Joan Burton objects to local housing development

Labour TD Joan Burton has objected to a proposed housing development in her constituency, stating that it is “detrimental to the local environment” and “damaging to residential amenity”. Glenveagh Homes has submitted a planning application to An Bord Pleanála seeking permission to build 192 apartments across five, five-storey buildings at Balroy House, Castleknock, Dublin 15. In a joint submission letter to the planning board, Ms Burton and local Labour councillor John Walsh called for the application to be rejected “as it is contrary to proper planning and sustainable development of the area”. 

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