Ladbrokes permission granted
Kildare County Council has granted planning permission to Ladbrokes (Ireland) Ltd to set up a licenced betting office in the new commercial development beside The Hideout.
The permission has 14 conditions attached, which include a proviso that no other advertising apart from specified shopfront signage will be allowed on the exterior of the building.
The development to which the application relates is already the subject of a Warning Letter from the Council's Planning Compliance Section, which says elements of the original development are 'unauthorised'.
The development has been the object of strong local criticism for several reasons, including being substantially higher than permission was granted for, as well as having an unauthorised balcony area overlooking a petrol tank filling facility.
Unauthorised windows which were included on the filling station side of the building were only filled in after complaints from Esso Ireland to the Council and the County Fire Service.
A report from an Inspector of the Health and Safety Authority has also expressed serious concerns about the fire hazards associated with unauthorised aspects of the development.
Appeals to An Bord Pleanala in relation to the Ladbrokes permission must be made in full within four weeks from 13 July 2007. An appeal related to unauthorised development must be accompanied by a fee of 1,900 euros.
Brian Byrne.
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