whatever about your house, imagine you can actually block development because it overlooks your fucking *tennis club*.
hurpyderp on
I’m pretty sure they changed the plans here so all windows on that side were 2m above the floor and no balconies etc. Some bullshit, the fucking state of living in this country.
jebussss on
Village = one of busiest roads to dublin!
Charming-Potato4804 on
But students, like……you know!
hmmm_ on
And people wonder why nothing gets built, and whatever does get built costs a small fortune. We could do with a lot less “planning”.
Jean_Rasczak on
“We want house” they cry
“Not those house and not in our area” they also cry
Jean_Rasczak on
The same thick’s will be on in a few years crying that little Jonnie can’t buy a house
Willing-Departure115 on
Our constitution and legal system is built to be gamed. There are other systems available that are more rules based… but we’ve got this common law system we largely inherited from the Brits.
Negative-Disk3048 on
The Donnybrook Lawn Tennis Club was one of the parties to object, claiming that the plan “exceed the densities of Manhattan by someway”.
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>A group of Dublin 4 residents have won their battle to prevent a 10 storey 225 bedspace student accommodation for Donnybrook getting the green light.
Ticking off those stereotypes
>In its objection, the Tennis Club said it “is a private club and has a reasonable expectation not to be excessively overlooked. It is not a public park.”
Overlooked? You’re just playing tennis, Fuck off.
They missed claiming it was a small quaint village
Whatever about your house, imagine you can actually block development because it overlooks your fucking *tennis club*.
I’m pretty sure they changed the plans here so all windows on that side were 2m above the floor and no balconies etc. Some bullshit, the fucking state of living in this country.
Village = one of busiest roads to dublin!
But students, like……you know!
And people wonder why nothing gets built, and whatever does get built costs a small fortune. We could do with a lot less “planning”.
“We want house” they cry
“Not those house and not in our area” they also cry
The same thick’s will be on in a few years crying that little Jonnie can’t buy a house
Our constitution and legal system is built to be gamed. There are other systems available that are more rules based… but we’ve got this common law system we largely inherited from the Brits.
The Donnybrook Lawn Tennis Club was one of the parties to object, claiming that the plan “exceed the densities of Manhattan by someway”.
The mind honestly boggles at this.